A Story About my Nephew Relating to Hsun Tzu Philosophy

Sherry, a girl in Jakes 2nd grade class is always following Jake around wanting to talk to him, and play with him and his friends. Of course, since Jake is only in the 2nd grade he does not like girls, and does not want anything to do with them. Sherry always tags along with him and finally he has had enough, so he tells her to go away. When she doesn’t go away he pushed her down which hurt her and made her. My Uncle heard about this and punished him, he took away Jakes videogames, some privileges, and he didn’t let him hang out with his friends. This was only for two days, but that is a huge deal to a 2nd grader. After this incident Jake never touched Sherry again, although he would tell her to go away sometimes when she followed him. (And yes she still followed him even though he pushed her, 2nd graders forgive and forget easily) This shows Hsün Tzu’s philosophy that human nature is evil. It also shows that through strict discipline, humans are steered towards righteousness. Jake naturally wanted to do badly, and he did do badly. But through the discipline of my uncle he became better.