Jacky's+Chapter+7

Quote**:** He couldn**'**t seem to stop**,** though for each lapse the discipline wand came again**,** escalating to a series of painful lashes that left marks on Asher's legs**.** Eventually**,** for a period of time**,** Asher stopped talking altogether**,** when he was a Three**.** (page 55) Reaction**:** I surely couldn't believe what I was reading of what they did to very small children if they said a bad word or a mistake by accident**.** All of the hitting they got just by saying something wrong**.** That is like so**,** so bad to do to small children**,** maybe just slaping them on their hands might be better than giving them a smack on their small little hands and legs**.** Especially because then they might hate so much that person that always gave him/her a smack on the hands and legs**.**

Vocabulary**:** precision (page 53) And precision of language **. . .** It means being pecise or exact**.**