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Indiscipline pervades our life so completely today that it is difficulty to establish what a decent disciplined society looks like. We see and hear and read about indiscipline in the home, in school, in public service, in private sector, on the roads … it‟s alarming.
The malaise takes so many different forms - sometimes brutally crudes, at other time more subtle - that a comprehensive definition of it would be very difficult. For our present purposes let, us say that indiscipline is a failure or refusal to submit one‟s desires and actions to the restraints of orderly social conduct in the recognition of the rights and desires of others. The goal of indiscipline is self-interest; its action, the abandonment of self-restraint in pursuit of the goal.
Although indiscipline is by definition distinct from lawlessness, the line between the two is often tenuous indeed. For example, an indisciplined driver breaks a traffic regulation by overtaking on the side-walk; then commits the criminal act of manslaughter by knocking down and killing a pedestrian.
The danger of indiscipline escalating into lawlessness is particularly acute when large numbers of people are involved in it: i.e. in situations of mass indiscipline.
There is no provision in our laws which says that a man who comes first to a public counter should be served before the man who comes later. But our sense of natural justice and our intelligence tell us that, it should be so because it is only fair and experience has shown that any other way is liable to create disorder and delay.
Discipline does not invite supervision by an external force but is imposed by the individual from within. Indeed
discipline is either self-discipline or it is nothing at all. But although society thus appears to leave individuals to their own discretion in the matter of social discipline, this freedom is strictly controlled by sanctions of varying severity. It may be no more than a disapproving look; a mild verbal reprimand, or it may be extremely grave like for instance, social ostracism.
I think that society realizes that given adequate social education the average citizen will come to appreciate that it is in his or her interest to uphold discipline. As soon as a sufficient number of citizens understand this , they will supervise their own behavior and that of their immediate neighbors. The resulting condition may be called a climate of discipline.
Even in such a climate there will always be a sporadic incidents or indiscipline because there will always be people who on account of their immaturity, mental incompetence, sheer devilry or even innocent exuberance are unable or unwilling to impose the internal break of self-discipline on their desires and actions. But in disciplined societies they will remain an eccentric minority.

i) Why does the writer describe indiscipline as alarming? Support your answer with information from the first paragraph.
(2 marks)

ii) What makes it difficult to define indiscipline precisely? (3 marks)

iii) How would recognition and respect of other people's rights and desires reduce indiscipline? (2 marks)

iv) Why do you think the example of an indiscipline driver is cited? (2 marks)

v) What role should our sense of natural justice and intelligence play? (2 marks)

vi) Make notes on how an individual as well as the society help to instill self-discipline. (4 marks)

vii) Rewrite the following sentences maintaining the meaning.

Although indiscipline is definition distinct from lawlessness, the line between the two is often tenuous indeed. (1 mark)
(Begin: The line ……………….)

viii) What is the writer's attitude towards those who do not exercise self-discipline? (2 marks)

ix) Explain the meaning of the following words and expressions as used in this passage. (2 marks)

a) Verbal reprimand

b) Devilry

Answers

i) It has begun to look like the normal thing/ virtually every facet of the society has been infected/
No one has escaped/

Indiscipline pervades our life/ It is everywhere.
NB, Any one (2 mks)

ii) It assumes many different forms - some forms are overt (crude) while others are discreet (subtle)/it is difficult to put your figure on it exactly. (3 mks)

iii) This may check individual's excesses/ one may become more considerate and therefore less self - centred. (Selflessness).
(2 mks)

iv) It shows that although discipline is not strictly lawlessness it can easily lead to lawlessness and criminal acts? To illustrate how indiscipline can easily lead to lawlessness and criminal acts. (2 mks)

v) To realize and appreciate that although the law makes no provision for a first - come - served policy observing that policy
would create order and efficiency decency/

It is fair and not liable to create disorder and delay. (2 mks)

vi) - Exercise self-discipline without external supervision.

- Individual can also supervise the behavior of his/her neighbor

- Society must control indiscipline by showing disapproval and/punishing it.

- Society has the duty of providing social education.

NB - should be in note form

- Deduct ½ mark from total marks if not in note form. (4 mks)

vii) The line between indiscipline and lawlessness is often tenuous. (1 mark)

viii) Contemptuous/hostile/condemnatory/disgust/despise/resentful. (2 mks)

Illustrate - use of expressions like 'immaturity' mental incompetence.

ix) Verbal reprimand - a spoken rebuke/warning/caution/scolding/admonishing/reproof

Devilry - mischief/high spiritual/evil nature /wickedness/daring act, escapade.

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