1.Teaching Self-Discipline
Mark Zulkoski & Michelle BowmanApril 2010

2. The role of schools has changed over the years.
3. Introduction
Being a self-disciplined student allows the individual the freedom to concentrate on their academic rigors, because they know what is behaviorally accepted of them (Olson, 2010).
It has become the responsibility of public schools in America to ensure that students graduating have acquired a sense of self-discipline over the course of the schools curriculum.
4. What is Self-Discipline?
Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary:self-discipline is defined as correction or regulation of oneself for the sake of improvement, (2010).

Children brought up without being taught how to self-discipline may become ostracized, greedy or uncooperative.