So I am actively goign to try and not use rewards as intrinsic "bribary" and see if there is a difference. In my head and in my heart, what Alfie Kohn has said is true.
It was interesting b/c a few weeks ago, Dr. Castelli reiterated what he said.
"When we have to resort to rewards (bribary) in order to get students to do what they should be doing...something is very wrong."
He also said something really interesting..."people that use rewards are people that like power b/c they know they are getting people to do something by using (exploiting?) them at their weakest points. Wow. I look back at the people at McKeel who preach rewards adn I think there is some truth in it. The kids have even said that rewards didn't work last year.
So I guess my early new years resolution is to stop using them. I think I'm going to use all of my gift cards that I purchased as a "I think you deserve this for no reason at all!" kind of thing.
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