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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsIdaho Teacher in Face-Marking Incident Faces Probe
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/idaho-teacher-face-marking-incident-faces-probe-17769715#.UKx5Qs3BShdUtne Reader Condensed Version: a fourth-grade teacher in Cassia County, Idaho (which is as far south as you can get in this state; it forms part of the Utah state line) offered her students the chance to choose their own incentive for meeting reading goals. The little bastards chose a punishment: anyone who didn't make the standard could either miss recess or let the rest of the class write on their faces with permanent markers. Nine kids didn't make the cut. Three chose to miss recess, the rest got written on.
It is not reported what the hell this teacher was thinking to agree to this, sorry.
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Idaho Teacher in Face-Marking Incident Faces Probe (Original Post)
jmowreader
Nov 2012
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She obviously needed to hear the research presented on 60 Minutes on Sunday.
bluestate10
Nov 2012
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oldhippydude
(2,514 posts)1. dateline is declo
small and out in the sticks..
bluestate10
(10,942 posts)2. She obviously needed to hear the research presented on 60 Minutes on Sunday.
In a nutshell, don't EVER let kids choose reward or punishment because they will almost always choose punishment. Pre-teens and teenagers are much better at weighing such a decision and creating the choice that best fits the situation.
bluedigger
(17,077 posts)3. Covered and discussed in some depth last week.