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jmowreader

(50,447 posts)
Wed Nov 21, 2012, 02:53 AM Nov 2012

Idaho Teacher in Face-Marking Incident Faces Probe

http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/idaho-teacher-face-marking-incident-faces-probe-17769715#.UKx5Qs3BShd

Utne 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 OP
dateline is declo oldhippydude Nov 2012 #1
She obviously needed to hear the research presented on 60 Minutes on Sunday. bluestate10 Nov 2012 #2
Covered and discussed in some depth last week. bluedigger Nov 2012 #3

bluestate10

(10,942 posts)
2. She obviously needed to hear the research presented on 60 Minutes on Sunday.
Wed Nov 21, 2012, 03:01 AM
Nov 2012

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.

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