tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25205682.post3684194243043708110..comments2023-06-22T08:44:54.806-04:00Comments on The Plaid Sheep: A Little Bit of BriberyThe Plaid Sheephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05043699886395822626noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25205682.post-69602366664861581502008-03-07T09:04:00.000-05:002008-03-07T09:04:00.000-05:00Paying children to achieve will only work temporar...Paying children to achieve will only work temporarily. Extrinsic motivation is useful, but only when employed sporadically because it tends to cancel out the natural intrinsic motivation. Soon, the amount they're awarded won't be enough, ultimately, it won't mean a thing. Someday I hope we'll finally realize that these ridiculous, endless tests are the problem, not the teachers and students.LMPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17578391977784772580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25205682.post-12607313819665641352008-03-07T08:33:00.000-05:002008-03-07T08:33:00.000-05:00Once you've squashed a child's intellectual curios...Once you've squashed a child's intellectual curiosity - and teaching at the lowest achieving student to get a certain standardized test score will do that - it becomes a problem motivating them to learn. Enrichment is the first item to be cut from school budgets because it's not furthering test scores (those kids would already get the right score) and a district's federal and state aid is tied Lady Epiphanyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05079046946352148577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25205682.post-38673268966598454352008-03-06T08:34:00.000-05:002008-03-06T08:34:00.000-05:00That had not occurred to me, but you're right. If...That had not occurred to me, but you're right. If I were on the admissions board of a college I would want to take the student who did not require paying to achieve.The Plaid Sheephttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05043699886395822626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25205682.post-72199981445229468612008-03-05T20:50:00.000-05:002008-03-05T20:50:00.000-05:00Yeesh. Next thing you know, college applications ...Yeesh. Next thing you know, college applications will have a checkbox asking if a prospective student was paid to achieve a certain score on the SATS and there will be new scandals revolving around the weighting system of paid scores vs. unpaid scores related to admission. In my day, you did well in school so college would take you and you could move out. Guess that's just not enough anymore...karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01015005627576368267noreply@blogger.com