Suggestions for HS academic awards criteria

citygirlsmom
Sun, 05 Nov 2006 13:35:02 +0000

why not excellence for excellence’s sake? what, these kids have no internal motivation and somehow getting an award at the end of the year, going woohoo?

I think when we talk about self esteem, etc., well, it is something that needs to be dealt and worked on on a daily basis, not at some award ceremony at the end of the year, and with all the inherent problems we have seen, what is the point?

those kids that are doing well know they are and will do the work because they want to, not for an award, and those that need to work harder, well, time and thought should be spent there

it is good to award the good kids, but coming up with pseudo awards, eh, the good kids will usually ne good anyway

it is better to deal with the bad kids as things happen, and not punish a whole class for a few bad apples and then think some awards later will make up for it

kids are stupid and see what is going on