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Rewarding young people for expected standards of behavior is counterproductive for promoting responsibility. Yet so many parents and teachers use rewards. Let’s explore some of the reasons. Via Chris Wejr
Ivon Prefontaine's insight:
What rewards do is create higher expectations and monetize the process. There needs to be integration between love for what we do and that the journey is sometimes its own reward. Anything less produces more narcissm. 
Chris Balogh's comment,
March 8, 1:30 AM
Dan Pink might say that rewards encourage routine behaviors, and suppress non-routine ones. How do we categorize meeting expected behaviors? Is it routine or non-routine? If it's true that rewards diminish our desired result, then it may mean that behaving in a socially benign or beneficial way takes a fair amount of creativity.
Chris Wejr's comment,
March 12, 10:44 PM
We want kids to do the right thing... because it is the right thing. When we add a prize, we rob them of the opportunity to feel the right thing.
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School improvement is needed but should not be linked to narrow corporate interests.