SAH doesn't support change,
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SAH doesn't support change,
| Sat, 08-26-2006 - 4:58pm |
"SAH doesn't support change, it supports going backwards to the 1950's,"
Statement in a post below.
I wholeheartedly disagree. To me, SAH is a choice. How is that going back to the 1950s, when a lot of women didn't have much of a choice.

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You have made the assertion that reading programs that give prizes "train" kids to only read for the prize because of <> She doesn 't need the prize but it makes it meaningful to get a prize because it does make her feel good that the school acknowledges her hard work. She would still read but she also feels proud that others feel that her accomplishment is worth acknowledging.
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This is a fundamental difference between us then. I love the fact that my son has the opportunity to read for awards because otherwise he wouldn't read. Having a love of reading, IMO, isn't something to be taught. Kind of like teaching a love of anything else. Kids either have it or they don't. I would do anything to keep my kids reading and if that means rewarding them periodically, that is fine with me. As I said earlier, my DS has ADD and there is no way he would sit and read a book without getting something out of it. He simply doesn't have it in his personality to sit for any length of time to read a book
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Not by us. The awards are given when the child has earned it. Sure, for some of the awards there is a deadline (DS has to get 15 reading points by October 15 for his swimming party)but the majority of them they receive only if and when they reach the goal.
I have been using the pizza coupons as only one small example. My kids don't even participate in the pizza coupon program. They don't like pizza and it isn't challenging enough to motivate them. My kids' teachers have many more interesting challenges for them that they participate in at school. That doesn't mean that I think that those coupons are a bad thing. Some kids are not going to receive the same types of awards my kids receive so I am glad that the teachers have those smaller awards for those kids.
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What if your child wanted to participate in the pizza coupon program? You wouldn't let him?
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That is the way that it is set up by us also. All the students grades are on parent-access website and progress are reports are available. We have parent teacher conferences and the biggest complaint I hear from teachers is that parents don't take advantage of those conferences.
I have a very good idea where my kids are also. I don't need the awards they receive for that - I know where they are. My kids like the awards because it keeps them at the level they are. They are involved in the TAG program and since they miss out on a lot of the day to day interaction of their peers, the teachers use awards as a recognition of the sacrifice they make for that.
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Your kids expect to get a computer and cell phone?? My kids will get one of those if they earn it.
The kids in our high school go on these kind of trips quite often - I can't wait until my kids get the chance to do it. This year a group is going to Italy, I am strongly considering being a chaperone ;)
BTW, did you notice we reached the 3000 mark ;)
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