:::rewarding effort
next week we'll be holding some sort of recognition assembly in the evening. it's an "award" program that i proposed several years ago based on one where rachel went to school at the time. it was a simple premise, we'd reward children's effort, using simple criteria.
our report card at the time was using a six-point rubric, 6 being highest. to receive the effort award, a student merely had to have at least one 5 and nothing lower than a 4 for effort. they were allowed up to three absences within a grading period. i can't remember the third criterion right now, but we were able to recognize student effort at a school where kids called each other "schoolboy" or "schoolgirl" if they exhibited any kind of intellect.
this afternoon we were given the latest mutated criteria for this certificate. pobrecitos, our students, they now need to jump so many hurdles to receive any kind of recognition for their efforts.
next week we'll be holding some sort of recognition assembly in the evening. it's an "award" program that i proposed several years ago based on one where rachel went to school at the time. it was a simple premise, we'd reward children's effort, using simple criteria.
our report card at the time was using a six-point rubric, 6 being highest. to receive the effort award, a student merely had to have at least one 5 and nothing lower than a 4 for effort. they were allowed up to three absences within a grading period. i can't remember the third criterion right now, but we were able to recognize student effort at a school where kids called each other "schoolboy" or "schoolgirl" if they exhibited any kind of intellect.
this afternoon we were given the latest mutated criteria for this certificate. pobrecitos, our students, they now need to jump so many hurdles to receive any kind of recognition for their efforts.
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