Comments on: Incentives! http://www.eduwonk.com/2008/06/incentives.html Education News, Analysis, and Commentary Sat, 11 Feb 2012 21:00:28 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 By: Carol http://www.eduwonk.com/2008/06/incentives.html/comment-page-1#comment-955 Carol Mon, 23 Jun 2008 21:51:00 +0000 http://www.eduwonk.com/wordpress/2008/06/incentives.html#comment-955 I like incentives, and even though the video puts that nice marketing glaze on the results, I'm unconvinced. None of the kids I know in middle school ever say things like "if only I had a cellphone with free minutes, I would try so much harder in school!" <br/><br/>There wil be kids that love this, no doubt, but if most kids react the way I and kids I know around the way would react... they probably think most aspects of this program are corny. These kids are New Yorkers, not rural bumpkins. I like incentives, and even though the video puts that nice marketing glaze on the results, I’m unconvinced. None of the kids I know in middle school ever say things like “if only I had a cellphone with free minutes, I would try so much harder in school!”

There wil be kids that love this, no doubt, but if most kids react the way I and kids I know around the way would react… they probably think most aspects of this program are corny. These kids are New Yorkers, not rural bumpkins.

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