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AZymph t1_j68tbou wrote

This trains them that schoolwork is a punishment.

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Yakobee t1_j68uhc6 wrote

Writing should never be used as a punishment. No matter what you think it teaches them, the thing they'll learn from it is to hate writing.

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howlinghobo t1_j6fvt6u wrote

Are kids that easy to manipulate?

If they were given tv as punishment would they hate tv?

If they were given homework as a reward would they love homework?

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[deleted] t1_j6fxwoa wrote

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howlinghobo t1_j6fzjos wrote

I mean if those things were possible it would be weird for them not to be central tools.

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Ricwil12 OP t1_j68w4b1 wrote

Perhaps the tip was not explanatory. The students actually voted it as useful and caring. This is not an assignment. It is to get them to open up. Two students were arguing loudly. They were called put in separate rooms and asked to write, why, how the will exercise control. Eventually they embraced.

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