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Feb 08 2009

Kohn: Shallow Rewards

The practice of rewarding people conveniently spares us from asking hard questions about why we are asking people to do things that are devoid of interest in the first place.

-Alfie Kohn, from Punished by Rewards: The Trouble with Gold Stars, Incentive Plans, A’s, Praise, and Other Bribes

Written by Nicole · Categorized: Unschooling Thought for the Day

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