Return-Path: <nifl-ld@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id f57I02f10592; Thu, 7 Jun 2001 14:00:02 -0400 (EDT) Date: Thu, 7 Jun 2001 14:00:02 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <3B1FBFA9.723C1C19@ellijay.com> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-ld@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-ld@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-ld@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: Art LaChance <arthur@ellijay.com> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-ld@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-LD:3492] Re: FW: Humiliating Awards Ceremony at School X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.7 [en] (Win98; I) Status: O Content-Length: 837 Lines: 19 I'm sorry Jan, I can't see K through 5th graders making any kind of sensible decision on the subject. They're not in a position to understand the consequences, loosened up or not. This is a decision that should be made by those who have some genuine insight and wisdom concerning the various psychological ramifications around such an action. Why not establish an interdisciplinary participatory administration to establish known good processes and throw out all those that don't work? Art Jan Stotts wrote: > There is a lot to be said on both sides of the awards question. > Perhaps it should be treated like other matters in a participatory > classroom. You could discuss it with the students at orientation or > later in the class when they have loosened up, and then go with what > they say is acceptable to them. J. Stotts
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