In reading blogs this week I stumbled upon something interesting. In "For love of learning" there was an interesting post. It was called “Treating Kids like Pets” the post talks about how giving kids bribes are manipulative and create a competitive nature among student. Where I agree is yes it is manipulative to say that if you answer this question and get a candy. But to me it is more along the lines of motivation. There are just sometimes when students will not answer and has a teacher we need to try and get them to answer. Yes there are probably other ways to get students to answer these questions however there is nothing wrong with being able to offer candy for an answer. Not all competition is bad I feel like this idea is getting blown out of line to say that it is built on mistrust and manipulation is wrong. It is simply a way to motivate students, yes in an ideal place it would not be but they are just rewards for answering a question that is all.
