My wife's nephew is on half term and is staying with us for the week.
Yesterday he told me that he is getting a Nintendo DS given soon for good behaviour in school.
What is going on. Being rewarded with expensive goodies for having good behaviour?
I'm baffled...

I never missed a day of secondary school, or sixth form for that matter, but i remember i went in a Box to watch a bore draw at Villa Park for that......Looking back the reward wasn't worth the reason....

we live in a society so different from what I remember , but nothing shocks .. too many nancy do gooders , too much bowing down , wrapping in cotton wool , and being scared of saying what you want , without fear of upsetting or insulting someone , kids need discipline - need to know right from wrong , need to know what is tolerated , and what is clearly wrong .. respect has all but disappeared now ..

We used to get a drawn on star on our hand in primary school. Think we had a stamp book with certificates awarded for good behaviour in secondary school, pretty shit really.

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we live in a society so different from what I remember , but nothing shocks .. too many nancy do gooders , too much bowing down , wrapping in cotton wool , and being scared of saying what you want , without fear of upsetting or insulting someone , kids need discipline - need to know right from wrong , need to know what is tolerated , and what is clearly wrong .. respect has all but disappeared now ..

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when at school I may not have liked the teachers , but respected them , and worried that if you stepped out of line you'd get whalloped by a ruler , today teachers can barely tell kids off , high attacks on teachers , my next door neighbour is one - and hates his job , the way kids are today ..

My Wife is Deputy Head in a private school where they take no nonsense from the kids.
She was looking into going to work in a state school and I told her you need to think again.
Gove is tinkering around with the education system and is going to make things far worse than it already is...

my son left a year ago , my daughter this year , and although their education was good , some classes the teachers had no control over , kids running riot .. drugs in school , ok drugs were around in my day ..

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My wife's nephew is on half term and is staying with us for the week.
Yesterday he told me that he is getting a Nintendo DS given soon for good behaviour in school.
What is going on. Being rewarded with expensive goodies for having good behaviour?
I'm baffled...

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My wife's nephew is on half term and is staying with us for the week.
Yesterday he told me that he is getting a Nintendo DS given soon for good behaviour in school.
What is going on. Being rewarded with expensive goodies for having good behaviour?
I'm baffled...

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Madness!

I don't think gift rewards are necessary, but if they exist they should promote health and wellbeing. Not more sitting in front of a screen.

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A chemistry set for kids in the schools round here could turn into a Breaking Bad-type scenario :)

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My Wife is Deputy Head in a private school where they take no nonsense from the kids.
She was looking into going to work in a state school and I told her you need to think again.
Gove is tinkering around with the education system and is going to make things far worse than it already is...

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My Wife is Deputy Head in a private school where they take no nonsense from the kids.
She was looking into going to work in a state school and I told her you need to think again.
Gove is tinkering around with the education system and is going to make things far worse than it already is...

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Muskamber going by many of your previous posts you seem to have socialist/lefty views but your wife is a deputy head at a Fee paying Private school.
I thought you would be well against Private Education.

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My Wife is Deputy Head in a private school where they take no nonsense from the kids.
She was looking into going to work in a state school and I told her you need to think again.
Gove is tinkering around with the education system and is going to make things far worse than it already is...

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Muskamber going by many of your previous posts you seem to have socialist/lefty views but your wife is a deputy head at a Fee paying Private school.
I thought you would be well against Private Education.

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Have no leftist views at all.

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My Wife is Deputy Head in a private school where they take no nonsense from the kids.
She was looking into going to work in a state school and I told her you need to think again.
Gove is tinkering around with the education system and is going to make things far worse than it already is...

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Muskamber going by many of your previous posts you seem to have socialist/lefty views but your wife is a deputy head at a Fee paying Private school.
I thought you would be well against Private Education.

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I had perfect attendance first and second year of secondary school and I got a £10 John Menzies voucher which was then invalid because WH Smith bought them over and the poxy twats wouldn't take it!

When I was well behaved in junior school we got a gold star on chart in the classroom.
When I was well behaved at secondary school they asked me if I was not feeling well.

Too many times your hear of bad behaved kids getting stuff for being good for a week or so,my lad school rewards hard work and excellence,he has book vouchers which they receive so depending on what the gifts are and not Nintendo ds I don't think they are a bad thing ...

Who pays for these gifts,? No doubt it'll be another form of state hand out

Not at my lads school it isn't ,the parents contribute to it...

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I don't think they are a bad thing ...

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Personally I think it's up to the parents to reward for good behaviour not the school,

rewarding good behaviour seems like a good idea to me.

it would probably encourage learning.

I'm not saying it's all bad rewarding kids , my job is being a boss over quite a few on my crew , and when things go well then praise is given , and righlty so , but a Nintendo ? or game station thingy ? come on , not exactly a good thing to do , cause they're gonna come to expect it .. today being paid is reward enough , just my opinion ..

My good behaviour gift was that i didnt get twated from my Dad.