Bollocks. My anecdotal research clearly indicates that the award of awards for
'best on crutches' and the like effectively devalues the value of 'real' awards
for things like best in subject'. If you've worked your arse off it must be
galling in the extreme to see awards of what appears to be similar weight going
to pond life. It also encourages favouritism - achievement awards of dubious
origin and intent tend to go to teachers pets - perhaps because they're
friendly, useful and obedient. Arrogant and gifted gets passed over.
Andrew Fildes
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On 02/12/2013, at 7:07 AM, Bob Whitmire wrote:
> On that subject, my daughter in law, a university librarian, recently was
> asked to help a student--an immigrant from Latin America--research the
> hypothesis that too much praise, i.e., grammar school certificates for best
> applause and other nonsense of that order, was detrimental to the overall
> development of young minds. (Note clear prejudicial POV of this reporter.)
> She reports that she was unable to find anything to support the hypothesis;
> in fact, she said all the research she found contradicted the student's
> notion.
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