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Originally Posted by carolynpep73
And just in case it comes up, No, I do not walk around motiviating students with candy. I am a firm believer that candy is a short term motivator that is very inaffective overall.
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Oh Thank You for this!!!!
I hate candy rewards. Especially hate it because the kids don't eat it at school and bring it home (have to have parental permission to eat it) and it makes it my job to say yes or no. Since it's supposed to be a reward from the teacher, this doesn't make sense to me.
Last year they implemented these "Bus Bucks" and "Class Bucks" where they are rewarded with fake "money" from the bus driver or teachers and then twice a month they can take their bucks to the school "store" and "buy" little trinkets like pencils, fun erasers, etc. I like this one.
Unfortunately the 5th grade class has what they call a "Guess A Roonie" jar. You get "Guess Chances" as a reward that gives you chances to guess how many items are in a jar at the end of the week. What's in the jar 9 times out of 10? Candy. My dd came home with 22little packages of Nerds candy this week sooooo excited to have won. Ugh. And the kicker? Since she won, we have to replenish the jar with something else for next week. Last year when my son won, I replenished the jar with coins I save from the laundry/cleaning. I asked last year if they couldn't make it a rule that parents can't fill the jar with candy but it was shot down.
Don't get me wrong...I'm not anti candy all the time etc., but I do hate it as a reward.