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Rewarding bad behavior, regardless of its origin, does nothing but encourage more. My best friend growing up was Asian and worked his ass off every single day.
by causality0 4y ago
Rewarding bad behavior, regardless of its origin, does nothing but encourage more. My best friend growing up was Asian and worked his ass off every single day. I had a lot more fun than he did but he got into a better school and makes better money now because he fucking deserved to.
- UncleMeat 4y agoBad behavior? The same kids still get the award. TJ isn’t deciding who gets the national merit scholarship. I personally think that my time hanging out with people watching classic rock concert footage during 8th period was rather valuable for my life and happiness and many of the personal skills I learned are valuable for my career. This isn’t about deprioritizing excellence.
- causality0 4y agoThis isn’t about deprioritizing excellence. Agreed, it's about giving fifty percent reward for zero percent effort. I think HN readers remember perhaps better than most how much the "peanut gallery" in the back of the class interfered with our ability to learn. I find the idea those assholes are going to get at least half credit for doing nothing absutely repugnant.
- UncleMeat 4y agoWho is getting reward for no effort? Literally nothing about the selection for the scholarship changed.
- causality0 4y agothe school district’s new strategy of “equal outcomes for every student, without exception.” School administrators, for instance, have implemented an “equitable grading” policy that eliminates zeros, gives students a grade of 50 percent just for showing up, and assigns a cryptic code of “NTI” for assignments not turned in. It’s a race to the bottom.