So not everyone here understands the child that tries their hardest to get a grade but can't quite achieve it? You know all of the ones out there that were only C average students that worked their butts off, because they just didn't get it. I know there had to several on here that were those students. Or how would you justify students with IEP's? What kind of honor roll have you given them? There isn't one in case you're looking.

Did you get money from your parents or someone for good grades, when you were in school? If so, then that came from a family value usually... When is the acceptance of a grade going to be the reward for what it's suppose to be, after all, the ice cream or money or whatever didn't get me a scholarship.

I agree with JHB and Jewel3. The children that work hard to get good grades and have good citizenship should be rewarded. We offer citizenship rewards at our school. Next week, all of the children who earned decent grades and who also behaved in school will be going on a special field trip. The students who misbehaved and didn't have a good report card will stay at the school to do their school work. I don't think children should be rewarded for misbehaving and receiving failing grades. Our children need to be taught at an early age that hard work reaps benefits.

I agree with the others. We are raising a generation of "trophy kids" where too often achievement is diluted in the "everyone gets a trophy just for trying" mentality. Don't get me wrong, I think there should be all kinds of incentives - not just for the academically gifted.

But we cannot continue with the idea that rewards are only good if everyoen gets one. This sense of entitlement is showing up now as these kids enter the workforce and it makes for some sad, yet hilarious situations. Sometimes it seems they expect to be rewarded for breathing.

Our school does something similiar to an extent, every quarter there is an incentive day. If all homework is turned, all grades are passing, and the student was not placed on the dention list for the entire quarter, they are entitled to participate in incentive day. There is games, entertainment, and refreshments. Those students that are not particpating in the incentive day, they are in rooms assigned to their grades, doing work, missing assignments, or what their teacher feels will help them increase their grades. I think its a good program. It shows kids if they work hard, they can accomplish incentives. Put it into a work situation: alot of companies give out bonuses if an employee/company does well.

I also completely agree with Jewel on this one. Like someone said on the sales things I think it should be on a school level or even a class level but for rewarding only the ones that got honor roll is perfectly fine, they worked for that. Nothing wrong with this one in my opinion.

Our school does rewards for A-B honor roll and I think it is very important. Around here, most of the funds and extra attention goes to the students who have poor grades and behavior problems. I think you need to reward those who do well! Positive reinforment is better than having to deal with negative punishment! Maybe that will make students strive to do better.