Jun 22 2009
Let’s Get Ready for a Little Elementary School Incentive
My webmaster wrote a post on her own blog, and I just *had* to share it with you! I love it!!!! WOW!!! How hard would that be for each school district to give out $$ in a raffle, and each child than gets good attendance goes into the pool with a chance at winning some summer spending money!!! I mean we spend trillions of dollars on education on how many kids in the U.S.? Why can’t SOME of that money go TO the kids, directly, to encourge them to continue being great students?!
Here’s Tammy’s Post:
DD#3 just finished the 2nd grade at the local public school. During her award’s ceremony, she received a certificate for perfect attendance.
Yesterday in the mail, she received another award for that perfect attendance - a check in the amount of $200!!! As I understand it, a member of the community graciously rewards second graders with such checks, if they have either perfect attendance or if they miss 1 or 2 days.
I was dumbfounded and have never heard of such a thing before! Of course, she refuses to share with me … and she won’t even consider buying her dad a Father’s Day gift with some of her funds. She emphatically (and loudly) has stated that she’s saving her money to buy her very own LAPTOP. Can a geeky mom really be upset about that?!
I think I’ll head back to second grade next year!
