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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am an educator who is opposed to academic awards in the elementary grades.
I am also opposed to everyone on a team getting a trophy for being on a team. 
We have coddled our kids way too much.  [/quote]

yes, you can not want to cushion your child from every disappointment AND believe academic awards are a bad idea.  The poster(s) arguing that we all think we have fragile, precious snowflakes is creating a strawman.[/quote]

Assuming that a child will endure permanent psychological damage as a result of seeing another kid get an award certificate at school is, indeed, treating your child as a fragile, precious snowflake.  [/quote]

stawman!  engage the arguments people are making and not teh arguments you wish they were making so you can knock them down with aplomb.  [/quote]

There is no argument here, other than "these awards damage kids!"  Please elaborate on any other argument here.[/quote]

no body but you is asserting that the award damage kids.  There is research and personal experience showing they decrease intrinsic motivation, encourage kids to play it safe, may play a role in kids self labeling as not academically inclined, and are based on popularity with teacher rather than some objective measure.  None of these arguments is "these awards damage kids!".  But you can exaggerate what was said to "damage kids!!!" and then argue against your own exaggeration (i.e. stawman) because that is fun.  But it isn't a good faith discussion of the issue, and on some level you know it. [/quote]

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