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[quote=Anonymous]As a child, I got a low of different academic awards for different things.  They had NOTHING to do with my motivation.  I was motivated by a desire to learn/be the best I could be.  The piece of paper at the end of the year was a nice acknowledgment that I was working hard, and it made me happy.  Different schools do so many different things I think it's silly to act like there's a "reward culture" when every school has a different system of recognizing students.  For example, in my elementary school, there was a "student of the month" in every grade.  Probably everyone eventually got to be student of the month once.  I don't even remember how they were chosen, but at one point students voted for someone in their class.  I was super awkward and not popular, but somehow I was chosen one year (who knows, maybe the teacher just picked someone and said there was a "vote").  I was so happy!  I still have the picture with me beaming.  But even this pretty much had no long term effect.  Children are resilient!  Even if they feel bad because they don't get an award, they should be able to cope.[/quote]

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