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Date:
| Fri Apr 30 10:04:11 2004
| Name:
| Bill Roy
| E-mail:
| wroy@lcisd.org
| Organization:
| Lamar Consolidated ISD Jane Long Elementary
| Location:
| Richmond Texas
| How the site | was found: From article Five Reasons....Good Job
| Comments:
| Why has it taken so long for the logic in your article to
reach teachers..terrific insight...same approach should be taken for
cheating and for enforcing school rules..once out of elementary, rules are
ignored. by teachers and students..afraid to get parents upset
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Date:
| Thu Apr 29 18:33:51 2004
| Name:
| mary whybark
| E-mail:
| marywhybarkdogs@yahoo.com
| Organization:
| UAA student in education
| Location:
| Anchorage Alaska
| How the site | was found: From reading your books and beign regquired to write a
paper.
| Comments:
| I have always felt that the main point of education was to
encourgae people to be life long learners. I got that message even though
I struggled all the way through the school system, a system today that
would have not given me a diploma. Thanks for being a voice in the storm.
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Date:
| Wed Apr 28 08:46:13 2004
| Name:
| Sean McCarthy
| E-mail:
| macthknyfe@hotmail.com
| Organization:
| Lawrence High School
| Location:
| Lawrence Massachusetts
| How the site | was found: through reading Kohn's books
| Comments:
| Mr. Kohn's work and philosophy have been a significant
influence in my own theory and practice within the classroom
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Date:
| Tue Apr 27 19:25:52 2004
| Name:
| Forrest
| E-mail:
| fls@ku.edu
| Organization:
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| Location:
| Lawrence, KS
| How the site | was found: Through Kohen
| Comments:
| Some great work. Do you address special rewards to
teachers? Our local school foundation gives a $10,000 reward to a teacher
every year. The presentatioon of the award is a major production,lots of
publicity, etc. My view is that out of 1500 teachers it is not possible
for a Supt to select a "best" teacher for such an award. In addition it
sets op unrealistic expectations and serves the needs of the people making
the reward, engenders resentments, and even causes the awardee to feel
embarrased. What are the positives and negatives from your research and
experience?
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Date:
| Mon Apr 26 07:06:06 2004
| Name:
| D. Valentine
| E-mail:
| dvalentine@mtmc.edu
| Organization:
| Student
| Location:
| Yankton, SD
| How the site | was found: Senior Seminar Presentation
| Comments:
| As I begin my teaching career thank you for reminding me to
"work with" my students and not "do to" my students.
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Date:
| Thu Apr 22 06:19:04 2004
| Name:
| Samantha Tarticchio
| E-mail:
| samantht@deakin.edu.au
| Organization:
|
| Location:
| Melbourne, Australia
| How the site | was found: Search engine
| Comments:
| I find your ideas very provocative and thought provoking. I
am in my last year of teacher training, and also have two young children.
I have been told that I should praise my children "good job" etc etc, but
know need to rethink this parenting strategy. Thanks.
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Date:
| Thu Apr 22 03:19:45 2004
| Name:
| Lorna Walter
| E-mail:
| waltl005@medway.org.uk
| Organization:
| Sherwin Knight Community Infant School
| Location:
| Kent England GB
| How the site | was found: google search
| Comments:
| Use High/Scope principles in our school and the principle
of no praise always raises eyebrows when we explain to other educators and
parents! Found the conversation very interesting. It is so right. We no
longer use rewards and use conflict resolution. Children are a delight!
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Date:
| Wed Apr 21 07:54:48 2004
| Name:
| Marion Hubbard
| E-mail:
| marionhubbard404@hotmail.com
| Organization:
| www.holisticeducator.com
| Location:
| Brussels, Belgium
| How the site | was found: through AERO
| Comments:
| Thank-you
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Date:
| Sun Apr 18 04:54:11 2004
| Name:
| Michael D. Ostrolenk
| E-mail:
| netnews@comcast.net
| Organization:
| Global Integral Solutions
| Location:
| Washington DC
| How the site | was found: Paths of Learning Magazine
| Comments:
| Our company supports social change initiatives, mostly in
healthcare and energy. It has become clear to us that in order for the
thinking to change in both of those areas we need to see the thinking
change in the educucational system. We where very happy to come across Mr.
Kohn's work and would like to offer our support for his efforts. Thank
you, Michael D. Ostrolenk
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Date:
| Wed Apr 14 14:26:25 2004
| Name:
| kellen robinson
| E-mail:
| kellen.robinson@colorado.edu
| Organization:
| university of colorado student
| Location:
| boulder, colorado
| How the site | was found: reading your books
| Comments:
| thank you. your insite and expertise has given me the
inspiration to major in the field of education.
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Date:
| Wed Apr 14 07:26:23 2004
| Name:
| george j corey
| E-mail:
| gjc@vigoschools.org
| Organization:
| teacher
| Location:
| terre haute
| How the site | was found: heard you talk
| Comments:
| thank you
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Date:
| Sat Apr 10 15:29:57 2004
| Name:
| Lisette Ramos-Voigt
| E-mail:
| RamosVoigt@msn.com
| Organization:
| High School Science
| Location:
| St. Louis, MO
| How the site | was found: Looking for articles on Standardized testing
| Comments:
| As I have been writing my last papers for the completion of
my Ph.D., I have used some of Kohn's articles as my references to many
ideas I agree with on the topics of education, testing and out public
system. I first read articles written by Kohn in the Kappan. To find the
website was a wonderful surprise and have enjoyed reading many of the
articles from the site. I have enjoyed the last one on standarized testing
and privatization of our schools in the April, 2004 Phi Delta Kappan. The
paper I am currently writing is about the testing, it's usefulness,
purpose, effects on the students, schools and community, alternative
assessments and what the future holds.
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Date:
| Fri Apr 9 10:32:11 2004
| Name:
| Yvette Rios
| E-mail:
| yvettemr@sbcglobal.net
| Organization:
| Elementary Teacher
| Location:
| Riverside, CA
| How the site | was found: Book: The Case Against Standardized Testing
| Comments:
| What can I do to inform and rally others to take a stand
against testing without losing my job? How much influence and flexibility
does my district have in mandating, or not, the test taking? Isn't the
state dictating what each district must do and holding them hostage with
money?
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Date:
| Thu Apr 8 21:56:45 2004
| Name:
| Maria Cakderon
| E-mail:
| m7calderon@hotmail.com
| Organization:
| SXU Student
| Location:
| Chicago
| How the site | was found: Standardized Testing Book
| Comments:
| There is so much that needs revision in the education
system!
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Date:
| Thu Apr 8 14:28:37 2004
| Name:
| Sue Smith
| E-mail:
| suesmith@theinstitute.com
| Organization:
| The Institute
| Location:
| Madison, WI
| How the site | was found: Your sight found me
| Comments:
| Is this really necessary?
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Date:
| Wed Apr 7 09:45:35 2004
| Name:
| Asaba Owerri
| E-mail:
| homeboy_owerri_asaba@aba.us
| Organization:
| Banking
| Location:
| aba, lagos
| How the site | was found: from a friend
| Comments:
| I love this page. It looks really nice. Keep it up.
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Date:
| Mon Apr 5 21:29:36 2004
| Name:
| sarah gann
| E-mail:
| smanville@ameritech.net
| Organization:
| Cleveland State University
| Location:
| Cleveland OH
| How the site | was found: Watched one of your films in class
| Comments:
| I was looking for information on your doctoral work and
didn't see any. Where did you do your Ph.D. and what was the subject of
your dissertation? Also, with which university are you affiliated?
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Date:
| Sat Apr 3 21:31:47 2004
| Name:
| Patrick Kwame Amihere
| E-mail:
| amiherep@sltnet.lk
| Organization:
| Human Rights Commission - Sri Lanka
| Location:
| Sri Lanka
| How the site | was found:
| Comments:
| Good piece of work!!!!!!
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Date:
| Sat Apr 3 13:36:22 2004
| Name:
| John Snelgrove
| E-mail:
| JKEN9800@att.net.
| Organization:
| Parent
| Location:
| MA
| How the site | was found: Link from an article
| Comments:
| Alfie is a breath of fresh air. The standardized testing
toxin thrust upon principals, teachers and students suffocates the
innocence of learning!
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Date:
| Fri Apr 2 21:34:08 2004
| Name:
| Jessica Padilla
| E-mail:
| jessykap1212@hotmail.com
| Organization:
| student
| Location:
| Arizona
| How the site | was found: Education Teacher
| Comments:
| Enjoyed the articles!
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Date:
| Fri Apr 2 21:33:50 2004
| Name:
| Jessica Padilla
| E-mail:
| jessykap1212@hotmail.com
| Organization:
| student
| Location:
| Arizona
| How the site | was found: Eduacation Teacher
| Comments:
| Enjoyed the articles!
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Date:
| Fri Apr 2 14:21:21 2004
| Name:
| Matt Segall
| E-mail:
| mjs6r@hotmail.com
| Organization:
|
| Location:
| Toronto
| How the site | was found: google
| Comments:
| I'm hoping that this message somehow gets to Mr. Kohn, but
I'm sure other people may be able to answer my questions. I'm almost
finished reading Punished by Rewards right now, and the whole thing has
totally blown my mind. I'm in that limbo stage right now - the time just
after undergrad and just before graduate school - and I'm working hard to
figure out what and where I want to study. I know for sure that I want to
enter Clinical or School Psychology doctorate programs, but its a little
difficult to find researchers whose interests match mine. I am wondering
if anyone out there is investigation non-behaviorist interventions to
improve behavior and learning in children with special needs. I have a
particular interest in Autism, but also ADHD, ED, LD, and really any
condition that makes it challenging for a child to be in a typical
classroom setting. If you have any advice or insight for me, please email
mjs6r@hotmail.com Thank you! - Matt Segall
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Date:
| Tue Mar 30 11:54:52 2004
| Name:
| Barbara Nichols
| E-mail:
| nicholsr@peoplepc.com
| Organization:
|
| Location:
| Georgetown, SC
| How the site | was found: through my Dad
| Comments:
| You will be speaking at Indiana State at a lecture named
after my father. At the age of 93, he hopes to be in attendance. I do hope
you will have time to personally talk with him - he remains a bright and
involved person and looks forward to meeting you. As his proud daughter, I
see him as a great example of a lifelong learner. Enjoy your time in Terre
Haute - wish I could be there to hear you. Barb
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Date:
| Fri Mar 26 00:46:57 2004
| Name:
| c. coleman
| E-mail:
|
| Organization:
| Bachelor of Education student at University of Canberra
| Location:
| ACT (Australian Capital Territory), Australia
| How the site | was found: It was referred to in the NSW (New South Wales) Dept
Education website.
| Comments:
| Thanks for access to your articles, and the further
references therein. Very helpful.
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Date:
| Thu Mar 25 19:45:35 2004
| Name:
| Kit Loewen
| E-mail:
| loewenk@stf.sk.ca
| Organization:
| Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation
| Location:
| Saskatoon
| How the site | was found:
| Comments:
| Dear Alfie, It has been many months since I sent my
original message of appreciation to you for your September 11 essay - and
I am thinking of your work tonight as I finish a workshop for teachers on
Commitment and Courage. I have referenced your earlier work on altruism,
and its place in the "new commons". So, it is fine to be thinking about
this again. I will be attending the Canadian Teachers' Federation
Conference in Ottawa this May, and look forward to hearing you speak then
and there. With best wishes (for ongoing courage and commitment!!) Kit
Loewen Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation Saskatoon
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Date:
| Wed Mar 24 13:45:01 2004
| Name:
| alfie jones
| E-mail:
| alfiejones9@bigblue.net.au
| Organization:
| student
| Location:
| gympie
| How the site | was found: on the net
| Comments:
| Im interested in learning more about your project. I have
read a little. I am studying for a Certificate III in Education Support. I
have also attended a workshop by Dan and Linda Popov from Canada regarding
building a "Culture of Character" beginning with this generation of
children. I found it to be similar to "Choice Theory" but with a deeper
moral base. I was curios about your ideas. thanks alfie
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Date:
| Tue Mar 23 21:20:11 2004
| Name:
| C Woolley
| E-mail:
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| Organization:
| ECHO-Early Childhood Organization
| Location:
| Nacogdoches TX
| How the site | was found: through college class
| Comments:
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Date:
| Tue Mar 23 04:47:28 2004
| Name:
| Randy Taylor
| E-mail:
| randytaylo30@hotmail.com
| Organization:
| Clarence Fitzroy Bryant College
| Location:
| St. Kitts-Nevis (Home Kim Collins)
| How the site | was found: As an Assessment specialist at the college I looked
infromation using Google
| Comments:
| Good reading
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Date:
| Mon Mar 22 21:21:22 2004
| Name:
| Carey Crocker
| E-mail:
| ccrocker@ferndaleschools.org
| Organization:
| Ferndale Schools
| Location:
| MI
| How the site | was found: search
| Comments:
| Glad I found this web site, wanted to learn more about how
"reward systems" are harmful and what you had to say about high stakes
testing.
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Date:
| Mon Mar 8 08:38:54 2004
| Name:
| Patricia R. Lang
| E-mail:
| PYCRRCCF@aol.com
| Organization:
| Teacher
| Location:
| Grand Junction, Colorado
| How the site | was found:
| Comments:
| I am very disturbed by the tactics used by some teachers to
manipulate students into taking our standardized test - CSAP- (SAP
interesting when refering to this assessment) They do not want independent
thinkers, they want everyone to fit into a nice little box. My
granddaughter is a very independent thinker, and she is being harassed
daily, because her mother mother and I made the decision that she was not
to take the test. I find this totally unacceptable and unprofessional.
Patricia R. Lang
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Date:
| Sun Feb 29 08:23:41 2004
| Name:
| Lisa Wilson
| E-mail:
| wilsonlisa1@aol.com
| Organization:
| EMCSD
| Location:
| El Monte
| How the site | was found: Internet search
| Comments:
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Date:
| Sat Feb 28 14:32:49 2004
| Name:
| Kevin Hemphill
| E-mail:
| keskphbr@yahoo.co.jp
| Organization:
| non-affiliated
| Location:
| Tokyo
| How the site | was found: http://www.joelonsoftware.com/news/fog0000000215.html
| Comments:
| I read one article that is linked from Joel on Software
about how constantly resorting to rewards/incentives can undermine our
morale. It made me reflect upon my own attitude to teaching which used to
be centered around the students but has gradually become centered on my
own benefits. I am constantly worried about job security/pay and
conditions so I can not focus on the work. This in turn contributes to my
declining morale. You have helped me to understand that in order to break
out of this negative cycle I must refocus my energies on trying to enjoy
the work once more. Sorry, bit of a ramble, but you have taught me
something very important. Thank you.
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Date:
| Fri Feb 27 11:05:17 2004
| Name:
| Colleen O'Shell
| E-mail:
| coshell@comcast.net
| Organization:
| Cambridge Rindge & Latin School
| Location:
| Cambridge, MA
| How the site | was found: web search
| Comments:
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Date:
| Tue Feb 24 11:54:17 2004
| Name:
| Carroll Smith
| E-mail:
| csmith@gardner-webb.edu
| Organization:
| Gardner-Webb University
| Location:
| Boiling Springs, NC
| How the site | was found: Already knew of it
| Comments:
| I send my student teachers to your website to hear a
different voice about grades and discipline. I also just printed off your
article on what it means to be educated. For years now, I have said to
people that we have been educated so long on behaviorism that we do not
know that we do not know.
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Date:
| Sun Feb 22 16:51:51 2004
| Name:
| Dustin
| E-mail:
| sarcasmicchasm@hotmail.com
| Organization:
| n/a
| Location:
| Ontario
| How the site | was found: quote from a Maclean's article "How Grades fail our kids"
| Comments:
| I was reading "Five reasons to stop saying 'good job!' "
and was hooked: not that it is a 'good' thing, but the effects that you
explained describe me well. I'm glad to see all these alternative ideas
about praise and teaching, as I truly don't agree with the current methods
- because of personal experience. I can pass school with flying colours,
but what I've actually learned is a little hazy...anyways, thanks for the
read, can't wait to get to the rest!
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Date:
| Fri Feb 20 17:58:33 2004
| Name:
| Lucy Freeman
| E-mail:
| bfree32000@yahoo.com
| Organization:
| Homeschool Mom
| Location:
| La Crosse, WI
| How the site | was found: Attended lecture for educators by Kohn
| Comments:
| We recently removed our son from High School for several
reasons. An unexpected result was the amazing and immediate change for the
better in our relationship with him. I'm wondering if many of the
bothersome traits we associate with teenagers are actually a result of
their attendance, for so many hours a day, in places where they are bored,
frustrated, demeaned and, for all practical purposes, imprisoned.
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Date:
| Fri Feb 20 10:36:36 2004
| Name:
| Magni Hjalmarsson
| E-mail:
| magni@ismennt.is
| Organization:
| Alftanesskoli
| Location:
| Iceland
| How the site | was found: On Restitution-website in Canada
| Comments:
| I have been reading some of your work. Hoping being able to
use your ideas in my professional life as a teacher and school-counselor
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Date:
| Thu Feb 19 18:31:56 2004
| Name:
| S. Gita Merritt
| E-mail:
| gitamerritt@comcast.net
| Organization:
| parent
| Location:
| Montclair NJ
| How the site | was found: WBAI
| Comments:
| great work, I wish to eliminate testing in our schools.
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Date:
| Thu Feb 19 09:57:30 2004
| Name:
| Colin Shawyer
| E-mail:
| csshawyer@rogers.com
| Organization:
| Teacher - SCDSB
| Location:
| Ontario, Canada
| How the site | was found: Not sure, but love it!
| Comments:
| Thanks for all your insight into accountability and
testing. Your books are great. I look forward to hearing you at the
Canadian Teachers Federation Conference in Ottawa. Would like to hear more
about your solutions to our schools problems.
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Date:
| Mon Feb 16 02:18:38 2004
| Name:
| Hanan Salto
| E-mail:
| alfajores2001@yahoo.com
| Organization:
| none
| Location:
| Israel
| How the site | was found: read one of Alfie's books
| Comments:
| for me, the most clear danger of our schools is the
fixation on obedience they produce. after school ppl live their whole life
without doubting and thinking about what they're doing and the meaning of
their life simply because they got used to not thinking, but accepting the
way things are because they've been told so over and over again.
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Date:
| Fri Feb 13 06:30:39 2004
| Name:
| Edmund Wong
| E-mail:
| ragingkinezo@hotmail.com
| Organization:
|
| Location:
| Toronto, Ontario
| How the site | was found: Television lecture
| Comments:
| I thought your lecture was absolutely fascinating and
brought several good points to how competition can be disruptive to not
only children but to society as a whole. The lecture was definitely
inspired a new way of thinking. Thanks!
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Date:
| Tue Feb 10 20:00:03 2004
| Name:
| Nicki Dillman
| E-mail:
| ndill@uwsp.edu
| Organization:
|
| Location:
| Wisconsin Rapids
| How the site | was found: looked it up
| Comments:
| I am interested in the topic of standarized tests. I plan
on being a teacher in the future and I think our government needs to
improve a lot about education. I feel very strongly about the education in
America. I heard a speech that Mr. kohn gave at my university. I thought
it was very well done and very interesting
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Date:
| Tue Feb 10 10:21:20 2004
| Name:
| Peggy Davis
| E-mail:
| davis_m03@firn.edu
| Organization:
| Hillsborough County Public Schools
| Location:
| Tampa, FL
| How the site | was found: USF
| Comments:
| I'm interested in research re: using wall charts to post
student names and placing stickers next to their names to represent their
reading progress. Fair or not fair?
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Date:
| Tue Feb 10 08:43:19 2004
| Name:
| Dianne Woods
| E-mail:
| diannewoods@primus.ca
| Organization:
|
| Location:
| Caledonia,Ontario, Canada
| How the site | was found: from book punished by rewards, owned by friend who is a
teacher
| Comments:
| Am interested in this material as I am studing the concept
of conflict ( Master's Thesis) - the origins of it and non-destructive
methods to solve conflict. The concept of lack (competition) seems to be
the precursor of destructive conflict, concepts of abundance and
collaboration appear to creatively resolve and reduce conflict. Like
others who have left messages, competition and rewards has been a concept
that I knew to be counter productive and destructive, I refuse to compete
with others as I feel that my gain would be someone else's loss - this is
really not a gain. If my gain is someone else's loss - I too have lost.
Competion is based on fear of lack, collaboration based on
knowledge/belief in abundance. I look forward to reading/learning more of
this perspective.
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Date:
| Tue Feb 10 00:08:11 2004
| Name:
| Marilyn Swart
| E-mail:
| mswart@triad.rr.com
| Organization:
| Shining Mind School (Homeschool)
| Location:
| Winston-Salem, NC
| How the site | was found: Grace Llewelln Book titled: Guerrilla Learning
| Comments:
| I am typing a message from the Foreword of a book titled:
Non-Violent Communication, by Marshall B. Rosenberg, PhD. The Foreword of
this book is written by Arun Gandhi. She says: "It is not important that
we come together in a moment of crisis and show our patriotism by flying
the flag; it is not enough that we become a superpower by building an
arsenal that can destroy this earth several times over; it is not enough
that we subjugate the rest of the world through our military might,
because peace can-not be built on the foundations of fear." Too much of
our educational systems are built on fear. Lets shine the light of
consciousness on places where we can hope to find what we are seeking.
Free the kids. Free the world. Allow the positive within you and your
children to emerge. Alfie Kohn, thanks for showing us the way... the way
to freedom. In warmth and harmony, Marilyn Swart
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Date:
| Sat Feb 7 23:00:30 2004
| Name:
| Emily Filardo
| E-mail:
| ekf1@comcast.net
| Organization:
| Kean University
| Location:
| Union, NJ 07083
| How the site | was found: A friend mentioned you have one
| Comments:
| I have read some of your articles and most of "What to Look
for..." and I love everything you write! I teach psychology at Kean
University in NJ, and I assign your article on the Pizza Hut "Book-it"
thing and an article in the NY Times from a few years ago about testing in
my Gen'l Psych classes when we discuss operant conditioning. Thanks for
your terrific work. Emily Filardo
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Date:
| Sat Feb 7 17:13:04 2004
| Name:
| Frances Agnes Johnson, Ph.D.
| E-mail:
| Franjohnson5@AOL.com
| Organization:
|
| Location:
| Monahans, TX
| How the site | was found: Search on internet
| Comments:
| Iwas told by a friend that I should read some of your
books.
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Date:
| Sat Feb 7 07:19:10 2004
| Name:
| JAMES AREY
| E-mail:
| JAREY@DIST214.K12.IL.US
| Organization:
| ELK GROVE HIGH SCHOOL
| Location:
| ELK GROVE VILLAGE, IL
| How the site | was found: EDUCATIONAL JOURNALS
| Comments:
| Thank you for supplying the fuel that allows me to fight
the insanity within our school.
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Date:
| Fri Feb 6 19:30:50 2004
| Name:
| Les McAdams
| E-mail:
| lmcadams@shaw.ca
| Organization:
|
| Location:
| Victoria BC canada
| How the site | was found: read the book
| Comments:
| Thanks big time. I recently retired from public service,
doing some consulting. I was recently asked to look at the issue of
incentives and consequences in the context of performance agreements for a
regional health authority. Finding you and your book serendipitous--what
you have to say resonates with what senior managers in the health care
system told me--their drivers are intrinsic--extrinsic incentives are
meaningless...
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Date:
| Thu Feb 5 13:29:41 2004
| Name:
| Donald Mansell
| E-mail:
| teacherernesto@yahoo.com
| Organization:
|
| Location:
| Washington
| How the site | was found: Name Seach
| Comments:
| My senior project is on the role of competition within a
school setting. Any suggestions
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Date:
| Thu Feb 5 08:48:31 2004
| Name:
| Kelly Purvis
| E-mail:
| purviskelly@yahoo.com
| Organization:
| Elementary School Teacher
| Location:
| South Carolina
| How the site | was found: I heard about it during one of Alfie's lectures.
| Comments:
| I read several of Alfie's books and articles and was
transfixed. Then I heard him speak last weekend and wanted to stand up in
my chair and cheer for almost every point he made. As an educator, I have
been called a rebel for believing in what Alfie says. I consider it a
compliment!
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Date:
| Wed Feb 4 10:33:27 2004
| Name:
| Fernando Cogley-Rolon
| E-mail:
| fcogley@prtc.net
| Organization:
| Cambridge College
| Location:
| San Juan, Puerto Rico
| How the site | was found: book reference
| Comments:
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Date:
| Tue Feb 3 20:07:37 2004
| Name:
| Ilian
| E-mail:
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| Organization:
|
| Location:
| Atlanta, GA/Ithaca,NY
| How the site | was found: google search
| Comments:
| I admire Alfie for speaking up...now, will anyone listen? I
am a teacher leaving a school system that claims to not use behavior
modification and testing. I feel forced out of thispotentially wonderful
system because the faculty and some parents cannot recognize academics if
they don't take the form of homework, textbooks, tests resulting in high
scores, and grades. I have a class of exceptional learners: they do not
learn in the same way, or on the same curve as "regular" children - which
I use here to children who can play the drill and test game well. But they
do learn! Just not through these traditional methods. So I am seen as weak
on academics because I meet the children where they are and move forward
with them on *their* schedule. These children, like no others I have
taught in the last 12 years, show how damaging any form of grading,
including stars, is and how inappropriate testing and comparing scores to
other children, classes or even a norm is.They show what a waste of time
spelling lists and quizzes are. And yet the wise ones ordain that I must
teach in this manner, even when I know it is wrong, because anything else
is "poor teaching" and "doesn't challenge the children enough." But these
children can think through a problem and express themselves like no others
I have known. It breaks my heart!
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Date:
| Mon Feb 2 17:48:03 2004
| Name:
| pamela sachs
| E-mail:
| pamela@sachs.net
| Organization:
| clinician / post-grad student
| Location:
| madison, CT
| How the site | was found: looking for it!
| Comments:
| I need some assistance with a paper I am writing for a
group counseling class. I will be writing a psychoeducational group
program for a school on the ineffective use of rewards, incentives and
bribes in the classroom. I was wondereing if anybody had any ideas about
goals for the 12 week group I was writing about??? This is a mock
psychoeducational group for all teachers in order to teach them
appropriate ways to address the needs of students without stars, awards
and little meaningless photocopied papers that state they have been caught
doing something right. Any suggestions? Please email me at your
convienience. Thanks
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Date:
| Sun Feb 1 15:48:35 2004
| Name:
| susan desocio
| E-mail:
| mayarosesgrandma@aol.com
| Organization:
| grandmother
| Location:
| brooklyn, ny
| How the site | was found: wbai
| Comments:
| I enjoyed what you had to say on wbai. I will be getting
your book. My granddaughter will start school in September 2004, and quite
frankly I am scared of what school might do to her.
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Date:
| Sun Feb 1 11:29:24 2004
| Name:
| Bill Stone
| E-mail:
| bill.stone@nau.edu
| Organization:
| Northern Arizona University
| Location:
| Flagstaff, AZ
| How the site | was found: Looking for "Choices for Childre . . ." article
| Comments:
| Alfie Kohn for President!!! Alfie's voice is a breath of
fresh air in a world polluted with erroneous thinking about education! If
only the rest of us could find a way to open the ears of ignorant
people!!!
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Date:
| Sat Jan 31 12:49:04 2004
| Name:
| Dolores Schanne' Morisseau
| E-mail:
| mordolores@aol.com
| Organization:
| Self
| Location:
| Reston, Virginia
| How the site | was found: I used a search engine
| Comments:
| I picked up "No Contest" at a used bookstore here in
Reston. Thank God I'm not nuts! I have been against competition for as
long as I can remember. I refuse to get into the trap and I have been
accused of being abnormal because I have no competitive spirit. I stopped
dating a guy who was incapable of hiking on a trail unless he could beat
the time in the Appalachian Trail Book! I am not a kid, by the way. I am a
retired Human Factors Psychologist who has seen the very ugly side of
competition and its effects on friendships, work relationships and
productivity. I am in just he early pages of the book and it is clearly
prophetic, which is very sad. Also, Hoorah for anyone who has the guts to
nay-say behaviourism. I hated that more than any of the theories we were
required to learn back in university and graduate school. Thanks for the
web site!
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Date:
| Thu Jan 29 22:04:21 2004
| Name:
| miss tania
| E-mail:
| de_little_princess@yahoo.co.uk
| Organization:
| college
| Location:
| mara university of technology
| How the site | was found: web searched
| Comments:
| Hi! I am going to prepare a term project about "rewards"! I
appreciate if you can share your opinion about rewarding employees.
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Date:
| Thu Jan 29 17:35:02 2004
| Name:
| pamela sachs
| E-mail:
| pamela@sachs.net
| Organization:
| clinician
| Location:
| connecticut
| How the site | was found: typed in alfie kohn
| Comments:
| I am interested in some information on running
psychoeducational groups for parents in regards to appropriate parenting
strategies, specifically in the style of Alfie Kohn.
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Date:
| Tue Jan 27 08:10:28 2004
| Name:
| Greg Netzer
| E-mail:
| grnetze@kckps.org
| Organization:
|
| Location:
|
| How the site | was found:
| Comments:
| Hi Alfie, Quite frankly I didn't think I could read
anything better than your foreword to the Ohanian book . However, your
recent interview in Hope Magazine is absolutely remarkable. As usual, your
message is on target, useful, and inspirational. Thanks so much for your
voice of reason. Greg
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Date:
| Sun Jan 25 18:16:37 2004
| Name:
| Jacqueline Hendrix
| E-mail:
|
| Organization:
| College
| Location:
| University of Alabama in Huntsville
| How the site | was found: Education Class assignment
| Comments:
| I definitely find the cartoon depictions very interesting!
I will be back on a later date to visit and research the website better.
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Date:
| Sun Jan 25 09:01:38 2004
| Name:
| Lance David
| E-mail:
| ldavid@clcillinois.edu
| Organization:
| College of Lake County
| Location:
| Grayslake, IL
| How the site | was found: Journal reference
| Comments:
| I am a doctoral student planning on doing my dissertation
on some aspect of the relationship of grades to learning. It seems there
are more studies on the negative effects of grades than to the reasons we
still use them so much. I may end up doing a study of alternatives.
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Date:
| Sat Jan 24 07:47:31 2004
| Name:
| Kyungmy Kim
| E-mail:
| mskim57@dreamwiz.com
| Organization:
|
| Location:
| Germantown, MD
| How the site | was found: Korean Newsletter
| Comments:
| I'd like to share with you Koreans wrong education fever.
They are crazy and out -of - mind for every test preparation, such as
magnet program test, math test, SAT, MCAT, CPA, American Lawyer Test so
on. It's a booming in Korea and Korean commuity in US, Canada, Newzeland
that Korean Immigrants' super Ginat TEST-PREP- SCHOOL business. They teach
regular public school carriculum ahead and train kids for test and even
they make their own predicted sample tests. These prep school or academic
school trains kids test -taking-machines. Now even in Seoul,
Korea,nation's high ranking students yield Korean High School carriculum,
and only focus to American college test prep. and lot of them mark a very
high record. Special magnet school such as Foreign Language H.S. or
Science H.S. and some private schools filter kids among middle school and
train them by American cariculum ay interested college group for 3 years.
Kids who wants to come to America are being cultivated and trained by
invited Native English teacher, Korean math teacher, IVY league graduates.
I think that these trends should be reconsidered and restricted by
American College Board. I do agree with you on real education shouldn't be
ranked by standarized test results.
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Date:
| Fri Jan 23 20:19:35 2004
| Name:
| Lynda Wulkan
| E-mail:
| lwulkan@sympatico.ca
| Organization:
|
| Location:
| Toronto
| How the site | was found:
| Comments:
| Last year I volunteered at a school and helped grade 2
students learn to read. I thought that they would enjoy getting stickers
for every book they read, so I started a reward program. From the day I
implimented the program something felt wrong in my heart. I noticed right
away that the children became more concerned with the stickers than the
reading, and I did not like the feeling of having the control of when the
students got the stickers. I noticed that they became dependent for my
approval. A few weeks later I saw "Punished by Rewards" in a book store.
The title intrigued me so I bought it. I am so thankful that I did because
it helped me to understand all that is wrong with rewards. I am looking
forward to reading "The Schools Our Children Deserve" to learn more about
issues concerning classroom management. I am currently a teacher candidate
at the University of Toronto, and am hoping that I will be able to set up
a non-punative method of disipline when I have my own classroom. Thank
you, Mr. Kohn, for your work.
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Date:
| Fri Jan 23 11:47:32 2004
| Name:
| Randy Alaga
| E-mail:
| mrcerebral@yahoo.com
| Organization:
| high school teacher
| Location:
| Carmel Valley, California
| How the site | was found: searched on Alfie Kohn
| Comments:
| I am a fan of Alfie and his beliefs. I own and have read
all of his books. I am leaving this message as a thanks for his quick and
thorough response to a few questions of mine. I emailed the questions last
night and had a response in my box this morning. That was amazing for such
a busy man. Thank you for your knowledge and support Alfie.
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Date:
| Wed Jan 21 19:56:33 2004
| Name:
| Andrew Weltchek
| E-mail:
| weltchek@marcusattorneys.com
| Organization:
|
| Location:
| South Orange, NJ
| How the site | was found: google
| Comments:
| I was struck by your letter to Harper's responding to John
Taylor Gatto's article about public schools. I have admired your work for
some time but found your letter's opening puzzling. I think Taylor opposes
compulsory schooling, not free public education. Why can't schools be more
like libraries and less like prisons? And if we fear that unless children
are made to go to school they will be forced to go somewhere worse,
sweatshops, for instance, then let's regulate that and stop lying about
the true nature of compulsory schooling. Anyway, here is an excerpt from
James Herndon's "How to Survive in Your Native Land" (Simon & Schuster
1971) that says it better than I can, and which, up til now, I thought was
consistent with your writings. - Andy Weltchek "Of course I have forgotten
to tell you again, what you already know. That is that the fundament of
the school, even before winners and losers, is that everyone has to got to
go there. "Even if you are rich or have eccentric or far-out parents and
go to private schools or invent free schools for yourself, you still deal
with public school. But in any case most of you are not or have not any of
the above. You must go to school. "If kids in America do not go to school,
they can be put in jail. If they are tardy a certain number of times, they
may go to jail. If they cut enough, they go to jail. If their parents do
not see that they go to school, the parents may be judged unfit and the
kids go to jail. "You go to jail. All of the talk about motivation or
inspiring kids to learn or innovative courses which are relevant is
horseshit. It is horseshit because there is no way to know if students
really are interested or not. No matter how bad the school is, it is
better than jail. Everyone knows that, and the school knows it especially.
A teacher comes into the teachers’ room and says happily, I had the
greatest lesson today! and goes on to tell the other envious teachers what
it was that they hadn’t thought of themselves and says, The kids were all
so excited! It is horseshit. The teacher has forgotten (as I forgot) that
the kids have to be there or they will go to jail. Perhaps the grant
lesson was merely more tolerable than the usual lesson. Perhaps the kids
would have rejected both lessons if they could. "That is why the school
cannot ever learn anything about its students. Why famous psychologists
can successfully threaten pigeons into batting ping-pong balls with their
wings, but can never learn anything about pigeons. "As long as you can
threaten people, you can’t tell whether or not they really want to do what
you are proposing that they do. You can’t tell if they are inspired by it,
you can’t tell if they learn anything from it, you can’t tell if they
would keep on doing it if you weren’t threatening them. "You cannot tell.
You cannot tell if the kids want to come to your class or not. You can’t
tell if they are motivated or not. You can’t tell if they learn anything
or not. All you can tell is, they’d rather come to your class than go to
jail."
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Date:
| Mon Jan 19 15:44:38 2004
| Name:
| Jenny
| E-mail:
| sesta.jennifer.j@edumail.vic.gov.au
| Organization:
|
| Location:
| Melbourne Australia
| How the site | was found: search
| Comments:
| What a brilliant thinker you are! How refreshing being able
to read about such incredible insights into 'what' education should
actually be - placing children at the centre of 'their' learning and as
adults relinquishing notions of 'being in control' and 'trusting' children
to demonstrate responsibility. When will our policy makers get it?! When
will they invest the countless billions in education that is so willingly
handed over to 'defence'? I have downloaded several articles and will
continue to search your website with much enthusiasm. PLEASE come to
Melbourne - we need your wonderful insights and experiences to inspire
educators here! Thanks and regards Jenny Sesta (primary school teacher)
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Date:
| Mon Jan 19 11:11:17 2004
| Name:
| Susanne Driscoll
| E-mail:
| susdriscoll@cs.com
| Organization:
| Skagit Valley College
| Location:
| Mount Vernon, Washington
| How the site | was found: Beyond Discipline
| Comments:
| I'm just getting started and love your work. I'm looking to
read "The Truth About Self-Esteem" among other things. Can you help me
locate this essay?
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Date:
| Sun Jan 18 11:07:37 2004
| Name:
| Dawn Coffin
| E-mail:
| dawn_coffin@places.pinellas.k12.fl.us
| Organization:
| Pinellas County Schools
| Location:
| Clearwater Florida
| How the site | was found:
| Comments:
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Date:
| Thu Jan 15 19:03:09 2004
| Name:
| Curtis Stanzel
| E-mail:
| curtisstanzel@hotmail.com
| Organization:
| Queen's University
| Location:
| Kingston, Ontario, Canada
| How the site | was found: Education Program presentations
| Comments:
| Alfie's argument against standardized testing should be
required reading for educators. (Perhaps Alfie could develop a
standardized test on the issue. Kidding!)
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Date:
| Tue Jan 13 21:05:37 2004
| Name:
| BL
| E-mail:
|
| Organization:
| retired elementary school art teacher
| Location:
| North Carolina
| How the site | was found: Hope magazine article on Alfie Kohn
| Comments:
| Thank you thank you for your work. As a former teacher , as
a former student with many test anxieties, as an adult diagnosed in my
40's with learning difficulties including a significant level of ADD
trouble, I so appreciate your caring so much for the spirits of children.
There's nothing so awful as being afraid throughout school, and knowing
you're smart but seeing that you can't seem to perform. That's hard enough
as an adult. I appreciate too reading about people from education who want
to make the world easier for children. You remind me of my reasons for
becoming a teacher. Sincerely- bL
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Date:
| Mon Jan 12 17:34:33 2004
| Name:
| T.H.
| E-mail:
|
| Organization:
| California Public School
| Location:
| California
| How the site | was found:
| Comments:
| The Schools Our Children Deserve, is a book that describes
every frustrated, angry feeling I have towards school reform. I'd just
gone through a tough week as a first grade teacher in an elementary
school. I had just been repremanded for my score reports, and had been
asked to take out some valuable hands on activities because of "the time
wasted by passing out paper and glue". I was told that every minute counts
towards standards based education, and the children would have benefited
more from a worksheet, or pencil and paper activity. I left on the weekend
feeling glum, and returned on Monday filled with much more hope after
reading Alfie's book. Thank you.
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Date:
| Sat Jan 10 18:16:23 2004
| Name:
| Donalyn Vaughn
| E-mail:
| dvaughn085@yahoo.com
| Organization:
|
| Location:
| Georgia
| How the site | was found: web search
| Comments:
| Thank you for being a voice of reason. I am a public school
teacher facing the pressure of increasing test scores. I see the
frustration of students daily as they are forced to spend more time
memorizing facts and less and less time exploring and actually learning.
It's not just the students who are losing enthusiasm, but the teachers as
well. Good teachers are questioning what they know works and instead
resorting to a "teach to the test" mentality. In this present political
climate, the tide looks unlikely to shift for quite a while. Thank you for
encouraging those of us who still see our jobs as fostering life-long
learning.
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Date:
| Fri Jan 9 14:01:01 2004
| Name:
| Elise Trumbull
| E-mail:
| etrumbu@wested.org
| Organization:
| WestEd
| Location:
| Oakland, CA
| How the site | was found: googled it
| Comments:
| Dear Alfie, I met you many years ago at the Child
Development Center (I don't expect you to remember). Meantime a couple of
years ago I co-edited a book on grading and cited you a lot. Now I have
just read about a book by James Zull (The Art of the Changing Brain:
Enriching the Practice of Teaching....2002). Zull's work shows that the
brain is hard-wired to prefer intrinsic rewards! Maybe you've seen his
stuff, but I HAD to let you know. Elise Trumbull Senior Research Associate
Culture and Language in Education
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Date:
| Thu Jan 8 20:06:13 2004
| Name:
| Wendy Hueter
| E-mail:
| mswendykd@aol.com
| Organization:
|
| Location:
|
| How the site | was found: referral from Lisa Murphy
| Comments:
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Date:
| Tue Dec 30 22:08:53 2003
| Name:
| ray Reinertsen
| E-mail:
| rreinert@staff.uwsuper.edu
| Organization:
| Univ Wisc at Superior
| Location:
| Superior WI
| How the site | was found: researching 'Goals' from Syeven Hein's page
| Comments:
| I will look over your stuff and see how I can use it in
some of my classes. Have you any ieas on teaching students with ADD?
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Date:
| Fri Dec 19 14:40:44 2003
| Name:
| Paula Varner
| E-mail:
| PVarner@cloverpark.k.12.wa.us
| Organization:
| Clover Park School Districe
| Location:
| Lakewood, Washington
| How the site | was found: via stephen Krashen seminar
| Comments:
| Looking for current research about ELL students concerning
reading and special education
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Date:
| Thu Dec 18 09:29:19 2003
| Name:
| Jennifer
| E-mail:
| LBJ@aol.com
| Organization:
| Parent
| Location:
| Washington, D.C.
| How the site | was found: I've been a fan of Alphie Kohn for years
| Comments:
| Some quick statements from the world of incentives and
rewards: My daughter is a sixth grader at a GT Center. We switched her
from private to public last year. Here are some observations: 1. The
parents were invited in to help plan a colonial crafts day. The children
would go from station to station where they would make a craft.The teacher
announced that the kids would be graded based on whether they completed
all the crafts. After all, she told us, kids always do better with the
threat of a bad grade, and if this incentive were not dangled,they would
chat in the hallway instead of participating. Please someone tell this
teacher that in fact the opposite is true. Children generally love hands
on learning and would naturally eagerly participate. My daughter who loves
art and likes taking a lot of time, didn't finish and got a B. As a parent
volunteer, I overheard some kids advising each other to hurry through each
station so they could an A. 2. The children were taken out to recess. The
teacher warned them that if anyone stepped on the ice, they would all lose
their recess. Two boys stepped on the ice, and the entire class was forced
to go inside. 3. Last year the students were given a large history
assignment to complete. Each activity is worth a certain amount of points.
The more points, the higher the total grade. My daughter spent
considerable time on a story. She is a talented writer and put much effort
into her fiction. As a result, she did not finish and her grade was lower.
She later lamented to me that she should never have picked a story because
that was only worth 12 points. My heart sunk. These children are
conditioned early not to love what they do, but go for the most points in
the least amount of time! Yes, my child could have picked other activities
that were easier and less time consuming for a higher grade. No wonder the
writing has gotten so mediocre out there. 4. My friend's daughter doesn't
spell very well. Her 5th grade public school teacher didn't bother with it
all year because it wasn't on the SOL. 5. My daughter's school provides
art only once every two weeks. Why? You guessed it. It's not on the SOL.
Actually, they may as well not even bother. This art teacher tells the
children exactly how to paint and draw. They must follow rigid
instructions and they are not permitted to come up with their own ideas.
Why? Because kids need to learn to follow directions and listen. The ones
they try feebly to come up with their own activity and rebuked and
threatened with a C. I could go on and but I've already taken too much
time.
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Date:
| Wed Dec 17 09:11:08 2003
| Name:
| Rick Overton
| E-mail:
| taos97@msn.com
| Organization:
| Poudre School District
| Location:
| Fort Collins, Colorado
| How the site | was found: In the book jacket of "Punished By Rewards"
| Comments:
| I have been an avid reader of your books for several years
now and as a classroom teacher in Special Education I have been talking,
writing, leading in service trainings and serving on committees in hopes
of engaging administrators in discussions of positive change regarding
classroom management and discipline. Thanks for all your efforts, writings
and continued research!
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Date:
| Tue Dec 16 13:02:15 2003
| Name:
| Denise Brown
| E-mail:
| brownde@friscoisd.org
| Organization:
| Frisco ISD
| Location:
| Frisco, Texas
| How the site | was found: Stephen Krashen lecture
| Comments:
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Date:
| Sat Dec 13 18:56:26 2003
| Name:
| Joel Karchmer
| E-mail:
| Joelkarchmer@comcast.net
| Organization:
| Los Angeles Unified School District (student teacher)
| Location:
| Los Angeles, California
| How the site | was found: student teacher handbook of sites to visit regarding
student discipline
| Comments:
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Date:
| Sat Dec 13 09:38:17 2003
| Name:
| sarıgül ağbaba
| E-mail:
| e123521@metu.edu.tr
| Organization:
| Middle East Technical University
| Location:
| Ankara, Turkey
| How the site | was found: I try
| Comments:
| Hi, i want to see detailed information about your
discipline model in this web site. I am a junior at the department of
Early Childhood Education and i am going to prepare a term project that
require to be familiar with your discipline model. Thank You!!
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Date:
| Thu Dec 11 10:06:44 2003
| Name:
| Pamela G. Kowan
| E-mail:
| pgk100@aol.com
| Organization:
| Phi Delta Kappa & Atlanta Public Schools
| Location:
| Atlanta, GA
| How the site | was found: searched the internet
| Comments:
| I have taken several classes/workshops from you and I just
wanted to drop a line and thank you for the changes the ideas made in my
teaching style. NO MORE REWARDS! It has been about 10 years and I won
speech pathologist of the year for the state of Georgia because of my
"innovative teaching style." I was one of the nonbelievers at first but
now I preach your method to all who will listen.
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Date:
| Wed Dec 10 23:54:37 2003
| Name:
| Leroy Ellis
| E-mail:
| lellis4210@comcast
| Organization:
| Student Teacher
| Location:
| Tacoma WA
| How the site | was found: College assignment using Kohn as the topic
| Comments:
| Thank you for telling the truth about what is wrong with
some the rewards systems use in schools. It is all about competing and the
consequences of that lost. What about the students with special needs who
can not compete on a even playing field, how do you think they feel? Does
Inadequate ring a bell. Thank you Sir for your inspiring words and
encouragement to keep on doing the right thing and that is caring about
your students and parents by getting to know them and providing for their
needs.
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Date:
| Tue Dec 9 21:07:33 2003
| Name:
| Elise Thrap
| E-mail:
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| Organization:
| BYU-Idaho
| Location:
| Rexburg, ID
| How the site | was found: given to me by my education teacher
| Comments:
| I am doing an argumentative essay about how more thought
should have gone into the No Child Left Behind Act. This site gave me a
lot of information to use as part of my argument.
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Date:
| Fri Dec 5 22:59:13 2003
| Name:
| Larissa Cosenza
| E-mail:
| Onyx801@aol.com
| Organization:
| Adelphi University
| Location:
| Garden City
| How the site | was found: www.enc.org
| Comments:
| I am a student at Adelphi University and I was researching
the opposition of standardized testing. Alfie Kohn's articles are
brilliant and really put the truth about standards out there for everyone
to see. It was very motivational to become active in my beliefs about the
issue. Thanks!
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Date:
| Fri Dec 5 14:21:09 2003
| Name:
| George Nkeze Jingwa
| E-mail:
| gnkeze@yahoo.com
| Organization:
| Salesian Community
| Location:
| Salesian University - Rome
| How the site | was found: Professor Mario Cogmolio - and the book on Building
Classroom Discipline by Charles Cm
| Comments:
| Admirer of the writings of Kohn. Read No Contest: The case
against Competito. Would like to purchase his recent works. I am
researching on Cooperative Learning - its implementation in Cameroon (my
country.)
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Date:
| Wed Dec 3 08:01:28 2003
| Name:
| jessica sains
| E-mail:
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| Organization:
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| Location:
| mia, fl
| How the site | was found: i am doing a report against the fcat for a grade in school
. wer
| Comments:
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Date:
| Tue Dec 2 19:59:24 2003
| Name:
| Kay Jones
| E-mail:
| kay@kaatts.com
| Organization:
| Mactom, Inc.
| Location:
| Brookings, OR
| How the site | was found: via Susan Ohanian's website
| Comments:
| Just read your foreword in Susan Ohanian's new book, What
Happened to Recess and Why are our Children Struggling in Kindergarten?
Thanks for your important, sensible message to parents about the testing
craze: Don't let your children participate.
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