Marketplace, one of the podcasts I listen to on a pretty regular
basis, had a short blurb that said basically "Bribery works in
education. Kids are more likely to learn if they are paid in some way."
I hate to burst your bubble, but any motivation helps, positive or
negative. The part that works is following through on promises and
threats. And a real correlation between actions and consequences.
That is the magic bullet. It isn't rocket science. It is not science
at all. It is so basic that it should be a given in nearly every
situation. Plants respond to motivation. That is why they grow up
toward the
sun. Falling rocks respond to motivation. That is why they tend to stop
when they hit the ground.
How much of my tax money was spent finding out for the ten
thousandth time that people need motivation to do things? I'm sick of
this.Something has got to give. Read the Bible, Koran, Torah, any text
written in the last couple thousand years. They are chucked full of
stories about people responding to motivation.
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