QUESTION: What is a good response to people who argue that extrinsic rewards are okay for students because they’re just the same as an adult getting a paycheck at the end of the week? When people say this, I cringe. I know it’s not the same, but I don’t know how to argue the point [...]
May 2010
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Isn’t an adult paycheck the same thing as a reward?
The Importance of Believing in Others
Featured this week on TED.com is a rare 4 minute video clip taken from a 1972 lecture by Victor Frankl, author of Man’s Search for Meaning. You may remember that in the early pages of the DWS book, Dr. Marshall mentions Victor Frankl. Dr. Frankl, a Holocaust survivor, dramatically demonstrated through his own actions and [...]
