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Post by iteach3rdgrade on Apr 28, 2016 1:57:27 GMT
As an elementary teacher, I'm not a fan. Until you've witnessed that kid cry that doesn't get recognized, you won't understand. I've had some hard working kids that are working way harder than their honored peers, but still struggle and will not ever be on the honor roll. If we could recognize effort, I would be all for it. I know with my 6th graders, many on A honor roll hardly break a sweat for their grades, including my own straight A student. Exactly! I enjoyed when we didn't give grades so I didn't have to do the awards. The assemblies stress me out and I really dislike going to school on those days. My son is in my grade level and he loves to get the awards. It'd be tough if he didn't get any because I know parents are watching the teacher's kid.
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Post by 950nancy on Apr 28, 2016 2:04:39 GMT
As an elementary teacher, I'm not a fan. Until you've witnessed that kid cry that doesn't get recognized, you won't understand. I've had some hard working kids that are working way harder than their honored peers, but still struggle and will not ever be on the honor roll. If we could recognize effort, I would be all for it. I know with my 6th graders, many on A honor roll hardly break a sweat for their grades, including my own straight A student. Exactly! I enjoyed when we didn't give grades so I didn't have to do the awards. The assemblies stress me out and I really dislike going to school on those days. My son is in my grade level and he loves to get the awards. It'd be tough if he didn't get any because I know parents are watching the teacher's kid.
My kids had either me or their father in school with them for all but two years in junior high. That was rough (for them). My comment before we got out of the car some mornings was, "You embarrass me, you die." It was said in jest… mostly.
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Post by freecharlie on Apr 28, 2016 3:10:18 GMT
Our high school awards ceremony is at the end of the year. Each teacher can nominate up to 6 kids. The parents of those kids and the kids who got scholarships are invited for awards nights. That way, only the people getting an award is there. Teachers can choose what and who they recognize. As I teach sped, my students don't always get recognized by their core teachers for academics. I may recognize their academic achievement according to their ability. I recognize the kid who started the year with a bunch of missing assignments, but now only has a couple...
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Post by julieb on Apr 28, 2016 3:27:57 GMT
The perfect attendance award is always my favorite, what with me being the mom of a kid with a chronic debilitating illness. And then my youngest kid, who missed 34 days of first grade from sinus infections because I was being nice enough to not infect the perfect attendance kid. Not all children who didn't miss a day of school went to school sick. I think you are making a lot of assumptions!!!
With 13 years of school (K-12), my son has missed only about 8 days total. He just doesn't get sick very often and when he would on occasion, it was on Saturday or during a holiday break. When he was sick or had a temperature, we kept him home.
I agree. I was fortunate to have really healthy kids, who rarely missed school. That breast feeding really paid off.
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Post by Grom Pea on Apr 28, 2016 6:40:10 GMT
Quite frankly I'm surprised this still exists, in positive they did away with this at least 20 years ago in my middle school, since my mom always loved seeing that I was honored not once but twice and had my Berne engraved in some plaque twice. Reflecting upon it, it's not because I was naturally smart, it's because I almost always went to the teacher after school to correct my work including wood shop, where I went after school to finish a project I was slow to create in class. When they gave awards I remember two things, getting the industrial arts award (among many others) but this stuck out because no one thought a girl, much less a not very skilled woodworker would get it, but it's because I tried hard. And the fact that there was the perfect attendance award, which I didn't get, but I still remember one of the special ed kids getting this award and how proud he was and thinking that's why we have those kinds of awards. If I remember correctly most kids didn't like that I got awards but it didn't motivate them to try harder than I did. Also I didn't go after school to try to get awards, I went because I love learning and I have a strong work ethic, so maybe they just realized that the kids who get awards probably don't always need them and the kids who don't get them are not motivated by not getting them. I'm still a fan of perfect attendance though, I know I'd never get it, but it still sticks with me that a kid who really could use an award got one and he earned it.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 28, 2016 13:52:01 GMT
If I'm honest with myself, I'd say I'd be thrilled to hear they had done away with it.
When my daughter was in school, I savored these! She was called up to the stage over and over and over and over! I was so proud!
Then, my son hit the age where these things took place. Especially in middle/high school. The kid, austic/aspergers, struggles with school. Just being there and getting through the day some times was award worthy. He has suffered immensely at the hands of his peers and in some cases, teachers. So I sat through one award ceremony where it was his classmates being awarded. And I wanted to cry. I wasn't sitting with him, but I could see him from my seat. His face told the story. I watched kids whom I *know* were part of the group of kids who *routinely* made life hell for him get award after award. So yeah, I was glad when we got to high school and this kind of stuff went away.
Is that fair those who have done well? No. But I said I was being honest.
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Post by debmast on Apr 28, 2016 14:57:45 GMT
As an elementary teacher, I'm not a fan. Until you've witnessed that kid cry that doesn't get recognized, you won't understand. I've had some hard working kids that are working way harder than their honored peers, but still struggle and will not ever be on the honor roll. If we could recognize effort, I would be all for it. I know with my 6th graders, many on A honor roll hardly break a sweat for their grades, including my own straight A student. Our school actually DOES do these kind of awards. We have awards for grades, athletics, fine arts etc. And then each teacher chooses a student to receive an award. Doesn't have to be an "A" student. Doesn't even have to be the "best" at anything. But someone that you find works hard, gives their all, is kind, shows compassion, etc. I find that most teachers try to give these to the kids they know won't be getting those "straight A" awards!
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Post by debmast on Apr 28, 2016 14:58:51 GMT
Our high school awards ceremony is at the end of the year. Each teacher can nominate up to 6 kids. The parents of those kids and the kids who got scholarships are invited for awards nights. That way, only the people getting an award is there. Teachers can choose what and who they recognize. As I teach sped, my students don't always get recognized by their core teachers for academics. I may recognize their academic achievement according to their ability. I recognize the kid who started the year with a bunch of missing assignments, but now only has a couple... Ours is also by invitation
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