Mmm, well, with the assumption that it's a good thing to start with, great that the teacher thought to include your DD4. But are you aware of the body of research work suggesting that this kind of thing is actually a fantastic way to put people *off* reading - i.e. that providing extrinsic motivation (pizza) actively damages intrinsic motivation (desire to read for its own sake)?

I've often thought that the damage done by people trying to "motivate" children may be a good reason to try to have one's child at the top of a class rather than in the middle of a higher one. If you've already mastered a skill by the time someone tries to motivate you to master it, at least their motivation attempt may not do you too much harm!


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