DS won't admit to being interested in anything but the computer and Nintendo, and dashes off his homework carelessly and at top speed. DH is talking about paying him to put in more effort (which would probably be an excellent motivator, as ds is certainly interested in money too!) But has anyone any ideas about how we can measure effort?
DH's idea is to pay ds for every "1" for effort in his termly school report, but it seems to me a lot of that is beyond DS's control, even if he was willing to try - he has to do enough to be noticed at all, plus enough to go up a grade, in every subject if he's going to make any money. I wouldn't know myself exactly how to do that without wasting a lot of effort, and is "going up a grade" really much of a target? It's just telling him to "try harder" without giving him any guidance how to do it.
So what can we ask him to do? Spend a certain amount of time on something, produce a certain length of essay, learn so many French verbs, or what? Any teachers out there who can help? Thanks
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motivating ds (12) at school
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StayingZen · 18/03/2008 12:18
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