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Joe Canimal's avatar

Normies are brainless cattle and the whole world is set up to flatter their magical notions. We should be nudged to hunt them for sport.

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Rebecca Jaxon's avatar

Yep, that's another reason why I homeschooled. My third child was special needs, so we put her into a special program at the public school. We also read constantly at home with all three children and even my special needs child loved books. Then the school wanted me to record how long we read every day, and at the end of the week, someone would get a prize for reading the most. It was often my child who "won", but it still bothered me. We don't read to *beat* the other children. We read because we love it. I tried to explain to them that I saw these external reinforcers as threatening to my child's innate motivation. Finally I just told them we weren't going to participate in their reading program any more. I'm sure they couldn't figure out why we didn't want their stickers, but but it was best for us.

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