I don’t understand any of the silly awards. I’d rather reward hard work and good behavior. I’d rather reward good qualities instead of poking fun at bad qualities.
I look at my daughter who has brain damage. Someone could easily poke fun at her always being late, messiest hair, and a whole slew of other things. They wouldn’t really hurt her, but they also wouldn’t build her up. It also wouldn’t stop her from being slow. She’s always going to be slow.
Now, if she got an award for being the Hardest Worker or the award for always Trying her Best, maybe those kinds of awards would build her up and encourage her to keep on working hard.
Keep silly awards out of the schools.
I respectfully disagree. The awards IME were not harmful, but like I previously posted, on the positive side and not the negative (although lots of posters have anecdotally related negative awards). Like everything else in life, in all things moderation.