[DaveTesla]

"Write goals on colored index cards or precut designs to post around the classroom.
• Interview one another and share goals with the class to create a supportive community.
• Participate in school‐wide incentive programs or contests for those students who achieve their goals.
• Write about their goals in a variety of genres, such as poems, songs, and personal essays.
• Create artistic projects based on the themes of their goals.
• Graph individual progress toward goals."

http://www.ed.gov/teachers/how/lessons/prek-6.pdf

So you dont mind if the program becomes a continuing recrutment and activist program?

[Gabz]

My daughter does those things anyway. I actually encourage her to write about her goals.

So you dont mind if the program becomes a continuing recrutment and activist program?

I do not see how getting kids to focus upon goals and how to attain them is a bad thing. In fact it should be done more than it is. I also do not see how that particular activity can be construed as a "recruitment" program.

To be honest I'm actually surprised by the list you posted because it is encouraging kids to excel and meet their goals. So often everyone hears of how schools do not do that because it would hurt the self esteem of the underachievers.

I am all for encouraging children to do their best, but there is only one child I am responsible for and that is my own child.