Barry Schwartz

I would have to agree with Schwartz in the fact that teaching kids to learn for prizes is not a good thing. It is true that when all kids first go to school they are excited to be all grown up like their big brothers and sisters. Children might be able to keep up tht level of excitement for a year or two but eventially some teacher will yell at them and tell them that they need to grow up and stop messing around. It is at that pivitol poin where that child will stop seeing the fun in learning. If, as a society, we could stop that lecture from happening and therefore increase the number of mastery learners school preformance would go up. The fact that that talk does happen causes teachers to find alternative ways of getting kids to focus and participate in class. I think Schwartz puts it best when he says that kids "go from seeking knowledge to seeking approval."