Okay, I admit it. I’m a Kentuckian. Even when we do something less than stellar, I don’t deny my birth motto.
” American by birth, Kentuckian by The Grace of God “
Seems doing well in school just for the sake of learning, expanding their horizons and creating opportunities didn’t appeal to some middle school students in my home state, so some well meaning educators did what they usually do in these situations.
They tried to bribe ‘em to do right, rather than teaching them to do right because it’s what you’re supposed to do.
A group of eastern Kentucky educators, at Lawrence County Middle School in Louisa, set up the Hard Work Cafe.
Come to school 5 days a week, like you’re supposed to and you might get an invite.
Behave properly, like you’re supposed to and you might get an invite.
Do your work, like you’re supposed to and you might get an invite.
Doesn’t sound too hard does it ? Well, there’s a drawback. Teachers recommend one student from their class to visit the cafe every Friday for lunch.
Seems that would leave the invite up to the ol’ teachers pet thang.
Me ? I would have been in school every day, unless the fish were bitin’, because they fed you and we didn’t always have a lot of food where I grew up.
I also would have done my work, like I was supposed to, if only so I wouldn’t have to listen to a teacher whine about the virtues of sillyass busywork.
BUT, and this is a big J Lo but, I would have never made it to the Hard Work Cafe because I wouldn’t have been in the selection process simply because I was never the type to be a teachers pet.
On the contrary, I liked beatin’ those kids up before, during and after school, when necessary !
So, this thang can work for good and can work for not so good … kinda like a sales contest, which is what it is in essence.
Why do right ? Because that’s what you’re supposed to do.
Why sell the heck out of your product ? Because that’s what you’re supposed to do.
Don’t bother with sales contests, just find kids and sales people who actually want to sell.
If you want an opinion on sales contests from someone a bit more well known and more widely read than I am, try this post that validates what I say about sales contests.
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