>I'd always go for the carrot [incentives] first before considering the >stick [regulations or punishment].
Then why do folks get so upset when someone proposes paying rewards to students who get good grades? Often the problem with rewards is that people expend huge resources finding ways to game the system. For starters, consider crop subsidies. Yet the same folks who oppose helping kids will be the strongest supporters of payouts to giant agrabusinesses. Why? ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
