ABSTRACT
The author identifies who are the bad students. They can act different than the normal students. The author asked the students to write the names on the board. Those words spoken in a very stern voice accompanied by a teacher look was enough to whip the toughest student into shape in my room. Except when it didn't, which for me was enough times to make me wonder: could my discipline systems really be discarded and replaced. Gold stars, super-duper stickers, tri-colored cups, names on the board. And when one reward/punishment system failed, another one took over. Never one to sit and reflect that perhaps it was the system that was faulty and not just that the students grew tired of it, author persisted with carrots and sticks as if my very life depended on it. And so author thought: tight discipline = teaching success.
