Let's take away the absurdity of the school prize-giving system and replace it with one that asks young people to play a positive role in building their communities.
My five-year-old is about to enter formal schooling and the thing we are not looking forward to is the concept of school prize giving. I have a natural distaste for awards such as "best attendance" or "best spirited". Parents, teachers and kids all know that these are B-grade thanks - we need to give something to an average-performing kid and this is the best we could do.
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