Bribing and Bargaining with Students Some teachers try to
bargain or bribe their students into good behavior with rewards,
such as food or videos. I have no comment on food, but videos as
a reward conditions students not to learn from videos, not to
take notes during them, and to turn off their minds to them once
the video is over. Consider too, that the teacher can not show
in school videos that some students watch outside of school and
consider preferable, so that the desired behavior control of
videos is limited at best and students may begin to demand
further bribes for their continued good behavior. Another bribe,
often termed, a 'reward,' is a period of time when students
don't have to do class work. In my opinion one should never
reward a class for good behavior by saying that they don't have
to do class work. The reward of not having to do work sends a
very loud message that work is the opposite of a reward, that
one is happiest getting out of work. So then, what are they
working for, when no one like