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Title: Alfie Kohn is a Ding a Ling
Review: This book was beyond bad. Alfie Kohn uses such popular ideas such as the stand against standardized testing and uses his screwy brand of logic and citations of "research studies" of which he, himself admittedly, often does not cite the source of the study.His belief that rewards(praise) and punishments(discipline)with children are merely adults trying to mold children into what the adults want them to be. He feels that rewards and punishments are conditional love and their use signifies that adults love children only when they behave in the way we want them to. Thinking like this is why you are not able to go into a restaurant without kids screaming and climbing around.Other ridiculous ideas include indirectly blaming the behavior of the victims of the WTC tragedies on 9/11 on the current school environment and that the Columbine shooting occurs because of the school system. YUCK!
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