I completely agreed that rewards can be bad and extinguish motivation. As I read this chapter it reminded me of my little sister when it comes to reading. In her class they would receive a certificate for a free happy meal if they filled a sheet with a certain amount of books they would read. She would fill the sheet up in a short amount of time but she was not learning anything out of what she read. On page forty-two Pink states that rewards narrow our focus, and that is what happened with my little sister when she was reading. Once I asked her what a book was about and she didn’t remember, because she was trying to finish it to get the reward and didn’t gain or comprehended anything.
I also agree with Samantha about positive feedback and praise. At work there is a student who is constantly getting in trouble and talking back. My co-workers and I started praising him when he is behaving or doing something nice which is not very often, but when we praise him he acts different and he suddenly changes his behavior. I like receiving positive feedback when I do well and feedback makes me feel appreciated and motivated to keep doing good. I think that if we praise our students more often and point out the negative things less often, our students will feel more motivated and feel like what they do is appreciated.
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