First Grade Economics
My seven year old son attends a Charter School here in Colorado. Despite what the press would lead you to believe, if you want to find a Charter School near you here in Colorado, you simply find the state achievement scores by school for your county and find the highest rated schools. Last night was that time of the school year when my lovely bride and I made the trek over to school for a parent-teacher conference. The little "E" is a first grader who loves schools and pressing people's buttons, and his teacher is a dedicated young woman who (like almost every teacher, administrator and parent involved in this school) has values that line up with the values of my lovely bride and I.
After the usual conversations regarding the E's current academic strengths and weaknesses, our teacher shared a story of how things are currently progressing in class. All year the first grade has been on a reward and penalty system. Tickets are earned for various good deeds and achievements, while tickets are paid back for various wrong doings and indiscretion. Like in any free market, tickets earned and saved can be used to purchase small rewards from the toy box (the small gifts in the box are donated by various parents during the year). Over the past few weeks the class has been moving into a study of the American Revolution and our old buddy King George. As you may recall, King George was not very much like our current President George on the issue of taxes. To teach this point, Miss C has introduced taxes to the ticket reward system. If a little achiever earns two tickets, one ticket goes into the King George Tax Jar. And what have these fine little first graders learned from this lesson? As Miss C pointed out with a coy little smile on her face.
They don't like TAXES!
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