This week, students learned external style sheets. They also created a webpage to display all of their graphics that they made. I also learned from their lessons this week. They publish their websites live through google, and they were learning google fonts. Apparently the google publisher doesn't read google fonts unless you use the javascript code for the font. I also learned of a website called paletton where you can pick a color for your website and it gives you several other colors that go with it along with some example sites so you know how to apply the colors together in perfect harmony.
I agree with James because the world doesn't function on "participation effort". If kids grow up thinking their effort is good enough because they received an award for participating, parents aren't really doing their jobs then, are they? I mean, the goal is to raise kids on the basis that unless they try and put in 100% effort, it's not good enough. There will always be one person in the world that is better than you, which I understand, but that doesn't mean you should give up trying. A kid could get a "Most Improved" award, which is definitely better than a "participation trophy". I would want my kids to strive to be the best. I don't want them to be proud of a participation trophy, which, from my past experience, is usually given just for showing up. There are so many different awards kids could earn that they should be proud of. I agree with James and I believe each parent has a right to decide what they want to do with their own kids so the criticism he received is not necessary.
I agree with James because the world doesn't function on "participation effort". If kids grow up thinking their effort is good enough because they received an award for participating, parents aren't really doing their jobs then, are they? I mean, the goal is to raise kids on the basis that unless they try and put in 100% effort, it's not good enough. There will always be one person in the world that is better than you, which I understand, but that doesn't mean you should give up trying. A kid could get a "Most Improved" award, which is definitely better than a "participation trophy". I would want my kids to strive to be the best. I don't want them to be proud of a participation trophy, which, from my past experience, is usually given just for showing up. There are so many different awards kids could earn that they should be proud of. I agree with James and I believe each parent has a right to decide what they want to do with their own kids so the criticism he received is not necessary.