How much is little Sam worth then? Does he get a fiver, a tenner or
nothing at all? Most kids at my girl's last school will get nothing.
Apart from a dictionary they will never open. What a system! It causes
grief every year as parents wonder why their little darling is so
undervalued.
Now cleric Rev Hugh Rayment is saying prize giving is
wrong, because it celebrates the success of a few while others are
"left with the gently corrosive sense of not being quite good enough."
He's right.
I totally agree with him. My girl couldn't get any
cash - she joined the school in year four, too late to qualify. So that
was fine. For others, the issue was much more visceral. It hurt them
deeply that another child was worth more money than theirs. Silly but
understandable.
No one could understand why the cash was given at
all, or why it could not have been divided equally among all the
leavers. The Head never explained. It soured the last day at junior
school for almost everyone. Such a shame.
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