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Old 05-07-2011, 04:55 PM
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Originally Posted by Jen View Post
Limiting awards to one or two seems really stupid - you do the absolute best than everyone else, and you get punished for it because other people want their kids to win awards they didn't actually earn.

It just sets a really crappy example that doing your best isn't actually worth it.
Ditto to all of this. If the kid legitimately wins an award then he should get it, even if it's every single one.
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