Sucker

Well its Friday and the end of Eli's second week of school. Until today, Mrs. H had what I considered to be an effective behavior management system in place. You are rewarded at the end of each school day a sticker or a slash.  The sticker of course for good behavior, the slash for inappropriate or disruptive behavior.  The reward for good behavior is at the end of the week, if you have all five stickers, you are allowed to go the the treasure chest. Which FYI according to Eli is not a treasure box, because it doesn't have a lock and it does not contain gold, just toys.  Anyway, Eli got a slash today for excessive talking, playing and continuing in foolishness. So no trip to the "treasure chest". Now that might bother some children, but Eli has already made a very important discovery.  When he doesn't get the grand prize he gets a consolation. He was sitting in the backseat telling me about his slash while unwrapping  a sucker. He said, " Its alright Mom, I get candy when I'm bad".