Bribed 7 yo with Skittles to read a new essay out loud, so I could see which sentences a reader might trip over. It would have been worth doing just for how funny it was. I never realized quite how much my essays sound like me.
-
-
Maybe next time try snickers? Maybe 5% of a ticket to see Billie eilish for every paragraph. It could have been that boredom was due to incentive not content. :)
Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
-
-
-
You need to improve the skittle to paragraph reward
Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
-
-
-
I bet he would have kept going with an exponentially escalating reward scale
Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
-
-
-
Someone should teach your kid about Minimum Skittle laws
Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
-
-
-
Love you Paul Good Morning Send the family my prayers and hugs

have the best day 








Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
-
-
-
Behavioral experiments with our 3 yo and 1 yo involving Skittles in exchange for desired behavior: Promise of future Skittles: ineffective Immediate Skittle reward: little success Skittle immediately rewarded to sibling if desired behavior not carried out: extremely effective
-
But we feared unintended consequences and stopped altogether.
End of conversation
New conversation -
-
-
Your essays are very smart. You may need a 10 year old for good editorial help.
Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
-
-
-
You should have promised to give him the entire bag if he finished reading the essay. You missed a chance to teach him about how winner takes all works, and how A for effort doesn't exist in the real world.
Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
-
-
-
Undocumented feature: beginning of reasonable hypothesis that most readers have roughly the attention span of 7 year olds. New product / partnership idea: Skittles-for-attention delivery platform. Finding testers for the MVP should be NP.
Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
-
Loading seems to be taking a while.
Twitter may be over capacity or experiencing a momentary hiccup. Try again or visit Twitter Status for more information.