11 yo asked why he had to learn spellings. I told him honestly that although spelling may not really matter, if he couldn't spell, people would think he was stupid. And that was sufficiently motivating.
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So you “motivated" him by instilling fear of his peers’ judgement.
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Sure it works, fear is a great extrinsic motivator, maybe the best one.
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