Viliam_Bur comments on On the Care and Feeding of Young Rationalists -- Revisited[Draft] [Request for Feedback] - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Viliam_Bur 07 July 2012 01:43:15PM 5 points [-]

When trying to maintain order in a class, ignore unruly behavior and praise good behavior

Problem with this advice is that even if you ignore the unruly behavior, if other classmates don't ignore it, it is rewarded anyway. When you have only one unruly child in the classroom, you can use this rule. When you have two or three of them, and they encourage each other, you are out of luck.