How to treat mountain village schools rewarding outstanding students with pigs?
First of all, taking pigs as prizes is more practical, grounded and inspiring for these rural students. Taking the pig as a prize, not to mention its higher value, is precisely because of the freshness and uniqueness of the prize that it has a better incentive effect. Secondly, the incentive effect of piglets as prizes is more sustainable and can bring long-term incentive value. When the certificate is posted on the wall, or notebooks and pencils are used up, the incentive effect will be reduced, but these piglets need to be fed. Whenever they are fed, they will think that this is a reward for their excellent study and performance, so this incentive effect may last for one year or even several years. Finally, the process of parents guiding students to feed piglets is also an educational process and a means to help some families with financial difficulties. With piglets as prizes, parents can guide students to take the initiative to find food to feed them after school or on weekends, and they can also let their children properly undertake the housework of raising pigs. This is also a process of labor education. Piglets can be sold when they grow up, and the money can be used as children's study expenses, or to buy stationery and school supplies, so that children can feel the joy and pride of making money through their own labor. Taking pork and piglets as prizes also provides a new idea for the traditional reward system in domestic schools. If conditions permit, we might as well explore and try more on the issue of rewarding students. We should not only consider the incentive effect, but also choose prizes and reward methods from the actual needs of students and parents.