School Rewards - Love or Hate?

[roseyrose2020]

I know this might be an unpopular view but I hate the homework rewards/certificates they give at school.
I think it really penalises children that have no control over their homework especially primary school.

I was one of those kids who had a really dysfunctional upbringing, I had an alcoholic /heroin addict mother and recovering addict father.
There was so much going on at home that homework was the last think that got done. This wasn't through my choice. As a young child you need parents helping you/prompting you to do it but mine didn't.
I remember the absolute disappointment and shame I used to feel that I never got certificates etc

At my children's primary school they have homework certificates/end of year prizes etc for the children that get all of it done.
But all I feel is for the children that have no chance of ever achieving it through no fault of their own.

Home learner of the week is just wrong. Even more wrong than awards that are set in school where at least pupils have some chance of getting away from a dysfunctional home setting.

As for attendance awards: I've been that parent with one hard-working eager-to-do-their-best dc with a chronic illness who got penalised for attending medical investigations she was already dreading- and another dc who was lazy as fuck who never did a stroke of work but got delivered into school at the appropriate time every morning by myself or the childminder and was rewarded by the school for this.