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Pre-readingquestions:

1.Areyouoftenpraisedbyyourparentsorfriendsorteachers?Howdoyoufeel

whenyouarepraised?

2.Areyouoftencriticizedbyyourteachersorscoldedbyyourparents?Ifso,how

doyoufeel?

3.Whichdoyouthinkismoreprofitableforthegrowthanddevelopmentofayoun

student,praiseorcriticism?Ordoyouthinktheyareequallyprofitable?Give

yourreasons.

Post-readingquestions:

1.Howdidshefeeltowardsthefamilywithseveralchildrenatfirst?

2.Citeanexampletoshowthatonewordofpraisecanearnyoufriendsthroughout

theworld.

3.Howwillcompositionteachersgetbetterresults?

4.Whathavebehavioralscientiststriedtoprovewithregardtohumanreactionsto

praiseandcriticism?

5.Whatdoesitcostthegivertogivepraise?

Summaryofthetext

Well-meaningandto-the-pointcriticismhaslongbeenvaluedabovepraiseevenifthe

praiseissincere.Weoftenhearitsaidthattheproofoftrueloveistobeunsparingin

criticism.However,theauthorofthearticlearguesfromheralexperience,and

theexperiencesofmanyotherpeople,thatthereismagicinawordofpraiseandthat

praisewillbringaboutmoreprofitsthancriticism.

Arewetooquicktoblameandslowtopraise?Itseemsweare.

ProfitsofPraise

ItwasofmyexhaustingfirstdayaswaitressinabusyNewYork

restaurant.Mycaphadgoneawry,myapronwasstained,myfeetached.Theloaded

traysIcarriedfeltheavierandheavier.Wearyanddiscouraged,Ididntseemableto

doanythingright.AsImadeoutacomplicatedcheckforafamilywithseveral

childrenwhohadchangedtheirice-creamorderadozentimes,Iwasreadytoquit.

Thenthefathersmiledatmeashehandedmemytip.Welldone,hesaid.

Youvelookedafterusreallywell.

Suddenlymytirednessvanished.Ismiledback,andlater,whenthemanager

askedmehowIdlikedmyfirstday,Isaid,Fine!Thosefewwordsofpraisehad

changedeverything.

Praiseislikesunlighttothehumanspirit;wecannotflowerandgrowwithoutit.

Andyet,whilemostofusareonlytooreadytoapplytoothersthecoldwindof

criticism,wearesomehowreluctanttogiveourfellowsthewarmsunshineofpraise.

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