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P.T. 巴纳姆:奋斗与胜利·补录 18
P.T. 巴纳姆《奋斗与胜利》· Struggles and Triumphs · 领导
Like most people in Connecticut in those days, I was brought up to attend church regularly on Sunday, and long before I could read I was a prominent scholar in the Sunday school. My good mother taught me my lessons in the New Testament and the Catechism, and my every effort was directed to win one of those “Rewards of Merit,” which promised to pay the bearer one mill, so that ten of these prizes amounted to one cent, and one hundred of them, which might be won by faithful assiduity every Sunday for two years, would buy a Sunday school book worth ten cents. Such were the magnificent rewards held out to the religious ambition of youth.
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定位:Additional excerpt 18 · 核对日期:2026-10-19 · 核验:短摘录
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巴纳姆和当时康涅狄格州多数孩子一样,星期天固定去教堂,还没识字就是主日学的活跃学生。母亲教他读《新约》和《教理问答》,他努力表现,只为赢得“功勋奖”——一张奖券值一毫,十张才一美分;如果每个星期天都坚持,两年攒够一百张,才能换一本值十美分的主日学书。换句话说,宗教教育用极小的物质奖励来激励孩子。巴纳姆写这段时带着调侃:所谓“丰厚奖励”,其实少得可怜。这也让他从小明白,激励可以很小,但坚持很久才见结果。
上下文
巴纳姆回忆童年宗教教育。当时康涅狄格州清教徒传统浓厚,主日学用奖励制度鼓励孩子背经文。
今日一问
你给孩子的奖励,是让他坚持两年换一本小书,还是立刻给大甜头?
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