If you have one that's not really falling in line, you can't imagine what a difference it makes to take them down there and show them their hand print and remind them of that promise. We have support people, anybody that we can draft into doing this. We decided we wanted visuals everywhere, so everybody jumped on the bandwagon. If the teachers haven't had any problems at the end of the week, the class gets its candle lit and that's a big deal to them. We have what we call 'Caught Ya Being Good' where we see someone exhibiting these characteristics above and beyond what we teach and we recognize them.
Good behavior is very contagious.
This past decade, we've kind of come from the idea that this wasn't so all-fired important. So we got the idea that we should be making an active effort rather than thinking they'll pick it up by osmosis. We decided that, rather than trying to deal with the problems that occur, we wanted to take a proactive approach. I knew the Star Spangled Banner and the Pledge of Allegiance when I was a kid, but I was surprised to find many of the kids didn't know them. For people to understand why if you get in trouble a lot, you can just come here and try to fix it up.