What if Education was more like Video Games?

[Taylor]

Originally Posted by Bill_B

I've seen this analogy misinterpreted several times, so without accusing you of that and in the interest of education . . .

The carrot represents a reward. The stick represents a punishment, not the method of presenting the carrot on a string.

sorry. When I wrote "stick" I meant the stick the carrot was tied to, as you correctly guessed. I meant if we could control and direct the passions of the students, we could be much more effective. I never intended stick as paddle or switch.
Going back to the OP, I think it's a credible idea but severely hampered by the growing class sizes we see.