I suppose I'll help put it into context a bit. I live in an Atlanta suburb

I've never seen snow more than 2 inches at my place, have driven on snow less than a dozen times in my entire life, and had, honest to god, no idea what snow chains looked like until a minute ago, let alone own some.

So when the polar vortex sent what was probably a light snow for you, I had no idea how to deal with it. And apparently neither did anyone else, as only recently Atlanta invested in A salt silo (that is what a big building for storing road salt is called right?). was cool to see the interstate so empty however.

To be honest, I think it's more on the lines of what researchers say about it it how to praise kids, and to not stick to one way of encouragement. For example, when my brother was growing up, he didn't get any attention at all except for negative feedback. If he did a chore - so what, he was supposed to, so he had to sit his ass back down and not interrupt his parents while they were getting drunk. This led him to misbehaving to seek attention
When my dad dumped his girlfriend, he met his current wife who would praise my brother and tell him he was a "good boy," because he truly believed he wasn't because his nickname was "monster child." Due to this praise, he raised his self esteem, and now is congratulated on the work he does, not his traits. Currently, my grandmother is working with him in astronomy, and if he can remember the names of certain things, they will take him to an astronomy museum. I think it honestly depends on the child, and their personality, because some kids need the praise for their self esteem, but we shouldn't be afraid to give criticism along with it.

My school had 1st 2nd and 3rd. If you didn't get that, you got a pat on the back and a nice try. Reward achievement, give thanks for effort, but don't reward mediocrity.

The whole point of the field day was to get kids moving, there hardly was much competition. Plus, we had decent funding then, so to give kids a ribbon more-so as a memento than a rewards was affordable. Our school was always more focused on academics than sports. We give out medals for reading a certain number of books read in a year, and decals on shirts for Accelerated Reading. In high school, if you are a senior who has gotten A's for two years in a certain field, you got a medal to wear at the graduation. Field day was really the only event that gave something to everybody.

Oh cool cus i was planning on shooting up the school but your idea sounds way better