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...highbrow and some low, some short-term, some longer-term. And money and other external rewards can be a gateway to more substantive motivators. KIPP fifth-graders get a lot of prizes like pencils; high school kids can earn freedoms - like the privilege of listening to their iPods at lunch. "Our ultimate goal is to get kids to be intrinsically motivated," says Joshua Zoia, who founded the KIPP Academy in Lynn, Mass. "But we have to get kids hooked in. We have to meet them where they...
...real one) is in his hometown of Gaomi, Shandong province, a place he has described as the wellspring of his creativity. It's also the location of most of his vivid, at times brilliant, novels. Local Communist Party officials are honoring the town's famous son with a lavish lunch, but as the dishes are served - three kinds of fish, oysters, sea cucumber - the author looks increasingly surprised. "I had no idea that Gaomi had a restaurant of such high quality," he finally blurts, to the amusement of his hosts...
...reason for the existence of his novels but he adds that it has long been supplanted. "Now that I can afford dumplings, why am I still writing? Because I have things to say." And to say delicately, if he's to continue enjoying good relations with his hosts at lunch...
Offering: Light lunch, full lunch, and dinner...
Offering: Light lunch, full lunch, and dinner...