So fans of Firefly/Serenity will recognize the PAX - (if you are not a fan, go watch. I won't ruin it for you)
And now
the PAX (GAME) is coming to a school near you. PAX GOOD BEHAVIOUR GAME - Mrs. H. Sanche, Guidance Counsellor
Healthy Child Manitoba is promoting a new program for Grade One students called the PAX Good Behaviour Game (PAX GBG). We are excited that R.W. Bobby Bend School is one of the first schools in the Interlake School Division to be implementing this program. On January 30th and 31st our Grade One teachers, along with Mrs. Sanche and Mr. Levesque, attended a two day workshop with Dr. Dennis Embry from Tuscan, Arizona to learn about the PAX GBG. The program is a scientifically proven approach to changing behaviour with thirty-five years of research behind it. It is said to be like a “behavioural vaccine”. PAX means peaceful, productive, healthy, and happy. The PAX GBG is a set of fun classroom activities that help children develop social, emotional, and self-discipline skills. Ask any of our Grade One students about PAX Quiet, Granny’s Wacky Prizes, Spleems, or Tootle Notes. If you are interested in hearing more about this program or have any questions please don’t hesitate to contact the school
Oh and if that isn't creepy enough
But it is after all, just a game, advanced by
these people (Check out the shameless promotion of their business using the Gifford's shooting!) Its just creepy how they claim they have a "vaccine" for bad behavior - they claim lasting effects from "The Game" - reductions in violent crime, drug abuse etc. Gotta get those kids socialized so they understand that the community comes before the individual!
Which appears to be the point of the game: Basically they arrange the kids into teams , use the word "Pax" to describe good behavior for which the team gets points towards a reward, and designates bad behavior using the word "Spleem" for which points can be removed. My second and third grade teachers used similar point systems and rewards, though they were individual in nature and not group based. In this case you have peer pressure applied to try and get the right behavior out of your group. Of course, in my personal experience, this sort of system lead me to being paired with the worst troublemakers, and "my team" would never win or be rewarded, and thus my deep aversion to forced group activities with crap participants ( welfare, social security, Obamacare, etc) was begun.
PAX Game