Contract assignment

"The Dalton Plan encourages self-help, but also allows for
the fullest co-operation. It developes a sense of dignity
and responsibility, and helps the child to appreciate the
value of time.
From a psychological point of view, the childs attitude
towards the contract assignment is very different to his
attitude towards ordinary school work on a fixed time table".
From: Report of a conference on The Dalton Plan, 1923

I always give the advice to see the assignment as a contract.
It means that children must have the chance to influence their
job themselves.