In the education of Man by the God of Israel the balance between rewards and punishments has been kept fairly even.

Hell has been balanced by Heaven, calamity by prosperity, death by life.

It has been far otherwise with the child.

His punishments have been many, and his rewards few.

At the present day men are more humane than they used to be; and corporal punishment, though still resorted to, counts for less than it used to do in the training of the child.
But punishments of various kinds are still regarded as indispensable adjuncts to school discipline; and it is still taken for granted in far too many schools that the fear of punishment and the hope of reward are the only effective motives to educational effort.
It is difficult to say which of the two motives is the more likely to demoralise the child.