Sunday, March 30, 2014
Is Paying Kids for Good Grades Wrong?
There have been several experiments by school districts at paying
students for attendance, good behavior, and good grades. The most recent
attempts in Washington, D.C. and New York City have shown some
promising results. Money is a powerful incentive. Click on the title
link, read the article and leave your thoughts about "money for grades."
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In my opinion, I think money can be a powerful incentive that should only be used sparingly in this case. While it is true that most humans are economically driven, parents should take the time to establish a strong moral compass amongst their children. Children are meant to be students,not employees,as they gain an education to better their minds, not just their wallets.
In my perspective, paying kids for good grades is a terrible way to give them an incentive to do better in school. As i have learned in psychology, this would be known as operant conditioning. Students are being rewarded money for good behavior -in this case, exceptional grades. Once this becomes a learned behavior, students would earn good grades for the money. If money is to be taken out of this, there wouldn't be any point for them to earn good grades. Just like how the article states "if you pay your kid for everything – from walking the dog, to making their bed, to shoveling the snow, will they expect recognition and rewards at every phase of their life?"
Jennifer Shen-1st period
In my opinion, it can't be a good idea to pay students for attendance, good behavior, especially good grades. Having good grades is the responsibility of students. It's true that money is a powerful incentive. However, money cannot pay for everything. If parents pay children so that they can get good grades, children may consider getting good grades as the way to make money. The main purpose to go to school is to learn knowledge. Good grades are just the scales that determine whether students learn well or not. Paying students may help students get good grades in quizzes and tests. Then students only know how to answer questions on tests and think money is the world. I think verbal Praise and positive feedback are the best ways to persuade students to get good grades. Every child enjoys verbal praise. When I was young, my mother praised me even if i only got low grades. She always said:"It's okay to get low grades if you did do your best. I believe you can do better next time." This did work.
Yes and No. The article stated that paying kids for good grades was a positive reinforcement meaning that it increases the studious behavior by adding something desirable (in this case money). If looked at from this perspective, paying kids for good grades seems beneficial; however, what happens when no reward is given to them? If their behavior is no longer enforced by desirable means, children may stop trying altogether. This is often the case in life: life will beat you down, not all actions are rewarded. It would be a wrong to raise kids to believe everything they do in life will yield favorable outcomes.
I think kids should be reinforced but in moderation. Money should not be the only reward given. Kindergarten teachers give golden stars to little kids for a job well done. Unlike the constant reinforcement of good grades, moderate reinforcement allows the child to exhibit intrinsic motives behind his/her actions. That is, he or she may start doing good for the sake of learning more information rather than getting a reward.
Yes and No. The article stated that paying kids for good grades was a positive reinforcement meaning that it increases the studious behavior by adding something desirable (in this case money). If looked at from this perspective, paying kids for good grades seems beneficial; however, what happens when no reward is given to them? If their behavior is no longer enforced by desirable means, children may stop trying altogether. This is often the case in life: life will beat you down, not all actions are rewarded. It would be a wrong to raise kids to believe everything they do in life will yield favorable outcomes.
I think kids should be reinforced but in moderation. Money should not be the only reward given. Kindergarten teachers give golden stars to little kids for a job well done. Unlike the constant reinforcement of good grades, moderate reinforcement allows the child to exhibit intrinsic motives behind his/her actions. That is, he or she may start doing good for the sake of learning more information rather than getting a reward.
Yes and No. The article stated that paying kids for good grades was a positive reinforcement meaning that it increases the studious behavior by adding something desirable (in this case money). If looked at from this perspective, paying kids for good grades seems beneficial; however, what happens when no reward is given to them? If their behavior is no longer enforced by desirable means, children may stop trying altogether. This is often the case in life: life will beat you down, not all actions are rewarded. It would be a wrong to raise kids to believe everything they do in life will yield favorable outcomes.
I think kids should be reinforced but in moderation. Money should not be the only reward given. Kindergarten teachers give golden stars to little kids for a job well done. Unlike the constant reinforcement of good grades, moderate reinforcement allows the child to exhibit intrinsic motives behind his/her actions. That is, he or she may start doing good for the sake of learning more information rather than getting a reward.
This employs a method know as transactional leadership, where one party grants a material reward to another for a certain reason. In this case, it involves parents rewarding their children with money. In all honesty, this is a truly legitimized form of leadership. However, it is also one to not be taken advantage of, as a transactional form of leadership can be easily abused. Thus, I promote the risky decision to reward children with some sort of material possession, but only with restraint as to what kind of present and how often one can be obtained.
I think that if we paid students for good grades, it would be a good thing. Think about all the high school students who sacrifice study time in order to maintain a job to save money for college. If students were rewarded for good grades, they would study more and try harder in school. This would help with their financial needs and also with their desire to participate in the classroom.
Sara Ali
4th
I think paying kids for receiving goods grades is a great idea for several reasons given the right circumstances. I think a system such as this can should only be put into place where absolutely needed such as drop out factories. In areas such as these many kids would drop out or fail out to g work to support their family by putting a financial incentive the child is more likely to stay in school and more importantly take something out of school.
kristal pinto
4th period
In my opinion, it depends on the circumstances. Most low income kids have no incentive to do good in school, because there is no one praising them or rewarding them. For them money is a great motivation to try hard in school and get better grades because this money could pay for their next meal or new clothes. On the other hand, middle class and upper class kids usually don't need the money to be motivated because they already have the money and are supported financially by their parents.
In my opinion, I believe that paying kids is good up to a certain extent. We should reward kids with prizes and such. However, giving kids money for reaching certain goals can have a negative effect on our society. Kids can begin to expect money for education, when in actuality, it is the other way around. However, i think a better idea would be instead of rewarding money to all kids, it would be better if kids who met a certain GPA or had all A's for a Nine weeks, had their names put in a bowl. There is then a certain amount of names called to be awarded with prizes. That way, people do not expect to get a reward, however, still have the drive to want to succeed.
Period 4
In my opinion, rewarding students for making good grades is not the way to teach them about hard work. For starters, paying students is not a perfect method. Kids may be motivated to cheat, copy, do whatever it takes in order to make sure they get paid for it. Secondly, giving children money may set them up to think that hard work is always rewarding which is not always the case. In the real world- you have to work hard simply because you have to, not because you're getting paid for it. The goal is to not get them into the habit of expecting money for doing work.
Tyler Morris
1st period
Paying kids for showing up to class in certain areas can be a very good way to peak attendance. Good grades seem to have risen in some areas as a result of such. But what happens when these kids get into the real world? They have no incentive in college anymore; sure they get a good job afterword. However, i hypothesize that not many people will make it through after being babied through school. I think this will have negative effects on how well our society as a whole does. Then we will have to come up with "an excellent solution to a problem that never should have existed in the first place." (James May)
I believe that paying kids is good, but then again it's also wrong. It's good because it gives them something to look forward to so they would actually pay attention in class, do their homework, and study for tests since they know a reward is coming. But the bad part is that although you might pay them, there are some kids that just cheat to get the good grades so paying them would just be a waste if they aren't learning on their own
Although paying kids for academic progress may appear initially beneficial since it promotes payment for making good grades. However,can also lead to more cheating since students would have a much greater desire to earn higher grades for more money. Students would no longer be interested in school to actually learn things, but to earn money instead.
Like many people have already said, paying students for grades and performance could be a good thing if done in moderation. First, the school should not be the ones providing that reward (unless its in an economically poor society like Harlem, and parents are fine with it). Parents have the main responsibility in directing their kids, and that includes academically. From my personal experience, I notice that kids with parents that value education and hard work tend to have children that think the same way. Parents that do not value such thing, or do not make it known to their kids by example that education is something of value, spawn children that have an apathetic view towards education. Financially rewarding students is certainly a good incentive and may be useful, but students have ways of earning the grades necessary without contributing any hard work themselves. They may cheat or plagiarize. Plus, the education they receive will not be their own. The will leave school with barely any knowledge because the just did the work without really learning anything. However, for some students, this apathy may not be characteristic to them; therefore, they will work hard to learn themselves and money will definitely be the reward. ultimately, money should not be the main reward. Parents should use the opportunity to reward with love, praise and other emotional care to show that they are proud and grateful towards their child. Because, in that way, students will learn to value relationships and work hard to build those relationships with others.
I agree with the fact that money is a powerful incentive. Its undeniable importance in today's society is why I believe paying students for good grades is not a good idea. While it can invoke a temporary improvement in academic excellence, money as a reward could be their only reason to do things henceforth. Moral obligations would drop and the qualities that make up human nature would corrupt. If students are to be paid at all for their performance in school, it should be by their parents, and only if the students are taught the importance of responsibility and work ethic. Every action shouldn't have a price tag. Otherwise selfless good deeds, which generally go unpaid, would decline greatly.
Cortney Corley
Period 4
In my opinion, I do not think that it is a bad thing to pay children for getting good grades. In the business world, people get paid to do the right thing. There are promotions and raises in reward for hard work. My parents pay me for making good grades and it just adds to motivation. No, parents should not merely throw cash at their kids, but there should be some incentive to make the process more enjoyable. Like many others have said, there should be a strict system in which the parents have worked out with their child in order to make this process stable and worthwhile.
Akshay Thakor 4th
In my opinion, i qualify this idea. as it was mentioned that students performed better when they were given money. If money was an incentive, it had positive outcomes. All students like to be given a reward for what they do, but i dont think schools should be responsible for rewarding the student. i think the parents should. if the parents want the kids to do better, they should reward them accordingly, not to much but not to little either. Students should learn at school based off of there passions and interests. this will help the students really become a good well rounded individual. This will also spur hard working and innovative students for the future. Money has its ups and downs on an individual, but paying students is not good, if anything, teach students how much there saving by trying harder and being "better".
Unfortunately, there is no definite outcome that can be expected from this situation. It really depends on the personality and the values that the children were brought up with. Even though paying them to do better in school does bring about positive results. I personally feel that paying children is not necessary. If anything, teachers and parents probably shoulf be trained and taught how to positively praise the children so that they recieve that feeling of recognition and appreciation for their hard work! Children at a young age do not fully understand the power of money and how it signifies a reward be ausd quite frankly they cant handle the money properly. However, a child can fully recognize and accept sincere praise and motivation from his/her parent or teacher. Therefore, i feel human encourgement and positive attitude towards the children will have a greater benefit in the long run then money will. For later in their life they will not be able to continually recieve monetary reward for every good grade that they make, however, they will always be able to recieve praise from family, friends and teachers.
Kaylah Moore - 1
I feel that in some way, being a high school student there is some kind of reward in getting good grades: whether that is being able to drive a car, provided by your parent(s), to school or being accepted to your dream college. I agree with the stance of this article; getting paid for good grades is not such a bad idea. It may be a little bit easier to wake up for school.
Money certainly is a powerful incentive. My brother's and I are paid for our grades by my grandmother. For the most part it works. It doesn't affect me as much as it does my brother's because I already do well enough to earn a good amount of money. However, the incentive is strong and the message to do well in school is sent but the incentive of money shouldn't be used forever.
I think giving kids tangible rewards for their hard work is important, but money isn't the way to do it. When I was younger, I was told to work hard because it had to, and while this worked when I was in elementary school, its threat has died down now that I'm about to graduate. Parents should reward their children with things like trips to the movies or going to the park. Money is too great of an expectation to give to a child at a young age. If you could do it for elementary school and then cut them off, it would work better, but it would be impossible to cut the child off without regression back off of their good behavior and study patterns.
Money is one object in the world which is really hard to say no to. With the economy roller coasting all over the place recently, the economic status of families nationwide is all over the place. Paying kids to do better in school is no question going to give improved results academically. Also, it will teach kids the value of a dollar. It all comes down to ethics. Is it really morally right to pay kids to study better. Has that what the nation has come to? Are districts really that desperate that they have to pay from there own budget to make kids study harder and succeed better academically. Personally, I disagree with this tactic. Money should not be an incentive. Bringing out the inner conservative in me, I believe that we should stick to the old fashion ways of student success. Its all up to the student on whether or not they want to succeed in life. Using money as an incentive is an an act of wrongdoing and should be banned.
I think paying kids for good grades can be both good or bad. If you pay kids for good grades it can pay off depending on what the parent considers a good grade, they could end up getting an academic scholarship to any school. That could lead to a very good life with lots of money if they choose the right major. It's also not a bad idea because it's like work , adults always say school is our job but we don't get paid for it until after college, in order for it to really be called our job we should get paid for it while we're still in school. At the same time it could be bad to reward children with money for grades because they might expect money for things that they should want to do for themselves in life. They would also probably determine if they were going to do something based on if money was involved.
Tori Daniels
3rd period
I feel that paying kids to not only got to school, but to be on good behavior and make good grades could prove to be a positive force. Essentially, going to school is like having a full time job. Kids do not wish to go because it is full of tedious, long hours of harx work with typically no reward. If kids were given the opportunity to be payed to do well in school, they may be more inclined to do so. Once people obtain real jobs that pay money, they tend to work hard to keep there jobs and thus keep getting paid. They realize that their hard work leads to bigger paychecks, making the average person more inclined to work harder. It would be the same concept for kids in school. Also, it would set a good example for what they should expect in the future: in order to get paid substantially, you must work hard for your money.
Nicolas Alba
Period 3
Money can be an extremely powerful incentive for the majority of the population. But it can be a bad thing, since they would not be learning to learn, but instead to have money. But I am not against the idea because it has been used many times with very positive results. Because of this my opinion does not really sway one way or the other, though I do understand the arguments on both sides.
Allen Jose
1st period
In my opinion, Paying students to study well and get good grades is a terrible idea. Students are meant to work hard on their own initiative so that they could earn in the future when they get a job. Money is already what motivates us because we all want to a job that pays handsomely. Students getting payed for good grades will lead to them to lose that desire to succeed in life and the true meaning of learning.
Gabriel Camera
4th period
I fully understand why parents might pay their kids to get good grades. I also believe that there is not an actual yes you should pay your kids or no you shouldn't pay your kids. Each family has a different tradition of learning and parents having a strict responsibility towards their children. I was never paid for getting good grades, but I understood from a very young age that school comes before everything except God. My parents always gave me positive comments when I got good grades, but never involving money. I also believe in the genes. My family has a strong DNA and all of us possess smart genes. So I was able to understand the meaning of learning and the importance of education. Money should not be the motivation in the long run.
Period 4
In my opinion, using money as an incentive to good grades can be beneficial or unnecessary, depending on the student’s upbringing and situation. If the student has no motivation to do well in school, whether intrinsic or extrinsic, money can be a good incentive for the student to improve. However, rewarding a student with money for their good grades may lead them to only try when money is involved, which may hurt them later on, since there will obviously be situations in life where they will not be rewarded for their good work. Therefore, if a student is already motivated to do well, he/she should not be reinforced with money; monetary incentives should only be used when absolutely necessary.
Saimol Edaparampil
4th Period
In my opinion, giving money to students every time they get an A on their report card and such can work to help those who are not motivated by themselves to make themselves motivated. However, realistically, not everyone is in a situation where they can just pay their kids money for the grades they get. The parents should teach their kids at a young age that they should strive to get the very best grades if they want to be successful and provide as many resources as they can to educate their kids.
Period 1
Paying kids to act properly at school is not a good idea, in my opinion. Although I do think that it would help short term, it is not effective in the long term. People nowadays tend to superficially look at school as just a place where students take assessments and receive letter grades that supposedly determine how "smart" they are. However, this is not the case. School is a place where students should learn social behaviors as well as build on their interest in learning and thinking. By paying students to act right and think for themselves, we are essentially creating generations that will only be driven by money.
In my opinion, giving money could encourage children to go to school and later pursue a better career. They would not need to be paid minimum wage but could be paid less than that. Especially since they spend more than 8 hours at school each day. They should only receive a paycheck if they get good grades and behave well throughout the school year. This will give a better incentive for students to attend school and receive better grades.
Prerna Kamnani
Period 1
Personally, I believe that money for grades is actually completely ridiculous and unnecessary to be giving students a cash incentive for obtaining good grades. Growing up, I never received any materialistic award of any sort for maintaining good grades in school. In fact, my parents made it a point to not give money as an incentive for my good grades. Now, they did give me praise when I did well and motivated me to do well. The reason I stand so firmly against giving money is because students begin to only do well in school for the money. As they progress further into college, not everything they do will be rewarded by cash or at all. Students need to be self motivated and self driven in order to be successful in the future. After all, isn’t the main purpose of school to prepare you for the future and the “real world”?
I think paying kids for their grades has its pros and cons. Paying kids as an incentive for good grades has good intentions. By doing this, you are encouraging your kids to do well in school by giving them an incentive. Although it may be a good idea, it has its drawbacks. As for me, I was told to work hard for myself and for a bright future. According to my parents, I should not get a reward for what I am supposed to do. In order to get good grades, one must have their own drive and determination.
I feel that giving children money for grades is a great idea because it reinforces the idea that school is your job. It shows them the benefits of hard work, and gives them the satisfying feeling of accomplishment from receiving a reward. If they work hard in school for money then they will work hard when they get their own jobs for money.
This increase in work morale will do wonders in the work place, and can go as far as improving the nation's economy, should this program be spread nationwide.
Seth Jokinen
4th
Money is a powerful tool indeed. Although I am positive that money will bring better grades and thus, possibly a smarter society, its not without its side effects or issues. The first thing that pops into my mind on this issue is; "Where does the money come from?". Often many Americans complain that schools don't get enough income as they should, so using this tactic would definitely drive up the income schools would need to back good grades. I notice that many other of my classmates have suggested that this will inspire a bad mentality in our students. However I believe the Norwegian countries practice this in their schools and as I recall(someone can correct me if I am wrong) they are one of the most prosperous and are known for having some of the best schooling systems around, so maybe it wouldn't be all bad for us to have the same.
Paying kids to be dependent on money as a source of their motivation encourages material stimulation for whenever they do something. This leads to a scenario for when there's a lack of monetary reward, a highly erratic and pampered brat. Teaching your kids this way leads to they getting their set goal by any means necessary because they NEED the money, even if it means cheating. In my opinion the kids should be taught the value of money by having them work for their money, e.g. shoveling snow and mowing lawns and washing dishes and such. This teaches them that for every job there is a reward, no shortcuts or roundabouts, this is life.
I believe that paying for good grades can be a good tool, but it leads to a detriment in society and our youth. With the payment of kids to do the everyday task of going to school and doing as ones spoussed to, the spillover effect can be hefty. With kids getting paid for going to school, the monetary reward for doing everyday tasks could lead to kids wanting to get a reward for every time they do somthing there spoussoud to. If this paying kids gets implemented, we'll soon be paying kids to eat there veggies and wipe there faces.
Personally, I believe that money is a very good incentive to use to get children to have good grades. However, like many good incentives, this will become more and more ineffective the more one uses it. While my parents expect good grades and I do not get paid now, I do remember my mother taking us out for ice cream if we all got good grades when we were in Elementary school. This kind of early reward system could be more rewarding than simply paying money all the time.
One may opposes giving money to children becuase makes the incentives for learning dependent on money, however, I I personally feel that giving children money is a wonderful idea. It will serve as a boost to get kids into studying and will make them more knowledgable. I think it will get them to break their laziness. They will learn more and there might enjoy it!
My grandmother gave me a dollar for every A I got on my report card in elementary and middle school. At the time, I did not understand the value of money, but I appreciated that my grandmother noticed my achievements. In general, I feel that financial incentives are just as effective as any other positive reward for small children. That being the case, I would suggest saving money by rewarding good students with stickers instead of dollars.
While payment seems like it would be a positive and motivational force for kids to do well academically, there is certainly evil that lies behind it. First, it is important to note that academic achievement is linked to genetics in many cases. How well you learn things is a part of your genes. For some it is easier, while others it is more difficult. Thus, a person could study all night and day and still not understand whereas another person could fall asleep in class half the time and still make good grades. Therefore, this would be like rewarding some for doing absolutely nothing extraordinary. Additionally, it would demotivate those who work hard and still do not quite grasp the knowledge. Furthermore, there is always a group of students looking for a shortcut in life. If money was offered, schools would have an increased amount of cheating and possibly criminal activity. Lastly, with money on the line students will feel an increased amount of stress. Some may be able to handle it while others may not, and like many stressed out students would rely on substances to "help" them. In conclusion, while money seems like a great idea, it is evil in disguise. The future of America, its students, deserves a quality education, not a corrupt system that pays for quantity.
1st
In all honesty I see nothing wrong with giving a child an allowance for doing good. It is basically awarding the child for doing a good deed- the more they know that they will be rewarded, the more they will try to make good grades. It is noticed when a child is disciplined for doing bad, the punishment may affect them a little but overall it does not create a lasting effect that makes the child start to do good. Not only that, but the feeling is not so great when it comes to being punished. Being rewarded feels great! So why not be payed for making good grade? Hardwork deserves treatment.
I do not think that this is a universal system. The most successful students are motivated by learning, enjoy challenging work, and have solid ethical skills. Money, however, is a powerful motivator, and has the potential to motivate almost any student. But, on the flipside, almost any student would be willing to do anything for money. The system could work, but it's not a quick patch all fix. The system would still be more about grades than learning.
I think paying kids for doing well in school is a great way to get them to do well. When adults do good work in their jobs, how do they get paid for it? by getting money. If money is the way to motivate a kid, there is no reason why they shouldn't get paid for doing well in their classes.
John Moore
3rd Period
Money is a very poor incentive for students. This teaches them poor life skills and that the only things worth working for is a paycheck, which will ruin their experience in college since they are not getting a pay check, per se, for going to class and getting good grades. Parents need to actually teach their students good morals instead of shifting that duty to the teachers and administration.
I believe that paying kids to get good grades is in no way wrong. By offering money as an incentive to get good grades only makes the child work harder to achieve their goal. Right now students are encouraged to go to college so at they made get a job to earn a high income. In effect, this is the same thing just with a longer waiting period. By offering instant gratification students will work harder and create a more competitive work environment.
I do not disagree that money is a powerful incentive and will help raise some people's grades. But I do believe that it is wrong to teach people to only strive for money. We should instill the desire to do a good job, just for the sake of doing a good job. This will create more honest businesses and better products, without the sole incentive of making a better profit
Brookley Torres
I think that though money as an incentive would drive some kids to work harder in school it would not produce the truly hardworking people in the long run. Kids have to be instilled by parents or within themselves to have drive and motivation to be the best they can be in order to get to where they want to be. Having a great career and future should be incentive enough to go to school, act correctly, and good as good of grades as you can.
I disagree with the notion kids should be paid. Education should be self motivated. By handing out money as a incentive to study, we would motivate kids to study for the wrong reasons. We should have kids find joy in learning, not for monetary reasons.
In theory it seems great, but from a psychological perspective it is as damaging as it could get. Giving them money for grades is conditioning them to be entitled to something for their hard work alone. The simple fact of the matter is that they should be self-motivated to do these things. The problem with most people is that they think they can change the world. Sorry to say but people can't change the world on a whim. What they can do is change themselves, and if future success is not a golden reason to succeed then they might as well not succeed. If money is taken out of the equation then the drive is taken away, and so only teaching them to learn for money is the worst possible way to introduce knowledge.
Harrison You
4th
It is my belief, that a strong monetary incentive has the ability to motivate a lot of kids. Only a select few have the intrinsic desire to learn and truly succeed. If I was being paid for my school endeavors, I would be doing way betterrr! By teaching kids studying has rewards (in this case money), they subconsciously learn that hard work and learning is a positive that should be focused on.
Alvin Mei
4th period
I believe that kids should not be paid to do better in school. Just think about how corrupt school can become. People will figure out ways to cheat the system to benefit themselves, then leave everyone else to suffer. Giving money to children for better grades is a great incentive, a lot of parents do it too, but over time, the incentive will not be as effective because expectations have risen. Children's true incentive for education should be the curiosity driving them to become more educated. Thus, giving children money for better grades is a horrible idea.
Alexander Pappan
4th Period
As a student myself, money is a GREAT incentive for grades. But at the same time, if you are going to give your kids that incentive, make sure the grades are all A's. However at the same time, I can see the drawback of doing this. Kids will begin to not want to make good grades for themselves or to get into god colleges, but to earn money. And in the long run, that doesn't help them.
Period 3
I do not believe that students should get paid to go to school and/or for grades. First, the money that would pay the students would probably come out of the school's funding. That money could be used to provide a quality learning environment that would ready the children for the future. Secondly, there would be kids who, rather than challenging themselves with AP or Honors classes, settle for easier classes in order to receive more money. Finally, would the quality of the school determine the amount of money the students receive? That would be unfair to the handful of high ranking students among the low quality school.
saira sultan pd. 3
in my opinion, paying kids for good grades in school is not a bad thing. really most students see school as their job. we put most of our time and effort into school so technically it is our full time job. in real life everyone gets paid to do their job so i do not see why students should not get paid to get good grades. i do not believe money should be on their mind all the time or that parents should give them large amounts. but a little money every now and then just to show them that they are doing good and it is being notices could not possibly be bad for a student. not to mention that giving them money for that makes them feel like they earned the money and allows them to have a better concept of money and they might think twice before they actually spend it.
In my opinion, a money incentive for grades is a good idea if moderately given. For mundane things such as completion of homework and projects, rewarding children with money would simply alter their motivation from doing well in school for the benefit of their future to solely for the temporary advantage of money. A benefit of school is that it disciplines children to hone their study skills and motivational drive. An incentive of money, if moderated, could help the children’s motivation to sharpen these skills.
Mohammad Abdel-Aziz
Period 3
While this can be a good idea, I ultimately would have to disagree with doing so. It teaches kids that every time they do something good (in this case good grades) that they deserve recognition and rewards (money incentive). It takes away from the value of doing good for the purpose of doing and provides for bad morals in students. What happens in the case when they get non-paying internships? They'll do a bad job of it because they are getting no money incentive and can't realize that the work experience alone is valuable. Overall it's a bad idea to try and incorporate this.
Matt Louis
3rd
The tactic of paying kids to get good grades has its ups and downs. On the up side its a safe incentive to do good in school. In elementary school, I can remember getting the toy I wanted or going out to eat when I was doing good in school. It gave me something to work hard for before I understood I should work hard for me. The downside to this is that kids will expect to get something every time they do something they should, and when they don't get what they want the will begin to misbehave and their grades will drop. There has to be a median for this idea to work. Kids have to learn to do things for themselves for experience and not just for something tangible.
Sam Kadakia
Period 1
I disagree that money should be used as an incentive, at a fixed rate. However, it should be used depending on the student. For example, there's a student that does nothing so they get zero dollars, and a student that does alot of hardwork is rewarded with X amount of money or whatever. This will also create competition about education within poor families. However education may become more expensive, and employment may be affected so a limit should be kept on how much money is rewarded.
Yes, children should be compensated for good grades. I feel that it would encourage them to be more productive and it would also increase competition amongst the student populace. More of the students would become influenced by receiving the money for their grades and school ranks would increase substantially.
Many parents who embrace paying students to get good grades do so because, in a very real way, grades do pay; they are a significant factor in determining whether students will get into a top college or eventually secure a high-paying job.But the bad part is that although you might pay them, there are some kids that just cheat to get the good grades so paying them would just be a waste if they aren't learning on their own.
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