Sunday, October 09, 2016
Is Paying Kids for Good Grades a Good Idea?
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." Posts should be 50-75 words.
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Sabrina 6th Period
I agree with the idea of financially rewarding students for good grades as a positive reinforcement. Of course I am biased because i am a student. However, I can see how it might lead to kids thinking that they should be rewarded with something-anything for whatever they do.But I believe that a controlled kind of financial reward can be effective in improving grades because it will give students something to work for.
Wara Maknojia 4th Period
Rewarding kids for good grades, good behavior, and attendance is a good way to encourage them in my opinion. But they should also understand that if they were to do something bad then that reward could be taken away from them. The kids shouldn't think that no matter what they do, they will get the reward. There has to be a control on the reward. But I do believe that rewarding students is a good way to have kids participate more and they would be more motivated to get good grades and behave good as well.
Minnu Augustine
Period 2
Paying children for good grades is definitely an economic incentive, but should children we paid to do what they should do? The way I see it, money can motivate children to be successful and work harder, but it could also be harmful. When children grow not everyone will pay them for a job well done because it is expected of them to do their best even without an economic incentive.
Victor Varghese
period: 2
I don't think paying children for good grade is a good idea. Money is a good motivator but it can also be harmful. If we reward money for good grades students will be trying to fill their wallets not their mind. Learning for earning money will damage the value of education. They tend to cheat more for good grades, The number of children taking AP classes will reduce because they need A's. I think they will grow up as adults who will do anything for earning money because that's what they know.
I believe that rewarding kids for making good grades should be enforced, but only until a certain age. At a young age, children will have no real motivation to make good grades in school so providing financial incentives proves to be very effective. But as those children mature, they will eventually see the value in making good grades with no need for positive incentives, which is when financial rewards should no longer be provided.
I don't think paying kids for good grades is a beneficial idea. Although it may motivate students in the short-term, it will be detrimental for them in the future. Students will not understand the true importance of learning and obtaining knowledge. Many kids may even grow to be very greedy adults who expect to be paid for every little thing that they do. People won't see the reason in performing random acts of kindness if they are not being rewarded for it. Overall, children should not be paid for good grades because it will cause their morals in the future to be affected.
Dennis Laison
2nd Period
Michael Delgado 6th Period
There's positives and negatives to this method of achieving academic improvement via monetary rewards. I personally do think paying students for improvement in grades is a good idea. It will benefit the person by forcing them to know the material aswell as by rewarding them for it aswell. They will have more of a motivation to improve. However, there obviously has to be control over this. Depending on the person, some people know that not everything is about money and some dont. How they have been raised and taught will play a big factor in this to keep them from thinking that everything can be gained with money
Aneeka Khan
4th period
Students shouldn't be rewarded with financial incentive for something they should already be doing. They're going to get used to being paid for good grades and at some point demand more money for something that they're doing for their own benefit, which is getting good grades. So, although it can be good for a certain period of time, it won't work out in the long run.
Xavier saldivar
4th period
I think that the idea of paying kid for getting good grades, can be a good idea, but it must be done carefully. If you pay kids for every little thing that they do correctly, they might begin to expect rewards for doing something as simple as brushing their teeth. Therefore, it would be best to only reward kids for more substantial acts, such as high grades.
Ashley V. P4
I think financially rewarding kids for their good grades is a good positive incentive. As it says in the article it's shows that their work and achievement is being recognized by someone and just not by a letter grade. It gives student the motivation to do better and get good grades knowing they will get something out of it. However it has to be done in moderation and not for everything because sometimes they'll expect more and take advantage of the reward.Though it could increase participation and motivation i believe it can cause a confusion on that they can be rewarded for every good thing they do. So therefore being financially rewarded has positive and negative outcomes
Jessica Jose
4th
Paying students for good grades is a bad idea in my opinion. The students are suppose to be working hard for their personal gain and not for money. They will not understand the importance of education and will only think of money instead of the material they need to earn. Although it may motivate them, but for how long? The students, in the future, may demand for more money. What would we do then? What would happen to the students if that incentive was taken away? Many different issues will come up if students were to be paid to go to school.
Grace swift, 4th
Rewarding students for getting good grades seems like an ideal system, but when it is put into work there can be some negative consequences. It seems like a good motivator, but what about the people who are already fincially stable? Cheating could also rise and those who have disabilities that affect their learning can feel cheated. People can miss days due to personal issues such as death or sickness. An overall question is: how will students began to value education? They should think "oh, I need to study and get good grades so I can go to college" instead of a short term goal to get money. When college comes, what will motivate them? Because colleges will not pay their students to get good grades. In short term, this incentive may work but there will be negative long term affects
Rizna Noorani
2nd period
I think that is a very good idea to pay students for good grades. By paying students, who are looking for ways to financially support themselves, schools would be providing students with motivation to work harder in school. Money is a motivation to everyone, whether it be high school students or adults, so students will be motivated if offered money in return of good grades.
Laura Rezmer-Cooper
Period 2
I am more along the lines of being in the middle of this debate. Kids should want to do well to do well not do just receive money. I personally don't get paid for grades, but my sibling does. Getting a good grade should be a reward in itself. Its a good day and then it makes your parents happy, in turn making your day better. Though in parts of some cities that aren't as fortunate or receive as much money from the city for their school, this is a god idea. The kids who get good grades will use the money for good purposes and to help their family, in turn making that city better. If kids were paid just for good grades, they will be working for the money, not the actual grade, so it could turn around and be a negative impact. This could be a good idea or a bad idea, just depending on the student. if the student goes off to college have being paid for grades in high school, how will they adjust? It could be good, or it could be bad. One has to think of the long-term affects before they go forth with this idea.
Varsha Martin
2nd period
There are many pros and cons that comes when you pay kids when they get good grades.Paying kids for good grades is a good thing because motivation comes in many ways and from a variety of sources.High-achieving students are more likely than other classmates to earn scholarships and merit-based aid when they enroll in college. And since paying kids for good grades can give them extra motivation to shoot for those As, we consider it something of a strategic investment.The promise of money for grades increases the students’ drive for success and good marks soon follow. Paying kids will allow them to do better at school and can even be used when they go to college if you think about it.
Everybody has a different level of motivation in school. if a kid is slacking in school because their lazy and a family can afford to motivate him/her with cash then by all means go for it. but i dont think it should be a standard
The education board is already somewhat enforcing this 'get good grades and be rewarded with money' system and I see no huge need to emphasize even more on the paying of kids for grades. The ultimate goal of going to school is to make money off of the knowledge that you attain, and colleges and universities throw money in the form of scholarships to the hopefuls that make the best grades out of their peers. And after graduating, if with a perfect unblemished record of perfect grades, jobs will offer more money to obtain the services that you can bring to them. Only the top people will get the benefits, effectively driving all the other students to make better grades to take their places. The system is fine as it is and I see no reason to reward more.
6th period
John Abraham
Period 6
In My opinion i do not agree with giving kids money as a reward for getting good grades.Though you may see initial improvement, rewards dampen excitement about a task.Rewards also foster a “what’s in it for me?” attitude. If the reward is money for good grades, it sends the message that the reason to work hard in school is to enrich your wallet rather than your mind. It also puts the burden on parents to continue dangling carrots in front of their children as motivation.
Meryl Pd2
Money cant buy happiness, but a lot of the times it can. I definitely agree that money is a strong incentive. However, at the same time, i don't believe that this can include everyone. There is still a minority who may simply enjoy getting an education. Considering that it is a minority though, i think its evident that money may be a strong incentive but not the best incentive. Money should not be what drives kids to get good grades, they should be grateful for the education they are provided with and utilize it. Also, i believe that using money as motivation to get kids to get good grades can lead them towards a materialistic lifestyle too. I say this even though im part of that majority, but my opinion is based on morals right now.
I do not believe that the education board should give money to students who get good grades. The budget for schools would decrease in the sense that they have to portion out money for the good grade getters. So giving money to kids who get good grades would decrease the amount of funding schools get which is a bad thing because it's already pretty low so imagine it lower. On top of this money giving would just have a whole attitude change for students. Instead of wanting to get good grades to either learn or get into a good college they will just get good grades because they want money! Makes kids more greedy and lowers funding for schools. Against it 100%
6th period
Giving money to children who receive good grades would be a great incentive for students to study but would not be the best economic or moral encouragement since children will learn to only work for the incentive of money. With increased expenses on giving money to children as an incentive, spending on education would be cut, thus, quality of education would be cut. Only students who are on top of their class will achieve benefit since the standard of "good grades" will rise higher from its current state (assuming that education quality does not change) and limit itself to benefiting the generally well to do people in the school. Students specially need to learn how to work hard to earn money by going to work and doing well at their jobs. Also, education is a long term investment; with a better education, a student will already make this money back later on in life. There is no need to reward children if they will gain much more in the future anyways. School should stay money free.
I think children should be rewarded with money for getting good grades because it helps them at a young age to develop the sense of being responsible. Getting money for good grades is an incentive that pushes and makes them want to succeed. From personal experience, when I got A's and B's I would receive money of my mother would spend money on something I wanted. That has helped me set my standards high , anything lower than that seems like a failing grade. Also being rewarded for doing well in school introduces the working field , if you do well at work you get payed and if you exceed expectations you could get a raise.
Ryan Hunter
6th Period
I think that it is a good idea to reward children for good grades. When it comes down to it, the point of trying hard in school is so that you can get a better job and make more money. So paying kids to get good grades simply conditions kids for the future. On the flip side, they may become dependent on compensation for their motivation to work, and have no will to achieve other than to make money. To solve this problem, I think that kids should be paid a small sum of money at every report card as an incentive, but not frequently enough that they become dependent on it
Jose De Leon
2nd Period
I do think that awarding kids with good grades is a good thing. It gives them an extra push to do better. It will reward them for their hard work. I would suggest to give rewards every report card instead of weekly. It helps them go that extra step to succeed past everyone else. More people will try and get better grades if this would happen.
I think it is a good idea to use money as a reward for a child's good grades; a little acknowledgment can go a long way. Furthermore, I like the idea because for the people who are in a lot of hard classes, and don't necessarily have time to work; they can put a little extra money in their pocket.
Sheryl Shajie
Period 4
I think paying students for high grades, attendance, and good behavior is a great incentive. This will motivate more students to participate in school and get good grades. Chances are that more students will graduate if this policy was conducted. Although, with these rewards, it is only right to implement consequences. For bad behavior, continuous absence from school, and continuous bad grades, there should be consequences. With these consequences and rewards, students will be encouraged to participate in school and build a better future for themselves.
Lloyd Videau
period 6
I think it's a good idea to do. It encourages kids to strive for better grades with this award system. This bit of extra change you reward them with can also result in you saving money in the long run because they will have a higher GPA and probably get more scholarship money. I think doing this will greatly positively impact the student .
Shaban Momin
Period 4
I think that paying kids for earning high grades is a brilliant idea. By rewarding the kids with money, many of the below average kids might feel motivated to work harder to increase their grades so that they can get money. I believe that money is a good motivator for these kids because it will most likely increase graduation rates and academic excellence as well. However, I do feel that if these kids get caught using the money on something bad then the money and rewards should be put to an end. I also believe that by rewarding these kids for earning high grades would help in saving up the future, college, etc.
Jithin Joy
Period 4
Giving economic incentives money is a great motivator for getting good grades in school. This actually reflects the real world, where you get paid if you do good work, and get fired if you don’t. It will actually be an investment by the school system, as it will foster better students with more enthusiasm for schoolwork. There should be some restrictions however, because there are many things that could go wrong if this is executed improperly.
Hannah Enyioma 6th
I do not think that rewarding children with money for good grades is a good idea. I think it would be detrimental to a child's self-motivation and would alter every decision that child would make throughout life. I believe that a child to be taught to make good grades and further their education because they have the will and self-motivation to. Attaching a dollar amount to something as priceless as an education would undermine the value of an education. Paying children for good grades would also hide the purpose of going to school; getting an education. Putting emphasis on grades and not enough on learning and education could actually cause a child to study for the test or the grade and not for the knowledge.
Mervin Cherian
Period:2
I believe that giving money to kids for making good grades is a good thing. First of it is an incentive for the kids. Another reason why I believe we should implement this scheme is because jobs do it, the give bonuses and raises for those who work well. It works for them so why not do the same with the kids. I believe inn positive reinforcement where you should tell your kids that they can do better, rather than saying no more television. Most kids now a days would just sneak out if their parents told them that they cannot go anywhere. This is not solving anything. By using positive reinforcement such as giving money for making good grades can solve most problems.
What better incentive in a good accomplishment then money. Youth nowadays are already doing a splendid job in the classroom, competing for high ranks and GPA, so I think it's a great idea to reward all the hard work for good grades with money. Also the thought of knowing that you will receive money will also push kids even more to strive for As
David Adeogba 6th
Personally, I believe that paying children for getting good grades is a bad idea in most circumstances, but there is one circumstance in which it is good. The circumstances in which it would be a good idea to pay students would be when they are in need of financial aid. In this circumstance you would alleviate the student of the burden of having to possibly balancing a part-time job and school causing their grades to drop and potentially ruin their future. In this circumstance the student would possibly be able to improve their future and help their family. To make school a job for students who need it is justifiable, but to just pay students for good grades would cause certain issues to become more prevalent.
6th period
As a student who has never received a monetary reward for good grades, I don't think paying kids for good grades is a great idea. I feel like the kids would expect a reward after every good thing they do, rather than doing something to better themselves or out of the goodness of their heart (not a good characteristic to reinforce). Students should have motivation to do better, then they'll know what self-motivation is.
Kendall Truong
Period 2
Paying kids money for receiving an A on a grade is possibly a good idea to motivate themselves to make more good grades. According to psychological terminology, this is called positive reinforcement, adding an award to the desired behavior that was exhibited to motivate the user to do it again in the future. Everyday, we see these kinds of reinforcement in hopes to change our behavior for the good. Allowing an reward for a student for acing tests or quizzes forces them to keep this motivation going on to the future. As a result, this will impact will allow satisfaction for not only the reward, but also being successful in life.
On a surface level, using money as an incentive to make good grades and have good behavior can produce very immediate results. The students may get better grades because of the incentive of getting paid if they study, and that is not necessarily a bad thing. People work for the incentive of money, not just for the pride in their work, so the argument that it may take away a student's intrinsic motivation is not necessarily true. students respond to immediate results, so presenting them with money immediately after the do something good will evoke more postive repsonses.
Yash Bindal
6th period
Students should not be paid for good grades for two reasons. First, paying students for good grades will incentivize cheating more than studying. Cheating is always easier than studying, especially when one has neither an interest nor affinity for a subject. Take physics 1 in this very school as an example. For the first semester of the class, cheating was rampant. This was with no profit motive and an easy course. Add a profit motive to a group with even less interest or the same group in a harder class and cheating will skyrocket. The second reason students should not be paid for good grades is the nation, state or school district could give a decent amount of money to a small number of successful and already motivated students or give a tiny amount of money to a large number of students with slight variations based on grade and course difficulty. Either way, no one is given any meaningful motivation.
Students should not be paid for good grades. Students who only get good grades when they receive money will no longer strive for excellence when money is no longer given to them. It will also push students to cheat to get money. Students who have exentric motivation will not be motivated to continue receiving good grades when money is not provided. Students should get good grades because it is what they want to achieve and to learn, not for monetary or external reasons.
Per. 2
Being paid for good grades can be good and bad. It can be good because it would boost grades by the kids that will work harder for good grades now since they get a reward that is very meaningful. It is a bad thing as well because it will soon enough become a habit and the kids will look for a reward of some kind from every single thing they do. When they wont receive a reward, they will feel empty and closed. Having a financial benefit for good grades can go both ways.
Per.2
Although paying students for good grades and all their achievements sounds like a great idea at first, it really isn't. Paying students as rewards will give them the idea that they should receive an award for everything they do, which will destroy their motivation to actually achieve something using self-motivation. Paying students will also lead to academic dishonesty because they know as long as they get the good grade they will get paid. paying students for achievements will only hurt them in the long run.
Erica Wong period 2
Yes. In the real world, the most assured way to getting paid enough money to get off welfare is through graduating from college (with a useful degree). This is an incentive for kids to help manage money and realize the linear relationship between money and hard work. By giving this incentive throughout the years, it is a way for kids to realize their true potential in working hard for what they want. Say they want a new video game. Their parents don't give him an allowance, but instead tell him to get good grades and they will give him enough money. He works very hard because he really wants that game, and his grade shoots up to all A's, something he never thought himself capable of. He then realizes he can get a new game every 9 weeks by just simply studying. Then he figures out that hard work is equivalent to money. It teaches him disicipline and hard work, which will hopefully carry him to college. On the other hand, if they just don't need the money, then there should be different types of incentives.
Zain Bhai P2
Financially rewarding students for good grades as a positive reinforcement is something I believe will benefit students overall. Since I am a student, I might be coming from a somewhat biased point of view. Rewarding kids with any type of positive enforcement usually has good results, but along with positive reinforcement, I think it's important to have negative reinforcement. I believe that a controlled financial reward can be very effective when it comes to students education. A reward will motivate students to do better and try harder. I think it is a good idea, but it needs to be executed properly.
Paying students for good grades might seem like a good idea, especially to the students. However, it only encourages cheating, something that already occurs even without this positive reinforcement. Additionally, students would be paid for doing something they should already be doing, and all when students stop being paid for whatever reason, it would encourage slacking and they would completely lose all motivation. Additionally, students are already pretty much rewarded with money for performing well, through merit scholarships and grants, and paying them for getting good grades is unnecessary.
6th period
Paying students for good grades is a good idea in the eyes of many people but the idea promotes other bad behaviors such as cheating and taking easy classes to get better grades. This motivation wouldn't be good for the long run either because once the student gets into college they would no longer pay and they wouldn't have motivation for the class.
4th period
One of the foundations of economics is that incentives matter. If students receive money for making good grades, it will cause them to work harder. Paying children for good grades is a good idea. Students some time run out of motivation because they don't always get the results the expect. They work hard and sometimes don't do well on a test or quiz. This causes them to lose motivation and give up. Giving children money, will cause them to stay motivated regardless of the odds.
Farrah Au-Yeung
6th period
I believe that paying children for good grades is beneficial to them. While some think that paying them will give them more incentive to cheat, this has to do with parenting and teaching morals instead of the money itself. If parents pay students for getting good grades, students will have the motivation to study harder and perform better academically. In addition, it also helps introduce the concepts of money management and finance at an earlier stage, since they will have to decide how to use the money they receive.
Period 4
Positive reinforcemnt through monetary incentices should not be encouraged. The willingness to hard work should be there without the need for a monetary incentive. Also students are encouraged to do as well as they can do they can get into college. If financial incentives are introduced then students might be more willing to cheat to get better grades in classes they are not so good at.
In my opinion rewarding students with money for good grades is a positive reinforcement for them. They will learn that if they work hard in school then they will be rewarded. This method also plays a part in economics in that incentives are one of the foundations. Although I myself am a student and have bias in recieving money for good grades, I still see this (in an outside persepctive) as something positive. Eventually though I would suggest that paying these students should halt after a certain amount of time because there is a chance that children will learn to be greedy. Not only that but they should strive to be successful for themselves not just to gain financially.
Even though paying children for good grades can help them work harder in school, the amount of money given should be carefully thought of. If the child is the lacking motivation to study, then more money could be given in consideration, but if the child is already conscientious, the amount of money given should be restricted to prevent the over-justification effect, where children start to work less because they are rewarded for something they already enjoy doing.
Milen Thomas
6th period
Period 6
I feel like it's a good idea parents reward children on their grades because it shows their child that hardwork pays off, literally. The reason for going to school is to get a job in the future and make money , so why not start off your child with that mind set.
Marcella Winfiele
6th period
In all honesty, I do not agree with paying kids money for good grades. I do understand why parents may do so, but I have never been paid for getting good grades in the 17 years of my life. It has always been expected of me to do the best I can and to get the best grades I can, so there has been no reason to pay me. I feel that when kids are paid for grades, it may make them work harder but are they doing it for their own benefit or just for the money? I feel that a child should do their best and want to make good grades versus being persuaded to do good. Yet, I do see how a positive reinforcement on good grades help kids to continue to strive to do well, but maybe a different reward other than money would be better.
Personally, I don't believe that students should receive money for earning good grades. One of my main concerns with this is that children are inherently irrisponsible with money. However, it may be true that this could be used to teach them about personal finance. Also, what are children supposed to do with money, because they don't have to pay for things like bills and food they will have no incentive to save any money, so they will probably just spend it on Legos. Finally, I don't think it's a good idea to teach children that the only reason to work hard is to get money, then they learn to never do something simply because it's the right thing to do. Just a thought, but would paying children for good grades make cheating fraud?
im on the fence with both because there could possibly be benefits to both sides. Honestly i dont believe kids should soley do work and for good grades just for a reward at the end. It doesnt teach them anything in my opinion. but on the other hand it does make kids actually do their work, even though it's for the wrong reason, their work is still getting done.
Erik Lopez 6th period
I do believe in having students be paid for their accomplishments since consistent good grades can be hard to get sometimes. The only problem I have with the idea is that there needs to be a set system to stop cheaters from getting paid to cheat and students would need to learn the value of this payment early on in their school life. AP students would feel the accomplishment in their hard work.
I don't think paying students for good grades will cause an average decrease in schools located in higher income areas, but it does seem to be effective in schools in low-income areas. The taxpayer will have to shell out the cash, so essentially this is a wealth redistribution plan. I am economically libertarian so my initial instinct is to revulse at the thought of government planning anything, but this plan may just work. The wealth will only be distributed to people who actually want to be productive members of society. This reward system would benefit the ambitious poor student while making sure indirect incentives are avoided.
I do not agree with the idea of financially rewarding a kid for getting good grades. I believe that a parent should show their child the importance of school and its effects on later life rather than just pay them for getting straight A's. In addition, if getting high grades is the only means of income for the student, they may find other ways to get the necessary grades such as by cheating. I feel that a parent should only be required to provide their child verbal praise and the occasional celebration for doing well in school.
Paying students money for getting good grades could be useful in low income neighborhoods but for high income households this could not be as effective. kids should no solely be working hard in school just because of money and parents shouldn't be trying to use money as a positive reinforcement to get kids to earn good grades. Learning how to work hard with no benefit can help you better in life than just doing it for money.
Rewarding students for good grades may serve as a positive reinforcement and encourage them to continue earning good grades, however I don't think it is the best idea. Doing this will make the child grow up expecting to be rewarded every time they do something right, not even necessarily in terms of grades. You cannot go on in life always expecting something in return for doing the right thing. Positive rewards here and there for a child's achievements are okay, but a regular "paycheck" for doing something already expected doesn't seem right to me and I would not personally do that with my own children. On top of that, they aren't even doing it for the right reasons or because they actually want to do well, they do it because they are motivated by money.
Period 2
I do not believe that rewarding a kid for getting good grades for money is a good idea. A parent should be supportive and praise their child for getting good grades; however, rewarding them monetarily may cause the child to be dishonest at school or expect money for anything they have done well at.
In my opinion, paying students excelling in school is a good thing. Of course, there does need to be some sort of moderation involved. Many parents may offer their children amounts of money that vary wildly, even possibly for the same academic results. Because of this, I think that the monetary incentive (as we've seen time and timber again that people respond very strongly to incentives) should be moderated either by the school board or by the school itself. If such a policy were to develop, however, one can expect a dramatic increase in the amount of cheating taking place as grades would have much more significance in the eyes of many more students. Because of this, schools and teachers would have to crack down much harder on cheating.
Gabrielle Le
Period 6
I do not believe financially motivating children to do well in school is a good idea. Education is precious and very important, and many kids get it for free. We should promote education for its inherent value (opportunity and knowledge) rather than for monetary value. Of course, giving children money in moderation like the author experienced is more beneficial than detrimental, but once students start relying on the monetary reward is when it should stop. There will be unintended consequences.
Everyone is self-serving, especially kids since they have no/less of a concept of sacrificing or the value of education. Monetary gain is easy to teach to a child. Many times students think "why am I even in school I'm not going to use any of this in life". School is like a dead end job, but the reason why people stay in dead end jobs is because they get paid. Getting paid works, and paying for good grades works. It gives students motive to work and defines work in a clear way that is clearly beneficial.
Sonia Gupta
Period 2
I think rewarding children with money is a good idea. It would motivate the child to work hard in school, resulting in better grades. It would increase the graduation rate and overall academic status. The money the student make may also help them save up for college, to get the full education they desire.
Brenda Benson-Okey
Period 2
I think paying students money for working hard in school is actually a good plan. Usually, most students either lack the motivation or drive to work hard at school. We, as humans, love to be compensated for the work we've done and I think just getting the best grade isn't enough for everyone. I'm a bit skeptic over how successful this could actually be, but for the most part, the article supports the idea of paying students for good grades. I mean, if it were me I'd work twice as hard if I knew I was being paid. But that's just me.
Sean Liu
per. 4
Majority of our students study and work hard in school to get a future with more opportunity and benefits. For instance, kids with good grades are more likely to be accepted to better colleges and eventually lead them to better job or working opportunity. However, these motivations and incentives can only encourage kids with long-term goals and plans. Giving money to students who work hard in school is a direct incentive to hard work and effort. Students will more likely to get involved when they see short term benefits to themselves. So I believe money is a good motivation for students to study and work hard at school.
2nd period
While it may give students an incentive to do better in school, rewarding kids with money for good grades could push them towards academic dishonesty more than anything. I believe that students should want to get good grades because it will lead to a better future, not because they want to make a quick buck. Though it sounds like a good idea at first, upon further investigation, it's a plan that would end up doing more bad than good.
I do not think it's a good idea to pay kids for good grades. Kids should learn how to be ambitious on their own rather than being prodded by others. Kids have to learn find success through their own ambition rather than though being manipulated by their parents. This is the only way they can learn to be driven later in life when there is no one their to pay them for their success.
I do not think it's a good idea to pay kids for good grades. Kids should learn how to be ambitious on their own rather than being prodded by others. Kids have to learn find success through their own ambition rather than though being manipulated by their parents. This is the only way they can learn to be driven later in life when there is no one their to pay them for their success.
Sharon Mathew
6th Period
Personally, I do not believe this method of bribery/incentives would have positive results in children's futures. These incentives completely alter kid's mindsets about accomplishing any school work, which can cause issues later on in their lives.It takes away their drive to complete important tasks such as desiring to make good grades without any positive reinforcement. Children should be able to strive to make good grades on their own without any outside factors influencing their opinions. This could affect the way children view anything they come across in life, such as not helping others or completing other tasks they come across unless there is some form of a reward. Therefore, parents should not encourage these actions on their kids because they need to develop on their own the belief of hard work will result in success, not bribery.
Stanley Johnson
6th Period
I don't believe that students should be payed for grades. If students get paid for their grades they will never find the importance of gaining knowledge rather than the materialistic thing that come with money. Paying students for grades will be ultimately detrimental for the students future. This form of notation will eventually cause students to become greedy. This will cause students to put their primary focus on money. If students get paid for grades they will not develop the skills and the self want for success. Without these self-determination skills students will not be able to do big things in the future. If students get paid for grades some students will have so much motivation that will ultimately lead to higher amounts of cheating. Although they will try to get better grades they will not do it in a trustworthy manner. This will cause students to be academically dishonest in their school and also in their jobs. All in all, students should not be paid for grades because these future adults will not be able to do good deeds for other without expecting something in return.
Namisha Mithani P.6
Getting paid for good grades sounds like a great idea from the viewpoint of a student. Though, it has some downsides. For instance, the student would not understand the true importance of getting good grades and its impact on their future. A student shouldn't be bribed to study and work hard in school. They should be able to take their future and their own hands. Many people in the past have studied and worked hard to become successful without getting paid so why should it be an issue now? I believe students should know the significance of working hard and getting good grades in school rather than just doing it for money. Getting paid to get good grades should not be a major incentive for a student.
Daniel Doucet
Period 2
I feel that paying kids for getting good grades is a dodgy concept. On one hand, the student will feel more inclined to try their hardest for more than just the idea of learning to the best of their ability, which is a very abstract and long term goal that isn't as immediately rewarding as , say, $50 for all A's at the end of a semester. The unintended consequence of this, however, might lead some kids to cheat or lie should they be unable to achieve all A's on their own. The main problem, I suppose, is the danger of the monetary reward outweighing the student's personal strive for improvement and education.
Jasmine Patience
Period 2
The idea of paying students for good grades could potentially lead to more problems than it could solve. The payment could lessen the value of education as students are only working to get paid rather than to actually learn. Furthermore, the students may turn to cheating or options void of integrity in order to achieve good grades. On the other hand, I suppose there may be instances in certain individuals whereas hard work is put in, in order to reach the goal and receive the payment reward.
Jake hudson
Pye 6
I think it would be beneficial to students everywhere if we were payed to get good grades. This creates an incentive for students to work hard in order to get money. I can see how this would created unintended consequences towards grades but overall i think this would be beneficial towards education.
Anu Thomas
Period 2
I feel as though paying kids for good performance in school could be effectuf. However, it should be used sparingly and only in fittin circumstances. Rewarding kids with monetary benefits was very effective in Canada Harlem Children Zone Project. However, the reason why the project was so effective is because those kids came from poverty stricken neighborhoods and if not for the moneyary incentive, they most likely would not have any incentive to do well in school. They live under the belief that they are doomed to live a life of poverty like their parents and their parents before them so they had no real incentive previously to try hard in school when they most likely have many other serious problems to worry about than school. Rewarding kids in low-income areas who earn good grades in school would be very beneficial and promot the growth of both the children, the school district, and the community. However, I do not think that a nationwide program to reward all school children with money for good performance shoudl be enforced because they will soon start to think that it is the norm to recieve a reward for all good deeds, not just those school related. They will stop having self-initative and drive and they might stop doing good deeds entirely just for the sake of helping someone else if it does not benefit them in some way. Furthermore, the incentive to get good grades will increase so dramatically that many students will use dishonest methods, such as cheating, to do well in school. Then the entire purpose of rewarding kids for good grades in the first place to promote more learning would have failed.
Nicole Aguilar
Period 4
To me, this is a no-brainer. As an AP student who struggles to maintain grades, yet strives every single day to better myself so I can be successful one day, I wholeheartedly disagree with the notion of paying students to acquire better grades. One would be wondering why a student such as myself disagrees with such a topic. Well, for one, paying students to gain better grades is not only a shady thing for the government to do, but it would utterly destroy our public school education system. Allow me to explain myself: if the government starts paying students to get better grades, the number of cheaters would increase exponentially. Regular high school students by nature rather play video games or watch TV than study hard for a test. I know I would. Due to this, of course more cheaters will arise once they realize that they can get paid by just getting better grades. It's already a well-known fact that public schools have many cheaters, but once they get paid to essentially cheat their way to good grades, they will do it so much more. A better alternative to making our students more motivated is to pay our teachers better! Why you may ask? Because if teachers get paid to teach better, than the number of students getting good grades would increase. Teachers are probably the most important types of people in our lives, but sadly teaching is some of the lowest paying careers out there today... In conclusion, bribing students to get better grades is not only dishonest but completely shady and wrong, and instead we should improve our education system by having better pay for teachers and better learning environments for all the nation's students.
Barry Stainrod
Period 6
Money as an incentive to do good in school in my opinion is a reasonable exchange. Seeing that the entire purpose of school is to work and make money, implementing the concept when you're still in school is a more than feasible option. However, the need for balance is important to ensure that the child doesn't become dependent on an incentive to actual
I believe that offering students money for grades is a bad incentive that will result in unintended consequences. By giving money to students for grades that would mean that they are "working" for all the wrong reasons. By doing what they are supposed to do and being rewarded for it, teaches students to expect rewards for all other aspects of things that they should just do.
Paying students for good grades sounds like a very bad idea. Someone should not have to pay you to do something that is going to be beneficial for you in the future. Studying hard should be an expectation. If we start paying children to do what they're supposed to do, they will get more lazy and grow entitled. Also, children already get money for having good grades in scholarships. They should not need more incentive to study.
I feel like it is ok to kids money when they make good grades. However, you should not over do it buy giving like 50 dollars for every good grade they make. Maybe give like 5 dollars for every good grade. Keep the reward small. Secondly, you should only do it to a certain age limit. I would suggest that up until 5th grade is an appropriate time to give money. After that kids should learn the importance of wanting to make good grades.
Period 4
I disagree that students should receive money better incentives. Imagine the headlines we'd hear 10-15 years from now: "12-year-old Mike Gomez makes a total of $2,000 from his school". My main reason as to why I'm going against this idea is because the economy will suffer a great loss. The incentives are there, but so is the risk. We are spending billions of dollars just so we can see the possibility of students improving academically. For all we know, they may even save up all that money, cutting a significant chunk of money flowing through the economy. What will happen if students attend school solely for the money? What will happen when the American economy drops to an all-time low? How much will the students be rewarded? Who is in charge of distributing the money? To which schools will the program include? Do you have to sign up for eligibility? So many questions are raised from this simple idea. I cannot set my foot firmly on the ground because the only data they have is a social experiment; not to mention it was one that didn't even last as long as one would hope. If we're talking about something that lasts for approximately 8 months and you hand me over a page of data that recorded only the first three days, I'm not buying into it.
Tess Matzakos
Period 2
I disagree with the idea that money should be given as a positive incentive for good grades. I think that students should earn good grades on their own. People should earn earn grades based on their own motivation to do good in school because then they will not always expect a reward for doing good. If money was given for every good grade, not only would the economy suffer, but the students themselves would suffer in the long run. Getting good grades is something that is indicative of having a good amount of knowledge in something., meaning that it is beneficial to ones future. Once money is added into the mix people are no longer working for their future, but for the present, which leads to a lazy and inefficient economy. Also, giving money for good grades would hurt the economy in that a lot of money would have to be given to reward students for their grades. Instead, I believe verbal positive reinforcement is more efficient that giving a money reinforcement.
May Liew - Period 6
I understand where the author was coming from when he was talking about how he liked being acknowledged for the hard work he put in and I understand that kind of monetary reward would be the same thing as treating your child to a nice meal or a shopping spree. Also, it would give kids more incentive to cheat when you know that it's an easy way to earn money.
4th period
I was never given positive incentives for my grades, but rather I was expected to do well in school and my extracurricular activities because it was the right thing to do. By not receiving positive incentives for my grades, I learned important values that keep me motivated today and in my future, rather than needing money anytime I make any accomplishment. Comparing students to employees and parents to employers, it makes sense to pay children for a job well done. However, for children in their formative years, values and morals are the most important reward for completing responsibilities.
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