Pay for Grades: Does Cash for Students Work?

[Ngelcanfly]

Slaves to money.

[anddenex]

This is very interesting. I don't see any problem with paying kids money for grades, however I do have a problem with the school paying money for the kids. Whose pocket is this money coming from? At my son and daughter's school, they earn fake money by which the teacher has certain rewards they can buy with the fake cash. I also had a friend who was paid $5 dollars for every A, and every year he rarely ever obtained a B. However, it was his parents, not the school.

[MsNightfox213]

Holy crap, I got 5 A+'s and 1 A and I got $20. XD luckies, but hey I used it to get Minecraft so it's all good

[tyler114050]

this is a kindergarten class and i guess that there are fat people in kindergarten.

[jnp258]

what happens when they go to college? no more incentives they will get bad grades and drop out....think about it

[manicmetropolis]

I would have done better in school had I been paid. Period

[omegagiga43]

Ok, I'm a student, and I hate this idea. It's only gonna corrupt the children even more than they are now.

[Hello59239]

I get straight A's. I wish I got paid. Pulling 97+% in honors classes isn't hard, but I'm one of the few who can.

The only thing I get from my parents is $20 if I get a perfect on an Honors Science test. But those tests are so hard, only 1 person out of 22 in the class gets a perfect, at most.

[SillyPuddyBuddy]

@Hello59239 i get paid for grades of marking periods

$20 for As

$10 for Bs

im getting 190!!!

[legofanguyvid]

YOU COMMIE LOVER!!!

[lucirz]

why didn't tey have this when i was in school? damn....

[Danravsmi]

The money is not GIVEN to them, the fact that they work hard to earn something and achieve it is one of the best things someone could do for their child. It follows the American dream and it does provide motivation. A good point you had however is take the TV's away. Across the nation, parents are becoming less and less involved in the lives of their children and their school, relying solely on Report Cards. Or (God forbid) take the childrens reward away

[whatevalife6]

I'm absolutely against this. All this will do is motivate students to cheat on a massive scale, and cheating is already rampant at every school I've ever gone to. Honest students like me will be duped.

[soulstrumxxx]

its a great idea. morality being a problem is stupid. people train animals AND train humans the SAME way already and it WORKS. its also good for struggling families. the fact is little children DO NOT care about their future when their young they only care about having fun! expecting children to act like adults is ridiculous because its against their nature. also the byprocess of getting good grades gives students the confidence when trouble dealing with education comes along latter in life.

[soulstrumxxx]

by that time they should be mature enough to realize that work illicits rewards, and if proper moral education is applied we wont end up turning our kids into materialistic people who care only for money. but who will be reasonable. not all children will succeed with this type but it WILL produce a large increase in educational standards. children who do not respond simply need different stimulus. also if u hold the reward over their heads they will think badly of you and rebel against the

[soulstrumxxx]

by that time they should be mature enough to realize work illicits rewards. also proper moral education will keep children from becoming materialistic and they will be reasonable w/ what matters. careful precautions should be applied so as to not incit rebellion by holding it over the kids head and say "look what i got" children are not animals but deserve respect as adults deserve it, if not they will not respond to this new stimulus and rebel. the failure of current ed. systems and parents.

[inukashikon]

This idea is ridiculous. They already ARE being paid for getting good grades - they should think about it as investing in their futures.

UGH. What kind of monsters are we raising?

[Dt0x75]

We are raising weee little Socialists. Isnt it cute? =D

Get over it!

[lucirz]

@inukashikon this i a bad idea cause these students like to cheat, especially if they see mo9ney involved, they will cheat to try to get that money. so in the end, they will not really learn academics, but they will learn that cheating and money is the way go to a better life :D

[manicmetropolis]

@inukashikon smart ones

[princessdisney26]

I can see the pros of this on one hand but I think for the long run it will hurt the kids. I am not in favor of this method.

[andykins118118]

this is a good idea. a lot of kids look at the work and then get nothing but like a pat on the back and figure it isn't worth it, and that screws them because as they grow then school doesn't seem worth it. having a cash reward gives them a reason to actually want to do good in school, because as a kid it seems like it's no big deal but when you get older you realize that you have a lot of bad habits and bad grades before that will come back to screw you.

[skaterboy379]

how much money r they givin out lols?

[ionrocket]

who knows but i got a cash rewared one summer for this program $5

[taterville29]

Dumbest thing any school system ever did.Its time to take the calculators and tvs let the kids use their brain.Its no wonder public schools in the U.S are falling behind.The kids must learn that as they go thru life money is not given to them.

[cne08]

This is a bad idea.