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Should Students Get Paid For Good Grades?

April 12, 2010
By Mariah Felix BRONZE, Bronx, New York
Mariah Felix BRONZE, Bronx, New York
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Picture this: getting money to buy that new pair of sneakers you want if you do well on that test. Do you think students should get paid for good grades? In my opinion there are three reasons I think students should get paid for good grades. One of them is more focus on school. Second reason is they love money so they’ll do what they have to, to get the money they want. Third, reason they’ll have better behavior.
Students will focus more on school if they know they’re getting paid for doing their work, homework etc. I know if I were getting paid for doing well in school I would try my hardest on everything to get money of my own that I earned from school. Focus is a big thing in school, if you don’t focus on your work paying attention you won’t know what to do if you don’t focus to get that good grade you want.
Kids of all ages love money they reason they do is because they’ll want to have their own instead of always asking their parents. Because they have money of their own to spend and their parents can’t tell them anything about how they spend their money. When I have my own money I say my mom can’t tell me anything because it’s my money not hers I could do whatever I want with my money , that I earned . Every kid will love to money of their own.
Do you have students in your school who misbehave? But love to get things from their parents? Should those kids get paid? What should they do? Work harder in school and behave so they can get new things. I think that kids would behave better if they know money was involved in school and they were getting paid for good grades. In My opinion I mean money is very popular some people can’t live without it , kids LOVE money so that they can get what they want . Students should get paid for good grades.


The author's comments:
The reason I wrote this peice is to persuade not only you but other people to put there opinion in about should students get paid for good grades . My opinion I feel they should. What about yours?

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Sabtab101 said...
on Nov. 5 2013 at 7:28 pm
Sabtab101, San Diego, California
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Yea that is just plain mean 

Sabtab101 said...
on Nov. 5 2013 at 6:06 pm
Sabtab101, San Diego, California
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I am the first one to post a comments

Sabtab101 said...
on Nov. 5 2013 at 5:52 pm
Sabtab101, San Diego, California
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Me and my friend who are doing this ya we are like total weird

Sabtab101 said...
on Nov. 5 2013 at 5:50 pm
Sabtab101, San Diego, California
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I totes agree its like why would u get paid for an A+

Sabtab101 said...
on Nov. 5 2013 at 5:45 pm
Sabtab101, San Diego, California
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:) ;) :$ :( ;(

Sabtab101 said...
on Nov. 5 2013 at 5:44 pm
Sabtab101, San Diego, California
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Watch your language

Sabtab101 said...
on Nov. 5 2013 at 5:43 pm
Sabtab101, San Diego, California
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Yucky that's weird!!

Sabtab101 said...
on Nov. 5 2013 at 5:43 pm
Sabtab101, San Diego, California
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You shouldn't say stuff like that

Sabtab101 said...
on Nov. 5 2013 at 5:41 pm
Sabtab101, San Diego, California
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I agree. They might be failing and not have good enough grades to get paid

Sabtab said...
on Nov. 5 2013 at 5:29 pm
Sabtab, San Diego, California
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Hi I don't think people should get paid for good grades because the kids who don't get good grades will feel bad that they didn't get money and will cry or really be upset. Plus they already get enough stuff from there parents

Sabtab said...
on Nov. 5 2013 at 5:16 pm
I really like this and watch your language

Lulu said...
on Nov. 5 2013 at 5:15 pm
I disagree with this because kids have enough rewards from their parents.

on Sep. 24 2013 at 2:12 pm
AnInkling SILVER, Castle Rock, Colorado
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I don't believe student should get payed for good grades because they already have a motivation: to have sucess in life through learning. If money is all that can motivate someone to learn, then as soon as that money is taken away (such as when they get out into the real world), they stop working. This creates a dependant and pathetic class of people.

StudioGhibli said...
on Sep. 6 2013 at 3:47 pm
Well I think the students with disabilities would have a different criteria, wouldnt you think? And as for the students using the money innapropriately, maybe the money could just go into a trust fund where they could use to go to college. I think that would be efficient. The people who plan to go straight into the working community could use the money to start their bussinesses and mortages. This could be really beneficial.

aspergirl said...
on Jul. 25 2013 at 9:46 pm
Many autistic people and dyslexic people are able to achieve high grades when given the right supports. Just like neurotypicals, there is a broad spectrum.

on Jul. 8 2013 at 7:08 pm
bookmouse BRONZE, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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Counterarguments: - students could use the money for bad purposes - it is unfair to students who are not on equal playing ground (test stress, disadvantaged socioeconomically, learning disability) - (more on test stress) for students that get stressed about tests causing them to do poorly this would only cause more stress and therefore worse grades - increases competition (which could be healthy, but too much is not!) - more incentive for students to cheat

on Jul. 8 2013 at 7:03 pm
bookmouse BRONZE, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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I don't think that just wanting to get into a good college is healthy motivation either... Ideally all students should want to learn and getting good grades (theoretically) shows that said students have aquired knowledge.

ygtbfkm said...
on Jun. 9 2013 at 4:35 pm
No way. What about the autistic and dyslexic kids in our classes? What about the kids who have to work twice as hard as everyone else only to barely make an average pass? The kids with aspegers and the kids whose parents are so rich, if they fail to make the good grades they can just go home to mummy and daddy and cry until their parents cash out just to shut them up. And what about the kids who aren't good at taking tests? The ones that start freaking out when a teacher mentions an exam? They're gonna be judged for the rest of their lives on how well they did on their final exam when really if you put them in a situation where they had to actually put their knowledge to good, they'd excel. We can kid ourselves all we want, a large percentage of what our grades are marked on come from sitting in class being assessed by a teacher not being in the outside world learning the life skills we need first hand. Congratulations if you're smart and you're parents can't afford to give you handouts for being so brillant, the education system will make it up to you for them! And someday, while a girl who never learned to read because her mom was to lazy to buy her a book and just gave her a telly instead watches all the other kids in her class take home their "cash incentive", your kids can walk alongside them and you can give your kids a pat on the back for making the grade and the other girl can struggle with her ABCs as she waits for her mom to finish a 12-hour-shift at the grocery store but thats okay cause we should have the same standards and expectations for every kid, right? Its okay to discriminate against stupid kids because it'll encourage them to get smarter? 

on May. 10 2013 at 10:40 am
JoshuaKilimnik BRONZE, Richmond Hill, Other
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on May. 7 2013 at 10:49 am
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