Should Students Get Paid For Grades

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Students should not receive cash for grades because students would work for the money and not for their own good, teachers would feel pressure as well as students, and there are better things the money can be spent on. To start off, paying students would prevent them from having any motivation. The kids might earn grades for the wrong reasons, for the money and not for the satisfaction of a job well done. Not for their own benefit, and would they really do as well in school if they weren't receiving cash? In a Stanford University experiment, "researchers divided preschoolers into two groups: one that would get gold stars for their drawings and one that would not. Both drew enthusiasticly, but when asked to draw without a reward... It appeared as if they'd lost enthusiasm for the task when it didn't come with a reward. This showed, knowing that they would win a prize influenced their work ethic. Paying students for good grades is a form of bribing. What morality would be shown to these kids? Bribing them would only lead to be detrimental in their future as well as their parents. …show more content…

Just because a student does not get straight A's does nt make them a bad sstudent. School is easy for some kids and others not as much. What is the meaning of being smart? Is it getting food grades? Receiving more awards than others? A person may not do so well in English but has a way with him/her hands and is "smart" when it comes to fixing things. Like mentioned before, getting C's and B's doesn't make you dumb and students will realize this. Questioning why it is that this person received cash when I tried just as much and did my best. Conflict amongst the students, pressure for the

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