Paid In The Classroom

Do you think secondary kids should get paid for going to school. I think they should because they could save it for college. Almost 62 percent of high school students can’t afford to go to college. If they got paid they would keep up their grades so they could get extra money. But you. Also have to be careful because they may use it for drugs or alcohol.

Why do students never have money? It is a privilege being a student in the United States because the amount of money necessary to pay all the expenses inside and outside of school is insanely high. According to the presentation made by Greg Gottesman of school loans in TEDx, it costs around three-million-dollars of student loans per year. Most students are not in a position to pay that amount of money; and as a consequence, they drown in debt for the rest of their lives. However, student expenses and its solutions can be classified in three different fields: necessities, auto expenses, and class expenses.

The boy walks up to the main office door. He searches for where usually a list of clubs is posted on the wall around the perimeter of the double doors. He approaches the front desks where they all stand in a line. He politely asks the secretary where the sign ups are. The secretary stares at the boy like he has lost it. She blurts out, all of a sudden, “Are you crazy?! We cut all extracurricular activities and the music and art programs to have enough money to fund all the sports. Is that not what you kids want?” The boy mortified walks out; this is the reality. Schools are funding sports more than they do on extracurricular activities, such as music and art programs. I believe schools should fund competitive sports and other extracurricular programs equally. Some may argue that sports are more popular and bring schools more money so they deserve more funding, though this is not true. Other extracurricular activities connect to kid’s

In classrooms across America, students are being forced to sit in uncomfortable and unsupportive chairs. With longer days in classrooms, children are also having a greater difficulty of focusing. There has been great growth in children’s diagnosis of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, making the long days at school difficult. Along with a higher frequency of diagnoses, childhood obesity has grown tremendously across the country. With little time being designated for children to release energy, as well as few opportunities to practice active lifestyles, schools are seeing more wiggly and inattentive students.

In classrooms across America, students are being forced to sit in uncomfortable and unsupportive chairs. With longer days in classrooms, children are also having a greater difficulty of focusing. There has been great growth in children’s diagnosis of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, making the long days at school difficult. Along with a higher frequency of diagnoses, childhood obesity has grown tremendously across the country. With little time being designated for children to release energy, as well as few opportunities to practice active lifestyles, schools are seeing more wiggly and inattentive students.

Another environmental cause of childhood obesity is the lack of physical activity. The problem is that physical activity has been replaced by video games, television, social networking and other technology. (Child Obesity Statistics) “It’s proven that children who watch the most hours of television have the highest incidence of obesity.” (Hosten) The American Heart Association they recommend “all children age 2 and older should participate in at least 60 minutes of enjoyable, moderate-intensity physical activities every day.” They also recommend “if your child or children don't have a full 60-minute activity break each day, try to provide at

High duration and frequency of sedentary behaviors such as TV viewing, computer use, and prolonged sitting are associated with high cardiometabolic risk in school-aged children and youth.

Nowadays, in schools, kids are getting paid to get good grades. Can you believe it? Schools now are paying kids to get good grades just to motivate and boost their confidence in learning. This issue had become important because we need to teach kids to work using their own hard work to succeed and to learn that kids don’t need money for motivation in school. According to Teneh Weller, money may motivate kids, but will only last for a short period of time instead of a lasting result. Also, if the reward is no longer offered, schools may have to keep raising the stakes to engage students (Great Schools). Whether people ignore this issue or not, this is going to cause major consequences from giving students money to try to motivate them from raising the stakes to engage students.

However, studies show that a third of American kids are overweight or obese, and they are getting overweight quicker than adults. A student's total daily calories are 20-50% consumed at school because they do not eat breakfast (Junk Food). Adults know how to exercise, but children

For many years, students have been sitting down in classrooms. But now people claim that all of this sitting has lead to several cases of heart failure. We will see how this affects both students and adults who sit down for most of the day. In a study from USA Today, sitting for too long has been linked to cancer, type two diabetes and heart failure. One study showed that if we sat down for only three hours a day, it would add two years to an average person’s life. Now if you can increase your life expectancy and prevent diseases, it would only make sense to increase the number of standing desks in the workplace and classroom. An article from CNN tells that when two parents organized an elementary school field day, the children were too big

Should students be forced to sit in desks? No, because there are many facts that state that flexible seating is the accurate choice for teachers all over the world. Flexible seating necessary because it is good activity for the brain, students are more committed to learning, and it affects students’ moods. With this paper facts and examples will prove this point.

Children laughing, running, and playing kickball, this is a common site when passing an elementary school during recess, but as the ages increase, the activity levels seem to decrease. In middle school, more and more kids are on their cell phones or playing with portable gaming devices, while the basketball hoops are barely used. Along with the decrease in activity, there appears to be an increase in the children appearing to be overweight. Childhood obesity is a common health issue that is brought to the public’s attention frequently. There are programs set up that are trying to battle the ever increasing rates of obesity, but the effectiveness of these programs are slow or not working. The rise in obesity leads to a rise in many other health areas including cardiovascular disease and diabetes. Children are having to monitor their cholesterol and blood sugar levels instead of worrying about which team they will be on for kickball. Childhood obesity has been a health issue that the United States and the rest of the world has not had a solution that has effectively changed the habits and attention is needed to break us from this sedentary lifestyle.

In schools today, there are ways that they use methods or tactics to motivate or convince students to do better in class, for the reputation of the school, increased attendance or to increase test scores. One way or method that is used to achieve these goals is the use cash for grades. Which is basically paying students money for grades like A’s and B’s. This is thought to be controversial, and for good reasons. Because this detours from the actual issue, which is ridiculous because in no way does it help at all, it also makes students feel entitled to rewards for doing good in school when they should be responsible for their own success, this also creates stress for student who have a hard

Physical activity is among the factors to be considered when determining a child’s weight. As per Levin and Stein (2008), “In ways beginning to be understood, being overweight at a young age appears to be far more destructive to well-being than adding excess pounds later in life”. However, many children are inactive in daily physical activities. They spend much of their time watching TV, playing video games, and on computers. As a result of the low activity level, children run a risk of developing different conditions like diabetes, bone problems, skin conditions (fungal infections and acne), high blood pressure, high cholesterol and early heart disease. They also develop stress, depression, and low self-esteem. As per the WebMD (2014), “a child’s total diet and activity level play an important role in determining a child’s weight. Today, many children spend a lot time

A child comes home from school, crying. She holds her report card in shaking hands, and knows what will happen to her. She got a C on her report card, unlike all of her friends, who got A’s. She knows now that she will be the only girl in her class not to get paid for getting a good mark. This young girl, with tears in her eyes, knows that she tried her best, but it still wasn’t enough to earn her a cash sum.