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Why Kids Should Not Be Paid For Good Grades

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“A neighbor of mine says she pays her child for any A’s the child gets on her report.” In my opinion no students should be paid for good grades. This issue is important because if kids were encouraged by money , eventually the giver of the money would run out of money. Then what would happen? Would kids refuse to go to school? Not to mention the giver would be taking a valuable gift from the child, this will also lead to practical problems in the classroom, and think wat were to happen if the money stopped coming in? Kids should not be paid for good grades because the giver would be taking a special gift from children, can lead to practical problems, and what if the money stopped coming in?

One reason students should not be paid for good grades is because the giver would be taking a gift from children. Your probably thinking “what do you mean?” Kids are naturally gifted to want to learn without money as motivation. The source would Edward Deci (researcher). The quarter from him would be “External motivators may be effective and well intended but are wrong kids by nature are motivated to learn.” This leads to kids wanting money more than they want the …show more content…

What that means is it can put pressure on the kid to make money for their own reasons. The source from this would be NEA article. The quote from them would be “Many teachers also paying students for good grades leads to practical problems in their classrooms including pressure to inflate grades and conflict with students and parents.” This leads to kids asking one another how much money each one got. If they got a lot of money and their parents take it away, student and parents would have problems. The effect of this is kids will be pressured and nervous to know if they got any money. For the reasons above, students should not be paid for good grades because it can lead to practical

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