Pay kids to attend school?NEWS FACT: Students with perfect attendance in California's Temecula Valley School District can win iPods, DVD players, and even a trip to Disneyland. In Hartford, Connecticut “Hartford” redirects here. For other uses, see Hartford (disambiguation). Hartford is the capital of the State of Connecticut. It is located in Hartford County on the Connecticut River, north of the center of the state. , Fernando Vazquez Fernando Vazquez was a Catholic theologian of the sixteenth century. He is referred to by Hugo Grotius in chapter XXV of his work On the Law of War and Peace. , 9, is $10,000 richer because he didn't miss a single day of class last year. Across the country, schools are rewarding students for perfect and improved attendance. Prizes range from free meals at Applebee's to $10,000 in cash. Incentive (reward) programs have motivated kids to go to school. In Fort Worth, Texas Fort Worth is the fifth-largest city in the state of Texas, 18th-largest city in the United States[1], and voted one of "America’s Most Livable Communities. , attendance increased by about 200 students per day in the 2004-2005 school year after an incentive program was implemented. That translated to about $940,000 more in state funds. Although such programs may work, Jeff Bostic, director of school psychiatry at Massachusetts General Hospital Massachusetts General Hospital Health care The major teaching hospital for Harvard Medical School, widely regarded as one of the best health care centers in the world , takes issue with the approach. "It's against our grain to suggest that you have to cajole (language) CAJOLE - (Chris And John's Own LanguagE) A dataflow language developed by Chris Hankin <clh@doc.ic.ac.uk> and John Sharp at Westfield College. ["The Data Flow Programming Language CAJOLE: An Informal Introduction", C.L. , seduce, or trick students in order to get them to learn." What do you think? Should kids be paid to attend school? Yes The Chicago School Chicago School Group of architects and engineers who in the 1890s exploited the twin developments of structural steel framing and the electrified elevator, paving the way for the ubiquitous modern-day skyscraper. District will spend $500,000 on incentive programs this year. If attendance goes up by I percent, the district will receive an extra $18 million in state funding. Christian Soils, 14, thinks that students will also benefit from the program: "It influences kids to go to school instead of staying at home," says the eighth-grader at Darwin Elementary School in Chicago. "Whatever way possible to get kids in school is fine by me." Nicole Salamone, 12, a seventh-grader at Allendale Columbia School in Rochester, New York This article is about the city of Rochester in Monroe County. For the town in Ulster County, see Rochester, Ulster County, New York. Rochester, once known as The Flour City, and more recently as The Flower City or , says that students should be paid to learn: "I don't see why the teachers get paid for going to work and kids don't get paid for going to school. It is our job to go to school." No If young people are paid to study, what kind of values does that teach them? "Paying students to go to school spoils children," says Carmen Carmen throws over lover for another. [Fr. Lit.: Carmen; Fr. Opera: Bizet, Carmen, Westerman, 189–190] See : Faithlessness Carmen the cards repeatedly spell her death. [Fr. Caraballo, 14, an eighth-grader at Darwin Elementary School. "Kids must learn to do things for themselves and not just because there is money involved." Ashley Gonzales, 13, an eighth-grader at De Anza Middle School in Ontario, California, agrees. "Students don't deserve to get paid to go to school because they are lucky enough to learn many incredible things," she says. Jenna Price, 13, a seventh-grader at Allendale Columbia, raises another concern: "If someone is sick, they'll come to school anyway for the money and get others sick." 
Re:CNN Saturday Morning 1/25/08<br>Reporter stated REWARDS DO NOT WORK<br>Obviously this reporter is ignorant of the most Basic rules of Psychology. We ALL do those things which we believe will produce rewarding results. Is there ANY young person who is completeing their high school education without any sense that there are societal "rewards" for their determination? Is being recognized as an "Honor Roll" student a "reward?" How about the receipt of scholarships? Could that be seen as a "reward?" How about increasing the likelihood of becoming financially independent? Could that be a "reward?" It looks to me like rewards MUST be attached to motivate students to achieve any level of accademic success. A student who can see no reward in sight to continue even a basic high school education, is a student who has given up. A student who gives up on our education system,has few options in today's work force. The liklihood that they will be able to produce an above-poverty level lifestyle for themselves and their children is very limited. And chances are, their children won't come to school prepared to succeed either. Nor is it likely that these under-educated parents are able to support their children with homework help. IF OUR YOUNG PEOPLE ARE TO HAVE A CHANCE - they MUST enter adulthood with basic literacy skills. We cannot afford to allow th
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I do not think all students should be paid to attend school, however, those "at risk" students could potentially learn something from being paid. Usually, when I "give up" it is because I feel overwhelmed and I just can't do everything on my own. I think a lot of the times, this may be what is happening to "drop-outs". They might go strait to working at a fast food restaurant or factory because this gives instant return. For students who live in poverty, or difficult home environments, a job gives them two things: 1) Financial Security, because making money means that they can buy groceries, or hygiene products, or even clothing, that will allow them to live more normally in society; and 2) A sense of Survival that is only maintained if they attend to work. With this said, a "drop-out" is not completely giving up. They leave school for something that seems more appropriate for them in the given situation. If dropping out is a concern, a logical solution would be to provide to the "drop-outs" with what seems attractive about the working world. Most likely, this is money. In the working world, cash-flow exists. UNFORTUNATELY, education gives up on students, where they could be playing a supportive role in helping students complete high school so that the "working world" has more options. I feel that paying the "at risk" and drop-out students will increase school attendance and participation, and in the long-term, reduce chronic dependence upon government aid for basic survival, because graduates will have more options available in the workplace and in post-secondary education. But, that's just my opinion, and I am a recent high school graduate, from a family that used to struggle with physical abuse, and poverty. I now attend a respected university. |
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