School Pays Kids to Go to Class: Creative or Crazy?
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2012/02/15 14:00:00
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College tuition continues to rise, but Dohn Community High School -- a dropout recovery charter school in Cincinnati -- is going in a different direction. With funding from a handful of donors -- Reuters reports that they're not using any operating funds -- DCHS is rewarding students for going to class consistently. By offering them money.
Easter Seals is offering $25 a week to all DCHS seniors who arrive to class on time every day; $10 a week for underclassmen. And surprise, surprise: it appears to be working! DCHS principal Ramon Davenport told The Associated Press, "You have students who we haven't seen in a week or two coming to school. So that tells me that this incentive that we’re trying is actually working."
Easter Seals is offering $25 a week to all DCHS seniors who arrive to class on time every day; $10 a week for underclassmen. And surprise, surprise: it appears to be working! DCHS principal Ramon Davenport told The Associated Press, "You have students who we haven't seen in a week or two coming to school. So that tells me that this incentive that we’re trying is actually working."
We need parents to step up and create the desire in their children to get a good education and lay the groundwork for a good future. The future of this country is in the hands of the children who are in school right now so we need to find a better solution to this problem. We also need a better incentive for children other than money for these kids, they need to learn that money isn't the answer to everything that is a challenge to you in life.
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What is the point of learning in regard to education? Two obvious reasons:
1. Money.
2. Enlightenment.
How does school, as it is right now, help with either of these? It rarely does, and here's why: it's compulsory. If you have to go, regardless, what's the incentive to learn? If someone's forcing you to be in a place... BECAUSE... are you in a learning mood? I don't know about you, but I'm sure not.
Do you know why kids take it for granted?
Because they HAVE to go!
A.) Carpool. it's free and it cuts back on pollution, surely there's someone that can come and give you a ride to school, so "no bus fare" is out of the question.
B.) You go to school to learn, and get an education so you can go out into the workforce LATER. Your job as a teen is to come to school, get smart, GRADUATE, maybe get some college knowledge, THEN start a career. So that annihilates "I gotta job".
Although I DO think that it would be beneficial, but it' would only be sensible if it's based on attendance, behavior, and mainly GRADES. Because I honestly have to admit that I'm a slacker when it comes to school, and being paid to get good grades... Well that would be a major incentive. Every teen wants to have a little pocket cash, that's pretty much a given. But not every teen can acquire it, some families aren't busting at the seams with money all the time. So to be paid to do well would be extremely helpful, especially if you're one...
A.) Carpool. it's free and it cuts back on pollution, surely there's someone that can come and give you a ride to school, so "no bus fare" is out of the question.
B.) You go to school to learn, and get an education so you can go out into the workforce LATER. Your job as a teen is to come to school, get smart, GRADUATE, maybe get some college knowledge, THEN start a career. So that annihilates "I gotta job".
Although I DO think that it would be beneficial, but it' would only be sensible if it's based on attendance, behavior, and mainly GRADES. Because I honestly have to admit that I'm a slacker when it comes to school, and being paid to get good grades... Well that would be a major incentive. Every teen wants to have a little pocket cash, that's pretty much a given. But not every teen can acquire it, some families aren't busting at the seams with money all the time. So to be paid to do well would be extremely helpful, especially if you're one of the slackers, it would definitely trigger an improvement.
However, like other people are saying; considering the way today's society works... it could also contribute to certain negative causes, such as the money being irresponsibly blown off on drugs, weed, alcohol, tobacco, and unnecessary junk-food, etc. so in order for it to be successful in ALL aspects; I suggest that a large portion of the reward be implemented in furthering the student's education, (ie a college/university/trust fund).