School Pays Kids to Go to Class: Creative or Crazy?

by SodaHead News Posted 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."

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Randice 2012/02/15 17:06:14

Crazy

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In my day, not having my butt beat by my parents was enough incentive for me to go to school. No wonder we're sinking lower and lower on the international scale when it comes to our kids' education.
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JosephCooke7265 2012/02/15 15:33:06

Creative

go going guys

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Little Fawn 2012/02/15 15:31:57

Creative

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Hell, I'd go back to school if I got paid for it. That's all the motivation I would need.

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assbuttsoup 2012/02/15 15:29:24

Creative

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YES FINALLY. I don't go to school, but that's amazing. School is a dick and it's bad enough that kids are forced to learn something they don't care about. I'm home schooled, so I learn about stuff I care about, therefore actually remembering the information. To all you elderly dumbasses who say school is neccesary, try putting a camera in your grandkid's hair before they leave to go to school. You = shocked

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cheaper... to assbutt... 2012/02/15 16:25:00 (edited)
BSINCO to cheaper... 2012/02/15 18:02:14

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In 10 years you will be at a average job that is unrelated to your course of study in college and still paying off your tuition bills.

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cheaper... to BSINCO 2012/02/15 23:18:31

Working through college....going to be debt free.
*shrug* And even if that is me in 10 years, I will never regret having gone to college and I will certainly never regret graduating from high school.

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BSINCO to cheaper... 2012/02/17 20:27:15 (edited)

"Even if that is me...." So you admit you may be riddled with debt and no job offers in your field? You can try and sell me that college isn't overpriced and that they don't lure students in with outright lies of future job placement but I have seen firsthand what you get for your dough. Try telling your story to the 75 lawyers in the other poll here on SH

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cheaper... to BSINCO 2012/02/19 08:56:12
smitty to BSINCO 2012/02/16 18:39:25

BS. I am still at a job related to my grad school degree. I have no outstanding loans.

I have no regrets. Well I wish I didn't hit the drinking age limit and spend my freshman year in a drunken stupor. There were some ugly girls I woke up to.

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BSINCO to smitty 2012/02/17 20:33:11

What are you, 50 years old and got into school before the tuition hikes as of late? Or did you just get seriously lucky?

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smitty to BSINCO 2012/02/17 20:50:10

The first. An old fart.

I also worked my way through school. I didn't buy the latest tech gear because I didn't have the money. I didn't blow my money on frivilous things. Now every one NEEDS an iphone. I just got rid of my droid because I felt I was being abused by paying for 3g/4g on my phone.. on a tablet, and then for internet at my house and work. That is just stupid. Soon they will be charging for 3g to stream through your refrigerator.

Now everyone raids the credit card so they can have their iphone..

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assbutt... to cheaper... 2012/02/16 15:16:32

There was this guy who was a valedictorian, so he made a speech and his speech went like this: "I want my childhood back." Plus, it isn't free, when I went to school my dad didn't want to pay for school supplies, he made me pay, and that happens to a lot of kids. Not free, and I would go to school, but my dad said "no". So, would you like to drive me to school every day? Heh, thought not, but this is not about me, this is about whatever we were talking about in the first place! I think I'm done here.

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smitty to assbutt... 2012/02/16 18:42:57 (edited)

I normally don't talk about parents because I firmly believe each parent should be a parent the way they know best. I am not sure what kind of parent would ever tell their child they will not by them pencils. My wife is a teacher, so thank your dad for allowing my family the privilege of buying pencils for you. It is not like we could use our income for something else. No, we are content in purchasing school supplies for people like you.

Oh by the way, I was valedictorian as well. I had a great childhood. I wouldn't change it.

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assbutt... to cheaper... 2013/04/05 19:59:29

I made this comment last year and agree with what you are saying, every bit of it. I never met anyone who actually uses the things they learned in high school, but most of it is absolutely necessary, and while public school is crap, kids should go to at least some sort of school. I sincerely apologize for even accessing the internet last year at all. I should have been in school.

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smitty to assbutt... 2012/02/16 18:37:00

Ha! School is a dick. Wow! Nice comparison. Must have got that from being home-schooled.

School is necessary. College.. well all depends the field you are in. The one thing that is paramount in this day and age is contacts. (the who you know). I am guessing a person that is in school will have access to many more contacts than someone who is home schooled. Well unless your mommy and daddy are rich and have contacts.

But eh.

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assbutt... to smitty 2013/04/05 20:03:53

I have no idea what you just said, and people who did proper homeschooling are actually not idiots, but I shouldn't had access to the internet last year at all, and I'm sorry for commenting. And yeah I have no idea what "school is a dick" means either. I'm sorry.

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smitty to assbutt... 2013/04/12 21:28:48

I said school is necessary.

Then I said could or could not be depending on the field you are in.

Then I stated that contacts are very important.

I thought I was clear.

Yes.. I have no idea what that means. I was quoting the dude I responded to. Maybe I should have put it in quotes.

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assbutt... to smitty 2013/05/18 07:31:47

I was the person you responded to. I agree with what you are saying. People who do real homeschooling are usually smarter than public school kids, though. I didn't do real homeschooling. Again, I apologize for making any comments that I made that were like that. My opinion on things change the more I learn about the thing, please do not hold something I said a year ago against me. Thank you.

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Glee_ky 2012/02/15 15:27:15

Crazy

Why isn't MY school doing that?? its crazy though, you should be happy that you have a chance for education and develop yourself!

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chamchamgal 2012/02/15 15:08:39

Creative

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Everyone needs a motive I feel like, and this is one.

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retrograve to chamcha... 2012/02/15 16:05:08

When I was middle school we used to have this little reward ceromony where you could have a chance at getting prizes if you had perfect attendance or honor roll. Thy also used to give prizes away for acelerated reader....

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chamcha... to retrograve 2012/02/15 20:40:58

You think it worked?

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retrograve to chamcha... 2012/02/15 22:37:43

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Well for me it did. I use to hate reading until they introduce that. I would read so much I would wind up getting the prizes; t-shirt, cds and candy bar, etc; twice over. It actually made me like reading and I still like to read even now.
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And for attendance, I never liked missing or playing hookie since I never like having to make up missed work. They also had it where if you didn't miss any classes you didn't have to take any non-mandatory end of the year exams, so that was also a plus. :)

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assbutt... to retrograve 2012/02/16 15:19:37

That doesn't happen anymore, though. There aren't prizes anymore. They need a different way of doing it. Prizes would be good, but I guess that idea has not crossed their mind. ***Viewer discretion is advised about the next thing I'm about to say. This is a warning so you can't complain about me saying it. --> They could give free condoms and stuff. Jusayin.

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retrograve to assbutt... 2012/02/16 18:16:31

You could give condoms but when I was a senior in highschool, which only a fews ago, candy or little trinkets, was good enough for most students even if they were sexually active. But I guess we more childish in 2009. lol

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SovereignX 2012/02/15 15:03:29

Creative

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i'll say id have been alot more willing to crawl out of bed at the crack of dawn and go to a place i hated if i was being paid for it

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assbutt... to SovereignX 2012/02/16 15:20:28

ikr

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mwf122090 2012/02/15 14:56:52

Crazy

+1
Even as a student I think this is a little crazy. If they don't want their education then that's on them. That just gives the teachers extra time to focus on the students that care.

The only reason I could support something such as this would be if the student was missing school to work to help support the family. Then I can understand MAYBE using something like this, but even then I still don't think it's a great idea.

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assbutt... to mwf122090 2012/02/16 15:20:50

If they don't want their education, they should be allowed to leave.

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mwf122090 to assbutt... 2012/02/16 17:24:18

Yes, they should be allowed to leave, but they shouldn't need extra incentives to show up.

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the fuze 2012/02/15 14:40:12

Creative

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If it's funded by donations, I guess I don't mind it.

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BonnieDeutsch 2012/02/15 14:39:05 (edited)

Creative

Creative yes, but I'm not happy that Easter Seals is giving money. What other projects is the Easter Seals giving money to , other than what they claim the money is going to.

I say this again and again, where are the parents ? (I am using that term loosely).

I'm getting tired of the idea that it takes a village to raise a child. It takes two dedicated parents (or family members) an entire lifetime ! If you're not up to the task, please don't have any children for the rest of us to raise.
But, I'n afraid, there are no longer and villages, safe villages as well.

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captain... to BonnieD... 2012/02/15 15:52:42

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It DOES take a village to raise a child and those two parents are only part of that village. To argue otherwise, you are stating that a child doesn't grow up in a society, but only interacts with their parents for the rest of their adult lives.

That's not the case... there are many different types in the world, and the village is supposed to help one to acclimate towards society outside their provincial walls.

That said, I think throwing money at kids to go to school is absurd. They get paid in room, board, clothing and transportation already.

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BonnieD... to captain... 2012/02/15 16:26:21 (edited)

I agree with your last paragraph. As far as my comment regarding two dedicated parents. Dedicated parents, at least the ones that I know, teach them to be independent and allow them to integrate into the world in general with watchful eyes. I'm sorry if I didn't make my point clear. But even adult children need guidance once in awhile, or just someone that they can trust to listen to them for
advise.
And I don't believe that there are any more safe villages to give your children independence when still children.

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captain... to BonnieD... 2012/02/15 16:30:55

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I don't know. we may be arguing two sides of the same coin, but... two parents are needed to integrate a child into a society at an early age, and that society molds them into what they become. A parent is not capable to express the variety a community that's well-knit could.

This is why most old world families were extended; even they knew that mom and dad wasn't enough. In this day and age, where the roles of parents are even more stressed due to duties at jobs they can barely keep, it's even more evident we need to have faith and trust in those closest to us-- our communities. nobody lives in a vacuum.

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BonnieD... to captain... 2012/02/15 16:49:55

again, I agree. I guess where you practice your faith can be "the Village". My complaint is that all sorts of groups and schools try to fill in where "parents" don't.
If I have to pay to raise these children, then I want input on how they're raised.

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Ferηαηdσ [Clinton2016] 2012/02/15 14:36:23 (edited)

Crazy

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Why are they getting paid for something they should already be doing? Money should be given to the students that excel above the rest.

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Silent Bob 2012/02/15 14:24:23
Belle 2012/02/15 14:22:23

Creative

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In Scandinavia, everyone get paid for going to school. If you can get more people to go to school the overal inteligence level of the people will raise, which is a benefit for the whole country. In Sweden we get about 160 USD a month for going to school.

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Rave to Belle 2012/02/15 14:29:50

Too bad it isn't the case here in Finland, but that's alright. I was surprised at first when I heard many years back that my Danish friend got paid to go to school.

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