Should Students Get Paid For Grades In School

Across the nation, it has become a controversial topic whether or not students attending school should get paid for grades and test scores. Those that agree with the proposed idea say that teenagers should because it fixes problems that schools are having with high dropout rates and lower than expected attendance and graduation rates. However, those opposing to that respond with the argument that it isn’t always the case sometimes and we shouldn’t rely on bribing as a sufficient way of feeding wisdom to the future of this country. Cash for grades should be forbidden from the curriculum because it results in the expectation of rewards from students, which leads to the reduction of challenging courses and tests taken to obtain said reward, which will ultimately
Adolescents, who are most likely seeking money than education, will no longer try to challenge themselves and enroll in easier classes just to get the money from the easy A. According to Mary Ellen Flannery’s article “Cash for Grades?” she writes that money rewards prevents students from becoming successful in the future because of this. Similarly, in another article it is written by the author that the cash for grades programs do lead to less motivation put onto kids to do better in school (Peterson). No argument can be made about this because students that do not challenge themselves should not be rewarded and if money rewards are given out. If so, no students would be recognized because none would enroll in Honors or AP courses that have a more rigorous curriculum compared to on-level classes which is what students will enroll in to get the rewards with less effort and time put into their own education. Education departments nationwide should abolish any cash for grades programs put in any schools for the bettering of the school’s reputation and students’