Authors, Wendy Grolnick and Kathy Seal in their argumentative article, “Pay-to-Learn Schemes Shortchange Kids”, claim that rewards cause students to lose interest in school and their education. They support their claim by first introducing a captivating study performed on preschoolers with magic markers and construction paper, then including an engaging activity that required undergraduates, to solve and complete puzzles, and finally explaining the lengthy experiment tested on sixth grade students that allowed them to graduate at the top of their class. Grolnick’s and Seal’s purpose is to argue in order to persuade school districts to invest in programs that build student’s intrinsic motivation. They establish an argumentative tone for schools so that they begin to take the steps necessary to increase student’s effort in school, without constantly…
With credibility (his job as a professor) considered, and also logical and emotional approaches throughout, you can see that Vogel is passionate about the topic at hand. Vogel uses very well described, and easy-to-follow examples and stories that intrigues you to “open your eyes” per say, and realize what exactly what your true motive is in school; is it to make yourself better and gain as much knowledge as possible, or is it just to simply stay afloat financially, and use the most minimal effort possible in receiving your appropriate grade. Although Vogel effectively makes his point, and delivers it in a way that college students like me can fully understand, there wasn’t a sufficient solution to this epidemic that he perceives is going on in this grading system world, which makes his position on this topic slightly less effective than what it could’ve been if he had provided an adequate solution. All in all, Vogel’s take on the relationship between grades and money is clear, cut, and very self-explanatory through reading. “We let grades count as money---we let education count as money---because money, nowadays, is the only value we…
The additional benefits to the school are that these pupils go on to perform well and take their exams providing a better outcome for the pupils and the school organisation as a…
During this essay the authors tone was very direct and persuasive toward anyone whom was reading the article. All in all, you could conclude that the author, Carl Singleton thinks very poorly teachers and the schooling system in general. Within in the composition the author claims that “Illiteracy among high-school graduates is growing because those students have been passed rather than flunked; we have low- quality teachers who never should have been certified in the first place…” in other words he [the author] believes low quality teaching leads to unfair grading. I believe that teachers probably realize that when kids always get F’s after putting in a lot of effort it lowers their self-esteem and will make them want to give up. Instead of keep trying. I know for a fact that if I kept getting F’s on papers that I worked my heart out on all the time I would eventually quit because I would feel stupid and feel…
Farber is correct in saying that our school grading systems are terrible because grades are not an accurate evaluation tool. Schools should get rid of the grading system. Instead, schools should substitute a different method for evaluation. Schools could try to use the credit system, and see the impact that it has instead of our current grading system. Any other option has to be better than giving A’s and F’s. Is giving grades is the best way to evaluate…
The benefit to the child is that they can partake in activities with their peers rather than be left out. This ensures the child has maximum opportunities in school and doesn’t have to miss any lessons.…
Standardized exams are made to measures a student’s achievement level. Educators what to see if their kids are ready for college. Now, some have argued that teachers’ grades are sufficient. But the reality is that teacher grading practices can be wildly uneven across schools and…
After doing research and analyzing others opinions, I still believe that student athletes should not be paid on top of getting scholarships from schools. The idea of it may sound great but the negative impacts it brings is not worth it, therefore being a student athlete and getting scholarships should be a big enough incentive to work hard and educate yourself to get a better and high paying job than others. It makes students and athletes work harder for what they want in life. Student athletes lives should stay the way they are today and not be paid on the…
There are a lot of benefits if school districts all decide to pay the students in one way or another. It will encourage them to be successful and give them goals that the students could easily reach. If they test students each year then they can save up all the money that they earn for college or even use the money to invest in some sort of education. College isn 't for everybody though, not all schoolchildren have the intellectual capacity to reach "basic achievement" levels…
A policy such as this denies kids their fundamental rights as a student, and I view it as an equality problem. Depriving kids who do not have a B average or above of the opportunity to participate in after-school activities creates a caste system that would stigmatize students who do not make the mark. If this policy were in place now, I myself would not be able to participate in any activities, clubs, or sports due to my grade average. Those activities are the places students make friends and find a safe fun environment to socialize and express themselves in the stressful pressure of a high school day. Speaking from experience, without something to look forward to during or at the end of a six-hour school day of tedious lectures and clocks ticking at the pace of molasses, removing these activities would decrease the students’ desire to want to learn or even be in a school setting. This could then backlash and drive the cycle of bad grades.…
Sure, the idea of earning money for a grade sound fantastic, but what does it really do for a person. When students earn cash for their good grades, many quickly lose interest in the subject they earned the money for. Once the deed is done there is no longer a need to retain the information. This is an easy way to set your student up for a roller coaster ride of grades. A child performs well in class, earns the good grade and is paid cash for a job well done, this is when a student stops performing at a top-notch level. After this happens a grade is dropped to a point where a cash reward is no longer in the picture. That is when a student starts working harder in class. Consequently leaving them with the idea that the only reason to earn a good grade is to earn cash. Thus, never instilling the idea that a good grade is a reward within itself.…
The college tuition is a common issue in the most families on the entire world. Many people care too much about the college cost after their kids’ graduation or their whole life for saving to the college tuition. The cost of tuition is out of control despite the enormous endowments that colleges are enjoying while others suffered to earn. I think college tuition has to be free, moreover, many good students that cannot afford the college tuition have the rights to study, and to have opportunity to accomplish their goals regardless of their family situation or their low income. So I believe that kids should be treated fairly and go to college. Many kids are very smart, but they don’t have money for an education.…
I believe that children should not be paid for good grades for several reasons. First of all, To get good grades depend on how each student learns and handles with the result he or she will receive at last. According to Sylvia Rimm, a child psychologist, money does not play an important role in achievement but consistency does. To illustrate, successful students always try to maintain their scores with unchangeable effort while others who once fail give up easily because they believe that there is no second chance to get rewards and compliment. Another reason is that paying for good grades does not mean paying for any knowledge at all. Like a case of Kasama and her 13-year-son, each grade in the report card has its price - laptop, cellphone, portable DVD player and even money. Thus, many children are so eager to have tutorials just to get 'A's and then what remain in their heads will be soon replaced with what they want and eventually receive as a prize. Finally, paying for good grades can ruin children's confidence. For instance, I had never pay for better better grades until high school when almost all of my friends paid for tutorials. I felt like I could not be good enough without taking extra courses in spite of the fact that I could succeed my self-studying. To sum up, with these reasons given above, a lot of money should not be spend on getting only good…
After considering it, I believe that the system is fair. There are some good examples of success coming out of the American school system. However, there are also many bad examples that show how the system is failing. Many students coming out of American schools were pushed through school with passing grades just to get them ready to join the work force. These students were not actually taught anything, and so, they fail to comprehend many problems that life throws at them. One problem that the American education causes is parents’ inability to choose the school their child attends. This means that children must attend the school chosen by the government, regardless of whether the school is credible or not. Children that grow up in an environment where schools do not teach properly end up failing when it comes to their education. The fact that copious amounts of distant countries beat us in how educated students are shows how our system does not work. While there have been good attempts to assist our system, such as the No Child Left Behind Act, they fail to actually correct the problem. The American education system’s inability to correctly educate children is what makes me believe that America’s education system is only fair. To fix education in America, we need to adopt the systems of the top performing countries, such as Belgium, that work instead of relying on our old methods…
For most students, my opinion on grades is that they do not need to be…