Should kids get paid for learning? My name is Clifton bell I’m a member of the fog city school board and we are voting on if we should incentivize kids for different tasks in school. A Harvard economist named Roland Fryer Jr. ran a randomized experiment to see if incentives will motivate kids to do better in school. The experiment took place in four states Dallas‚ New York‚ Chicago‚ and Washington where he used 6.3 million dollars to pay 18‚ 00 kids. He brought in a
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it can be overwhelming if someone doesn’t work well with others. The school a person attends has everything going on at once like school events‚ school sports‚ and school work itself. With all the time spent worrying about school work‚ there isn’t much time left to have fun in a person’s school life. School can cause a lot of pressure on an individual by not only the amount of school work given‚ but the environment at the school and also the persons’ outside life; because of everything going on
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Why Students Should Have A Job: Teenagers should be able to have a job while they go to school. Having a job gives students the opportunity to learn life skills such as time management‚ financial responsibility‚ social skills‚ and also learn about the responsibilities of an adult. These skills transit into adulthood and could be not learned to the same extend without a job. When working and going to school‚ teenagers learn to manage their time wisely‚ which is an important skill that will
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armed forces to fight in battle‚ we would not have the freedoms to do anything that we do now‚ including playing sports. Many athletic players receive more money than most soldiers do. Many agree that athletes should‚ but I beg to differ. I think a man with a helmet defending his country should make more money than a man with a helmet defending a football. Football players make more money than soldiers do‚ they get thousands of dollars every game‚ hit‚ touchdown‚ or kick-off of each season. The Atlanta
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he or she couldn’t go to college because they could not afford to go to college? That brings up the question‚ should college be free? The question has been brought up many times in lectures in different countries around the world. Even now‚ in this country many presidential debates often consist of the question should public college be free for all aspiring college students. College should be free because it would make college more affordable for students‚ the cost of college is rising‚ and college
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How could these social networking sites be a threat to a company’s security? In today’s world it seems the human race could not live without information technology in the workplace. More importantly‚ social networks like Facebook and Twitter are becoming very popular tools for business development in today’s world. There are dozens of social network sites and more popping up every day. It is astounding the number of hours that people waste on such sites. Updating‚ checking in and sending out
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Rewrite College Costs How Much? Growing up‚ students were taught to get a higher education in order to make a comfortable living for them and their families. Now‚ those college graduates are crippled with large amounts of debilitating student loans and are unable to start a family of their own. According to the credit bureau TransUnion‚ the average student loan debt carried by each borrower has risen 30% to $23‚829 in the past five years. These graduates should be stimulating the economy
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In the year 2000‚ Merck produced a controversial product called Vioxx. Four years later it gained worldwide attention because of the drug’s potential cardiovascular risks. This was detrimental to the company’s reputation because it was alleged Merck knowingly distributed Vioxx despite its risk. Both Barbara Martinez and Anne W. Mathews of the Wall Street Journal wrote articles into the investigation of Vioxx. Their article suggests Merck knew the dangers of Vioxx at an early stage of its clinical
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Nowadays‚ some people consider that children have too much leisure time and in spite of wasting it‚ they should use it to do more school work. In my opinion‚ I think children should use their free time wisely to develop their skills not only in school work but also in their life. Firstly‚ we all know that people cannot keep on working all the time. We need to stop and relax ourselves. And after a long day in school‚ children also need to relax. In their free time‚ they can play games‚ have a
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“Made in China” nowadays is the most worldwide recognizable label. Since 70 decades the 1970s‚ the Chinese economy has been performing dramatically‚ plus with the support of Globalization and overseas outsourcing waves‚ “Made in China” has been becoming a global empire. The goods manufactured in China are known as variable‚ updated‚ and above all‚ affordable products. However‚ many people‚ including me‚ have starting doubting the quality of cheap import‚ typically “Made in China” products. My concern
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