Children should be Paid to Go to School

[Pompeiian]

We have something vaguely similar in the UK, only it is a sliding scale of money ranging from £10 - £30 a week for children whose parents earn less than £10,000 (I think.. not sure on the exact) a year to help with food, travel, study materials etc.

[Suicidesoldier#1]

Schools pay students with knowledge.

As far as I was aware.


Believe it or not we pay for a lot of that these days.

So yeah...

[Je Nique vos Merdiers]

Forget making school fun or interesting, let's just throw money at the problem, regardless of its inefficacy at motivating children.

[Blood Valkyrie]

I think the fact that children can even be given an education is a gift itself. Before compulsory education, thing were a lot tougher. However, I think it would be nice if schools simply put in some rewards for children with good attendance, like a free ice cream treat every week they aren't absent, or extra points on a test, something like that.

[Sneaker Pimps]

Children should not paid go to school.

1)What would they spend their money on?

2)Tax payers dollars go to pay for that child's education, that's like being paid.

[Eveille]

Kiumaru

Well, where are the schools going to acquire such funds in the first place? Taxes?

Also, attendance doesn't mean much if they aren't doing well. It's a step in the right direction but this will only associate going to school with getting money. While this might be beneficial for getting certain people to go to school at all, it might have some negative consequences in that people might only be motivated if they get paid.

Like the rest of the adult world associates going to work with money and that is their motivation for helping to keep society running?

[klebold]

A Public school should not charge kids in any way unless it's for a parking space. I will be getting nearly paid to go to college, with financial aid.

[Touching Hair]

I can imagine what the money will be used for; drugs, alcohol, harmful foods etc. I doubt the kids that need to be payed to go to school will ever contribute to society in a meaningful way.

It just reinforces materialism, greed etc. You're there to learn so you can better society and yourself.

[Wee Little]

A while ago I read something about how kids these days are too reliant on reward systems. They are praised and rewarded for every bare minimum effort they make.

While I think encouragement and positivity is great, I don't think kids should be rewarded for everything they do, or else everything they do in life may have the expectation of receiving praise or getting some reward from it at the end of the day.

Think of it as receiving criticism, which everyone needs a healthy dose of. Not criticism as in insulting them and bringing them down... but receiving feedback on what you're good at and what you're not doing so well at.

Sports for instance... these days, everyone makes the team, everyone gets to play, everyone gets a trophy. If my kid just absolutely sucks at the sport, I don't expect them to make the team, and if they don't make the team, I expect the coach to explain why. If not, I will explain to them that they just didn't have enough practice or experience in the sport, and I would encourage them to practice more and hope for better luck next time, and if they wanted to work for it, I would help them out with that. The reward? They achieve their goal and make the team...

Trust me, at the end of the day, I think a parent acting enthusiastic and supportive of them is much more rewarding overall than handing them a dollar because they didn't have any sick days.

[Death Magnificent]

Old Blue Collar Joe

We're in debt up to our eyeballs, with a predicted shortage again this year thanks to stupid ******** decisions from both sides. How, exactly do you expect to fund this retarded plan?
Want to motivate them? Let them grill cheeseburgers for eight hours one day. Then let them dig a ditch for eight hours one day. Then let them go do some office work for a day.
Tell them the difference is education. ******** paying them to go to school when we already pay for the damn school.

******** you, man. ******** you. People should get paid to go to school so they don't have to cook hamburgers and dig in the dirt and get coffees.

[Moratuoa]

In the studies that I've seen on student bribery (either for attendance of grades), there is an immediate upturn, but no overall change.

Basically, this idea is not sustainable or effective.

Note: there is a difference between bribery and assistance (Federal Aid, loans, etc).

[Dorinkingu]

Really, I think school should be fun and interesting. They shouldn't have to bribe you to go </3

[Wolf Nightshade]

Kids should be thankful that they are given an education and that they themselves don't have to pay for it until college. If I had skipped school my dad would have beaten my a**. Get in trouble at school a** beating, Bad grades a** beating. Beat their asses and send them to school.

[AsuraSyn]

...I will be goddamned!
Someone finally came up with a good idea to improve schools besides throwing more tests and under qualified teachers at it!
Oh Hallelujah!

[AsuraSyn]

Wolf Nightshade

Kids should be thankful that they are given an education and that they themselves don't have to pay for it until college. If I had skipped school my dad would have beaten my a**. Get in trouble at school a** beating, Bad grades a** beating. Beat their asses and send them to school.

And clearly that turned out wonderfully.