PLN # 5

The article I read today was called Is Payment For Good Grades Legitimate Motivation in this day and age? by think: lab. This article I thought was really good because it talks about if paying children to learn will it help motivate them to get better grades. I think that paying children for every good grade they get, an A or B, they should get payed. I think this because if the student doesn't try hard it's probably because they have nothing to motivate them to get a good grade. I know that I have been motivated every year before school starts to get good grades by thinking about collage or sports. You need to have good grades to get into any kind of collage or you need good grades to play sports for your school. After a while though that motivation of getting good grades fades away. It fades away because I realize that I have a few more years for collage or I don't have to play sports. So the good grades die down and become terrible grades. I think money is a good motivation because almost every kid wants to get paid, especially for doing something good.
On the other hand though money might not be the best idea for some students. The reason for this is because if the student is just a straight A kid or is just really smart at every class they will get paid no matter what. I think that for that student its not as exciting as it is for a below average student, because they don't really have a good motivation for school. So I think paying students for every good grade is still a good idea but I also think that we should be rewarded for other goals that we achieve and do well on.
If we do this amazing idea we will probably see grades in schools rise up and be really well. Keep in mind though your not just paying them for grades, your paying them for their good grades. So if they are still failing they don't have to be paid.