Those retards in Fine Gael, in their desparate flailing about attempting to get back into power in Ireland, proposed a similarly ludicrous idea a few years ago.
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it's the chickenshit, cheap way out of actually solving the parenting and cultural problems that plague parts of our country.
^^^ QFTlowing wrote:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080125/ap_on_re_us/paid_to_study
I can't even believe this, how about we do this. You either study get good grades or your quality of life will suffer. Now I think that should be incentive enough without having to pay students for doing shit they are supposed to be doing anyway.
I saw a discussion on this topic earlier.
The opponent stated that studies show that in the long term kids will actually study less once the enticements are stopped.
Free education isn't good enough for ya?
So let's see here...don't study, get bad grades, get paid to do what you wouldn't do before.
Sounds like rewarding failure. Everyone gets a trophy. Nobody gets to learn that they aren't very good at some things. Mediocrity FTW!
Fucking nanny state.
Sounds like rewarding failure. Everyone gets a trophy. Nobody gets to learn that they aren't very good at some things. Mediocrity FTW!
Fucking nanny state.
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I am all for giving kids incentives to study. I dont think that giving them money is the right idea. The results based rewards that Mitch mentioned seem pretty good.
Wouldn't the clever kids intentionally fail their first few exams, get F's then attend the extra classes, pocket the cash then have a sudden miracle and start getting A's again?
The only time you should ever get paid to go to school is at Uni level. There are numerous ways in the USA to get money through scholarships and everything. The only requirements are that you have to win the scholarship first, and then maintain your grades. Not that hard. Hell, in GA if you maintain a B average in high school you get money from the state to help you in school. Sizable amount, too. Then from there on out, keep your B average and the state will continue to pay.
Thats all, no rewards for anything else than an A.Mitch wrote:
Think about it:
Grade per class:
A: $3 per day
My old school used to do something like this, and it really pissed me off. I was a tutor back in when I was in 7th and 8th grade, and I learned that the kid I was tutoring was getting tickets to movies/sports games so that he was motivated to learn. That was real nice to find out. I didn't get paid, but the kid I was teaching did. What a fucked up 'reward' system.lowing wrote:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080125/ap_on_re_us/paid_to_study
I can't even believe this, how about we do this. You either study get good grades or your quality of life will suffer. Now I think that should be incentive enough without having to pay students for doing shit they are supposed to be doing anyway.
I think this is an awful idea. If kids don't want to learn in school, then fine. Leave the good jobs for people like me. The government does not need to pay for your failure.
What "shit that actually matters in life" are you learning?Mitch wrote:
and im homeschooled thanks. i do school in my own house. and while most 10th graders are learning some fucking rediculous pointless useless math im learning shit that actually matters in life.
If only I could have had the whole world figured out by 10th grade.
This will just encourage the bums who want to skyve out of work for a few more years, whilst not taking their education seriously.
All at the taxpayer's expense.
All at the taxpayer's expense.
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QFTSenorToenails wrote:
What "shit that actually matters in life" are you learning?Mitch wrote:
and im homeschooled thanks. i do school in my own house. and while most 10th graders are learning some fucking rediculous pointless useless math im learning shit that actually matters in life.
If only I could have had the whole world figured out by 10th grade.
“Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.”
― Albert Einstein
Doing the popular thing is not always right. Doing the right thing is not always popular
― Albert Einstein
Doing the popular thing is not always right. Doing the right thing is not always popular
Like grammarMitch wrote:
and im homeschooled thanks. i do school in my own house. and while most 10th graders are learning some fucking rediculous pointless useless math im learning shit that actually matters in life.lowing wrote:
How about this for an incentive? Get your lazy ass out of bed and get to school or get the hell out of MY house and go figure life out for yourselfMitch wrote:
Its a fucking brilliant idea. you FORCE kids to get up every day, and go to school. They have no choice.
First of all, school should be a choice, if you dont want an education then your an idiot and have a shitty life kthxbye. Or it should atleast be the parents choice. But no, In soviet america, school attends you.
I think its a brilliant fucking idea to give kids a reason to do good in school! Absolutly brilliant. And considering my dad pays $3000 a fucking year for school taxes, i think it should be put to good use.
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