Yep, you read right: cash for grades. It is an experiment about to get underway in New York City's poorest minority neighborhoods which proposes to reward kids who get good grades with cold, hard cash.
What the hell is wrong with our country!!! What the hell is wrong with the people that came up with that idea!!! "Those against the plan say it's outrageous." You're damn right that's outrageous!!! Since when!!! Since when do we associate the learning process with being a business transaction!!! What we will be teaching these kids is NOT the 3 R's, but we'll be teaching them that anything worthwhile in life has $$$ attached.
We will be breeding a cold, hard-hearted generation who will only see things in terms of it's monetary value and personal gain AND THAT IS WRONG! No good can come from this!!
OUTRAGEOUS!!! This must be stopped. No good can come from this whatsoever. The article in the link above cites middle- and upper-class parents who reward their kids with cash for good grades, or a trip to a nice restaurant AND I SAY THAT IS EXACTLY THE PROBLEM IN THIS COUNTRY!!! We need to dispense with the idea that good grades earn money - and focus instead on improving our schools, improving our parenting, and improving health care, ONLY THEN will we be able to evolve into a higher form, only then will we truly be able to help other countries less fortunate on us! Get it straight!!!
LEARNING SHOULD HAPPEN FOR THE SAKE OF LEARNING.
Cash for grades: this must be stopped!!
[this is good] Best way to promote greed and selfishness is to make it a core principle early, although i have to admit when i went to school i thought i should have been paid to go there, since i wasn't learning anything and it was a complete waste of my time. But hey, giving children pocket money will be much cheaper than actualy teaching them stuff and fixing the education system.
Posted by: Zack | 08/20/2007 at 11:35 PM
[this is good] Lol ... you are so right, on every single point! ^.^
Posted by: Sarah | 08/21/2007 at 10:21 PM