Think carefully about the issue presented in the following excerpt and the assignment below.
Learning and doing are their own rewards. No external rewards are required. Yet when external rewards are introduced—whether attention and praise from parents or prizes from teachers—these rewards exert a substantial influence. Instead of reading books to find out about the world, kids will read to win prizes. Kids will produce for rewards, but the quality of their activity and their interest in it will be dramatically altered.
Adapted from Barry Schwartz, The Costs of Living
Assignment:
Is it wrong or harmful to motivate people to learn or achieve something by offering them rewards? Plan and write a minimum 2 paragraph response in which you develop your point of view on this issue. Support your position with reasoning and examples taken from your reading, studies, experience, or observations. Post your response by Tuesday.
My answer to this question is torn. People should give out awards for doing better and they should not. People should give out awards because maybe kids would strive to do their best every day. For instance, if you go to a class of fifth graders and they are just learning like any other day maybe, only a few people are actually paying attention, but if you tell them they get an award they all would sit up and listen. The more awards you give out the more they learn and pay attention. This means when a test or quiz comes around they will all do very well or at least decent.
ReplyDeleteGiving an award out is also not the brightest idea. It is not a good idea because it can discriminate people. For instance, there will always be that one kid who is smarter than all the others. It is most likely that this kid will win more awards than the others. At a young age especially, the kid with the most awards will make fun of the others and the kids who don’t win anything. Giving out awards to children can be good because they will learn more and everyone would pay attention, but it is bad because it is a spark to bullying and hate towards others.
I believe that rewarding people as motivation can be a good and bad thing. I think it’s good because if this is what helps to get the work finished, then the work is complete and there is nothing wrong. Plus, this reward does not have to be huge to get people’s attention, just a simple piece of candy, or extra point on a quiz/test. If the work is completed on time and demonstrates good working habits, then I see no problem with rewarding people for a good job. This is when I believe rewarding people for doing their work is good.
ReplyDeleteOn the other hand, there is a certain point at which people should not be rewarded, and I believe that is around high school time. At this point in somebody’s life, they should be able to complete assignments without something to look forward to in the end, because college is just around the corner and I guarantee that a college professor will not be handing out candy for students who complete their homework on time. In high school the work should be done no matter what, because these are the years leading up to when we get a job, and your boss will not be rewarding you either with little prizes each time. So when you reach a certain age, specifically around high school, I believe students should be mature enough so that they do not need to be rewarded with prizes to complete work.
My view on this topic is that it is good to motivate people in any way possible as long as it gets them working. Anyone and I would agree that if we were to receive something in return for doing something, he or she would do it. For example, I was once told to help my dad remove the tiles from the walls of the bathroom. I groaned in denial and wanted to go away. Then he said he would take me out to finish paying off one of my games if I helped. I jumped into action and did all of the work myself before my dad was even ready. I gained a lot of respect from him and he kept his promise and took me to take my game.
ReplyDeleteAnother view on this topic is how people get paid for doing work, all the time. If any person was hiring people for no money, they would hire nobody. If someone was offering one hundred dollars an hour, there would be people lining up at the doors. Today’s workers all make some money, no matter what field. Some people don’t even care for their job really at all; they are just in it for the money.
This is a very interesting topic; you really have to think about it. I have to honestly say I am on the fence about this question. My first reaction to this question was no, children should not be rewarded to make them complete their assignments. Some students decide not to do their homework; they believe it’s pointless and a waste of time. Then, when they actually do their work, they begin to brag about how they did their homework. They now have the wrong idea about schoolwork. The purpose of homework is to complete it and hand it in the next day. There shouldn’t be any reward given to a student who actually decides do to their homework. Being given assignments and projects is simply what comes along when attending school. Also, back in elementary and middle school, most teachers would give put prizes or some type of reward to students who did their best with their work. This gets the children in the habit of only doing their work for the benefit of receiving and item. How is this supposed to get them ready for high school? No matter what grade, students should have it implanted in their heads that work is not an optional thing or something to be rewarded for.
ReplyDeleteI know that first paragraph sounded a bit harsh, but I did say that I had two viewpoints about this topic. While I obviously do believe all students should do their work, there are always those few kids who need the motivation. From past experience, I know that some students can grow lazy or just have no motivation to complete their work. So, I believe this is when it’s good to give out rewards and prizes. This may give those students that extra push to get their work done. Then overtime, hopefully they will learn to just do their work without any prizes or rewards. But, if that’s what they need in the beginning, that’s fine in my opinion.
Offering a reward for doing work or achieving something is a great idea. By having something good to look forward to at the end of a task makes motivation for the person doing it. I can say from experience that reward has helped get me to want to learn math problems. My fourth grade teacher Mr. Tennant rewarded his students with candy whenever they got a math problem right. Candy was a great motivational reward for people of that age group. There are many other rewards that can be given even for adults at work. For example they could be offered a gift basket for whoever makes the most sales in a month.
ReplyDeleteOverall I do not agree with the quote from Barry Schwartz, The Costs of Living. When he stated “Instead of reading books to find out about the world, kids will read to win prizes” I thought those children will still retain the information they read. In addition they will relate learning with good things instead of something they’re forced to do. Finally when he stated “their interest in it will be dramatically altered” I agreed but not for the same reason. Their interest will go up not down because they realized that they are being praised for what they’ve done. Overall giving a reward for work or an achievement is a good strategy for motivating kids and adults.
In my opinion, children should receive rewards in education. If the students get rewards for exceptional schoolwork, they will do better in school. The students will be more motivated to do their schoolwork if they know they will receive rewards. For example, I believe the student will do more homework if they know they will be rewarded or congratulated. As a student, I know for a fact that I would do as well as I possibly could in school, since I would want the largest reward possible.
ReplyDeleteHowever, in order for the rewards to be successful, they must only be given when necessary. For instance, a reward should not be given simply for one exceptional grade, but for numerous good grades. In order for a student to get an award, he/she must show significant improvement. This is so because if the children are rewarded too much for little things, they would do the minimum amount of work, since they would still get rewarded. Therefore, in order for the rewards to work, they would have to be given out appropriately.
In conclusion, I believe that rewards in education are a very positive thing. This system would motivate students to do their work, as well as improve their scores. In order for this system to be successful, it must be used and dine correctly. If used correctly, rewards in education could definitely improve students and their overall performance in school.
Students should get rewarded because they will be motivated to do work. Also, this will motivate to do homework and study for test and quizzes. For a lot of students, it would help and improve them in their schoolwork and they will ,pay attention in school. For example, many students that are failing a class can change and pass the grade by getting rewards. If our school gives out rewards I am sure many students will change and get their grades up.
ReplyDeleteIn my opinion, I think the rewards are a very good idea, and it should be added to our school so there wouldn't be that many students failing and being in BSI classes. Also, many students would enjoy being in electives. This is why I say yes to rewards.
I believe that rewarding people as motivation can be a good and also a bad thing. People should give out rewards because the kids would be glad and happy to do it. It would motive then to keep on doing it and to good things every day. Also, this reward does not have to be huge to get little kids attention, just a simple piece of candy, for doing something good or getting a good grade. This is when I believe rewarding people for doing their work is good.
ReplyDeleteAlso given rewards can be a bad thing. This happens when you are not a kid anymore. When kids grow up, they probably should do your homework and study, by themselves. In some cases it would be good if parents give then something for doing good but not all the time. This is some of my reason why rewarding people can be good and also a bad thing.
When it comes to learning and achieving awards, some people may have a hard time doing so and even sometimes they don’t even try that hard to do so. Therefore, people treat the student or person with prizes and rewards to help motivate them get there work done. This process may work and help the student learn and study harder than before because they are now working to get something in return that they want. It also may help them want to work more or achieve more because usually certain students will not do work because they think there isn’t a point in doing it, when they are introduced to awards being given out when you finish your work they automatically will do their work only because they know there is something in it for them. Some students find the award method to push them just enough to finish their work when before they just couldn’t and didn’t want to.
ReplyDeleteOn the other hand, while this method can sometimes work some people made find it not right and not something people should be doing in order to have kids perform things that they couldn’t have done before. When we award them with prizes and awards continuously it causes them to think as long as they do work they can get an award for their work. So, they will start to do work that wasn’t done with hard work and or done the right way all they know is that they get an award for doing a simple task. Therefore, when using the award method in schools when it comes to learning or achieving awards it can go either way some may think it is a good idea and will help students and others think that it’s just an excuse for students to do bad school work and get an award for something they don’t deserve.
Students should very well be rewarded for doing exceptional work. Without motivation, students will slack and chose to slack when they get nothing in return. In the short run, they believe they’re getting nothing out of it, and they fall behind by not doing homework, reading assignments, or doing well on tests.
ReplyDeleteFor example, in my classrooms, we are told “school is where you need to be, not a rewarding place’’. If we come in and say, “Mr/Mrs. __________, I did my homework!” They don’t say “That’s great! Good job!” They say, “So? It’s what you’re supposed to do”. If students were praised even more, they’d get all; their work done. We like getting comments such as “Good job!”, “Awesome!”, or “ Nifty!”. Prizes, such as if everyone does their homework for a full marking period, getting some sort of party, would influence their decision to do their homework or not. Overall, students should be rewarded for doing their work.
I do not believe that rewarding students is harmful. I think that students deserve some sort of reward. I do not believe, however, that doing the simplest problems deserves reward. Doing homework should not be a surprise, and worthy of praise and attention. People are supposed to do their homework! There are certain things that do deserve rewards, however. Certain problems, difficult problems, above average problems, would suffice for some rewards. Maybe a piece of candy, nothing special required. These are the small, but meaningful rewards that would get kids motivated enough to try harder. I like candy, and I would be motivated if there was candy involved.
ReplyDeleteAlso, I don’t think that kids’ interest would be altered. I would be excited to learn, because there were prizes involved. I would be excited to learn, and I would be excited to know more than other people. That would make me more excited to learn than I am now. I am not very excited to do work when no one acknowledges what I did.
I would not go so far as to say that it is harmful, but I do not thing it is an effective incentive. The essence of achieving a goal is being self-motivated. We should be careful in offering reward for learning or achievements when this should be done because a persons desire or goals. Merely, achieving something because you get a reward is a false accomplishment if not coupled with the personal desire to achieve it. What you learned based on reward would only be temporary, because you only did it to get the reward.
ReplyDeleteHowever, offering someone an award that already has a desire to achieve that goal is not harmful or wrong, it simply adds an extra element of competition. Competition, in which everyone has to face so learning the skills to be an effective competitor, is important. Offering a reward in a competition is like icing on the cake because the reward in and of itself was not the primary motivator for competing. We should not offer rewards for people to learn things or to achieve things if they did not have the desire to do it without the reward. Personal ambition does not require rewarding.
It is never wrong to motivate someone for learning or achieving something. Sometimes, motivation can be rewards, such as food, money, electronics, or many other desired things. Rewards are always a great motivation especially when performing an unwanted task. Parents also enforce the rule that “If you don’t eat your vegetables, then you can’t have dessert.” This motivates young ones to finish their broccoli so they can have their bowl of ice cream. In the long run, ice cream is very helpful to the child and the parent.
ReplyDeleteHowever, if a child is only performing a task in order to receive an award, then it isn’t very helpful. By doing this, the child is never learning anything. They are becoming dependant on the reward at the end, and not actually beginning to enjoy the thing they’re doing. For example, giving a reward to your child if they read a book. What will happen when they need to do this task for school? When they’re in college? They will be alone, and will not have candy or money as a reward. Rewards can be harmful because it doesn’t prepare someone for real life, the outside world. What happens when they know they won’t be receiving a reward at the end? Will they have the same motivation; will the task even be done? It isn’t wrong to reward a child once in a while for doing well, but they should not be expecting such after every thing they do.
I believe that motivating people to learn by offering a reward is acceptable under certain circumstances. For example, it is an acceptable method of motivation when a person is under the age of 13. A person that is younger than 13 might need an incentive to complete homework or to put in extra effort. The reward does not have to be extravagant, an extra point on a quiz is sufficient enough. When I was in sixth grade, being offered extra credit for doing something extra on a project was amazing. My sole purpose for putting in extra effort was to be rewarded with extra credit. At that age, self-motivation is not yet completely in effect. With that being said, a small reward might need to be offered to motivate someone to comlete a task.
ReplyDeleteOn the other hand, the rewards should not be offered past the age of 13. Once a person is a Freshman in high school, they should be able to complete homework without expecting a pat on the back. At that point in education, it is expected of the student to complete the homework. Being able to complete a worksheet or write an essay is not an admirable feat and does not require a piece of candy. When that student acquires a job, she will not get a gold star for being able to finish what is expected of her. On that note, offering rewards to motivate someone to achieve something is time-sensitive.
I believe that it is not wrong or harmful to motivate people to learn or achieve something by offering them rewards. When a teacher assigns something for the class to do, there are always those few students that are not going to complete the assignment. If there was a way to get them all involved, why not imply it? Nine out of ten times, all of the students who normally don’t do their work will at least try the assignment if they know they are getting rewarded. As long as the students are doing their work to the best of their ability, and completing it on time, there should be no problem with rewarding students for completing their assignments.
ReplyDeleteRewarding students also teaches students responsibility. For instance, most of the times when teachers plan to award their students; they say that the whole class must participate for the students to receive the “prize”. That way, if one student does not participate, he lets the whole class down. No student, no matter how old, wants to be the reason that the whole class was not awarded a party, or extra credit. For these reasons, rewarding students motivates them to do their work, as well as teaches them a thing or two about responsibility. These are all qualities that will be very necessary in their careers and will not harm them in any way.
After a long internal debate, I've decided ghat rewards in education are imperative and should continue to be implemented in and out of school. Physical rewards should not be enforced or be a daily ritual but, instead be used occasionally when a student seems to be lacking motivation and situations similar. To add on, the rewards should not be too grand - especially the higher and older the student progresses on the education ladder. The way I views rewards could be a simple pat on the back or even words of encouragement. They are extremely beneficial and I'm sure that many people including the author, Barry Schwartz, may not be where they are without the extra help of even one reward. Finally, I'd like to think that rewards should be used initially and eventually be takeaway such as training wheels on the back of a bike.
ReplyDeleteIn almost every aspect of life, we act in the way we are taught. Handing out a scented sticker, or using enthusiastic words about a student's accomplishment are essential in the learning process. After receiving a few rewards, a student will habitually do his own work because he will be certain in confidence and have enough motivation to begin on his own. This student will now understand the concept of self-reward - which is being proud and feeling successful of one's own achievements. To add on, if the student is just finishing the worksheet to accomplish it for the reward, he is still learning. Daily, students read through and briefly answer homework questions to simply complete the exercise. Ultimately, this "get-it-over-with" attitude is consistent with or without a prize. I'm sure many adults did not appreciate certain things as adolescents that they thoroughly enjoy today. My English teacher dreaded literature and writing as a child ; today he teaches it. By this example, it is proven that even if a child reads through an assignment and regurgitates the correct answers - they still result with a basic idea of the topic. Students should occasionally receive rewards and to be continuously motivated to keep a stable academic confidence and environment present.
Education for most kids is hard to come by. Most kids cant go to school because their parents don't want to pay for it or they just don't want to. In today's world you must be smart to make it in the world. There are lots of job opportunity's that you can get with being educated. Many jobs wont even think about taking someone who doesn't have a college degree or higher, which is kind of sad because most kids are very intelligent but because they don't have the right education they cant get the good job. If your not educated people may think your dumb because they're the judge mental type and wont understand that you are actually really smart. This is why being educated is real important.
ReplyDeleteI do not know how I feel about whether it is right to give out rewards for good grades or for getting a 100 on a test. Sometimes people are given bonuses for jobs well done. However, this award for good school work does not need to be big. A piece of candy or a dollar is all that is needed for students to get the taste of bonuses. Plus, having small prizes will not give the child a big head. For instance, if a child gets a 95 on a math test and they receive twenty dollars that is way too much. A small gift that still motivates the student to work is all that is needed.
ReplyDeleteGiving out rewards for achievements or bribing someone to learn is not right. Students should be motivated to do well. They should not get rewards for school work. Their parents will not be around forever to give out gifts for work done well. Students should do the homework and projects to the best of their ability in order to learn the lesson. They should want to learn and do work so they will become more intelligent. Giving out rewards for doing homework and achieving things is wrong.
Sometimes motivation is the only key to success, and by giving students a reward in order to accomplish a task or assignment can have a very positive outcome. For some students, even completing the simplest assignment can be very difficult, but as soon as a reward is put into place, the assignment suddenly becomes easier. Why? Because now there is a motivation, a reason, more clear for the student to feel the need to accomplish the task. Furthermore, the reward may now have become something a lot more appealing giving the extra motivation to complete it to the best of their ability.
ReplyDeleteAlthough giving rewards can have a very good outcome, it also has its downfalls. As we get older, there’s not always going to be that nice reward to make our mindset a little more focused; if students begin depending on only having a great sounding reward if they do what they are told, things could backfire in the long-run. Receiving a good education should be a reward in itself, and everyone who is blessed with the ability to have this everyday shouldn’t need a reward. All in all, offering some type of reward like candy or a prize all depends on the situation to decide whether it is appropriate or not.
It can be extremely hard to get kids motivated into doing their homework. Homework in itself has it's own reward, which is the satisfaction of knowing the material you're learning. Homework shouldn't be an option because its a necessity to the learning experience. In class you may think you know the material, but as soon as you get home you might not remember a single note that you took down that day. You shouldn't give out rewards for doing homework, because you should automatically do it. Giving out rewards to younger children in elementary school could in fact, have a very negative outcome.
ReplyDeleteIn my own personal experience, when I did my homework in pre-K, I was rewarded with a prize from the "prize bin." It got to the point where I actually put two and two together and realized that if I just scribbled down any random answer, then that would suffice, and I would get full credit for the homework. I tried pulling that a couple times, and it actually did work. This is something that could easily get out of hand with the students and can become a huge problem. Although rewards are most of the time good, giving out rewards for homework is not something that should be done.
Many people often become motivated when an award is giving when something is achieved. The question is, is this wrong. I believe that it can go either way. It's not wrong because they are working for a cause. When there is a prize, more then often more people get the job done then someone would without a prize. With a reward being given at the end of an achievement, it can also make you feel good. Many people like the feeling so they stride to get it done for the prize.
ReplyDeleteIn some circumstances working to get rewarded is a bad thing. Right off the bat i can say that it is a bit childish. As a high schooler, i feel that we shouldn't only work for an award. We should work and be motivated for ourselves. For those who only work for a prize won't really accomplish much. Without an award being given they might just feel that it's pointless to get the job done. But overall, this can go half and half.
Although others may disagree, offering rewards in order to motivate people to learn or achieve something is not wrong or harmful. For example, when offering a reward, people would become more interested in the assignment or goal that is required to be completed or achieved. With a reward in mind, people would put more effort into their work than usual. This would then make them realize that they are capable of doing an amazing job on something that they would possibly, never be interested in. Offering rewards can help people improve on their strengths and abilities. Due to the fact that the person would be receiving something in return, makes them anxious about completing the task given.
ReplyDeleteIn addition, with this offer, people may get into the habit of doing the best of their ability on something important. It would then make them realize that everything in life is important to complete in the best way possible. Without any second thoughts about doing assignments, people such as, students or workers, would then know to give their all for everything. That would apply to favors for others, assignments, tasks, or anything else that is asked to be done. Everyone would eventually grow out of the routine of having a reward and would do everything that is asked with nothing in return. Offering rewards in order to motivate people would have a great effect on their success.
to beging with,my opinion is that it is excelent doing motivating people to read for rewards. this is really good because kids dont like to read at all. But if they have something that would make them wanna read like a price they would defenatly do it. most of the kids in my grade dont like to read, but if we had that program im sure alot of people to start reading.
ReplyDeletemost of my friends hate to read but for example if they said read 3 books and you will win a xbox 360 im sure students would start reading imediatly. this program is also good becasue it gets students to get better at reading. also they can practice there pronounciation. so when they have to read outloud in class they wont mess up and impress the teacher, also the summer reading wont take long.
Rewarding children for their behavior can be a good thing. By rewarding a child for completing a goal or task this motivates the child to do their best on their work. This also helps the teacher or person in charge of making the objective for the child. This helps the leader know the full potential of a child because a child will work to their full potential to receive the reward. From this the leader may not have to spend as much time working with the child when they already know that the child has a stronger work ethic then what they are performing at.
ReplyDeleteAlthough rewarding a child for their work does not help them for the future. When getting a career the employee does not get rewarded for doing their work they are always expected to complete their objective no matter what. If the employee is not motivated by the objective because they are not receiving a prize and does not work hard then they will lose their job. The reward system is great for when people are in the childhood of their life because they become more motivated, but this does not help for when that child becomes an adult and has a job because employees are rarely rewarded on their work but are still expected to consistently perform well.
Rewarding children is not a very effective method in the long run. If a child keeps getting rewarded for doing their work, they will never truly find an interest in something. They would have the thinking "Oh let me just do this so I can get this." People should for the most part do something because it is what they want to do. Someone cannot always bribe them so something can get done. The award itself should be getting the good grades and having the satisfaction knowing you did it and succeeded.
ReplyDeleteReceiving awards at a young age will only cause the child to expect to always get rewards. This expectation is unrealistic. Maybe for the child it will work throughout elementary school and so on, but what about college and afterwards? A professor will not reward a student for doing what they should have already been doing. If a person isworking for a successful corporation, their efforts even if successful, might be overlooked. Giving children rewards now is only setting them up to have this expectancy all the time. This is why rewarding children all the time for doing their work will not be a good idea especially for the long run.
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ReplyDeleteRewards sound like fun but while I do think it might be fun I don't think it would ever be an effective form of learning. My first reason is because school isn't supposed to be rewarding things, this is school not a reward show. It might make people more motivated, excited to learn, and eager to win prizes, students should not be getting rewarded for stuff that they are suppose to be doing, school work is stuff that is mandatory to do, it is not an option, or a reward. For example, if I go and clean my room, I'm not going to be expecting my parents to be proud of or say "Good job! here, I'm going to pay you $25 to do something you're supposed to do!" I don't ask for a reward because I know it's something I'm supposed to do, because by doing this I'm going to gain more values.
Another reason why I think offering rewards is wrong, is because when you do that the students are not really learning as well as they are supposed to. This is own personal experience, because I've done it before and I've seen it happen with many others, when teachers offer a reward for whoever does their homework or reads a book, or whatever; everyone does their homework in a split second as soon as they get home, and they do this just to have it done so the next day they can get a reward. So really, what would we be learning if we are just working for the reward? I'm not completely against this, because rewards would be good, but only for those few students who really deserve them and that work really hard not just for a physical reward but also for the reward of education, which is what matters the most later in life. While I might be the only one with this point of view I think rewards will worsen the educational environment.
Reward are alway fun but Bribing students to do something for a prize would be easier for the teacher to grade. But most kid would easly be interested. it would easily tell that they are willing of doing there best depending on the prize. students wouldnt think that its a bad thing, but maybe different teachers would have a whole different view on this. they would think kids are only doing it for the prizes.
ReplyDeleteit also depends on the grade that the student is in. for elementary kids they would absolutly do the activity for a toy. high schoolers would only do it for something expensive and fancy. if not then the high school students wouldnt really think twice about doing the assignment. in all i dont think it would be harmful to students.
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ReplyDeleteStudents now a days think they should get rewarded for what they are suppose to do when really they should be recognized with words and affection not rewards. Sure being rewarded as little kids is fun because we were doing something that we were told to do but didn't know it was for our own good, but now that were older we do our work because we know its going to help us in the future. Being rewarded means you did something right in which someone decides to give you something in return, not because you are learning, that's something your suppose to do.
ReplyDeleteIf students get use to receiving rewards for doing something they are suppose to be doing then that will be the only reason why they will do something. For example, if the teacher would say that they have to turn in their homework on time and who ever does well get an extra point on their next test, students well only do it for the extra point not just because they want to turn in their homework. Sure they might also feel motivated but its just not right to do something because your going to get something in return. People should learn to do things because they want to not because they will get something in return. It doesn't harm anyone to get rewarded for learning something but it just shouldn't be done because then the students learn to do things in order to get something in return rather than seeing that they have to do it because it helps them.
In todays society its natural for people to get rewarded fo doing things right. Most of the time the things they get rewarded for are what their supposed to do because its a requirement. Motivating people to do smoething right is ok because some people need the encouragement. Encoraging someone to do the right thing makes them feel like they can do anything.but if you reward someone for doing the right thing they'll just do it so they can get their prize.
ReplyDeleteIn school the students get rewarded with grades which is a bad idea, mainly because the students compete with eachother to get the highest grade but never learn anything. That motivates some kids to do work but some just dont care. The way kids should be rewarded in school is by their progress and what they know because just putting in numbers that may not be accurate is not motivating a kid to do better in school.
In my opinion people should not get rewards for doing what they are supposed to do. People should always work hard no matter what. For example, once you get a job you are supose to work hard. If you dont work hard the company will fire you. So if you want an award, the award will be that you won't get in trouble, or fired. But the main award will be you'll get paid. Now if thats not awarding enough i dont know what is. But then again awards do sometimes motivate people to do good.
ReplyDeleteAn example of an award will be getting a new phone for doing good in school. If you tell a student this, they will automatically start to study and do homework.If you didnt tell them that then they probably wouldn't studied or done the homework. I think this discosion can go both ways, but the side im on is that they should work hard no matter what.
In my opinion I think it is ok to reward people to motivate them to do well. People don’t always work hard at what they are doing even though they should be. For example, if I was in school and there was a substitute in one of my class I and most students wouldn’t do any work. Even though we should be doing the work we see the substitute as someone we could walk over for the day and not do anything and not get in trouble. Now if the substitute were to offer us extra credit on are test if we finished all the work she gave us most of us will probably do it.
ReplyDeleteAn example of giving an award to motivate someone is getting a laptop for getting A’s and B’s. If you told a kid this he or she would start study and working hard right away so they would get the laptop. If you didn’t offer them this they would most likely not do homework or study. They would most likely not care about their grades. That’s why it is ok to offer kids things to motivate them to do well and even great.