Getting Paid for an A?

Peterson, Chirstopher."Paying Students for Good Grades." psychologytoday.com. PsychologyToday, 14 Apr. 2011. Web. 15 Sept. 2011.
http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-good-life/201004/paying-students-good-grades


Referring to an article in Time magazine, Christopher Peterson focused on whether students should be paid for good grades, concluding that some worked, while others did not. Although not giving specific evidence he states that getting paid for grades can depend on the city, gender of child, the reward scheme, and what activities earned paychecks. His supports and evidence are coming from his personal opinion and issues referring to a previous article. Though stating that Peterson believed these programs were not good he then came to realize that students may just need an incentive to get going, with the intended audience to be towards parents, yet not stated. Later he expressed that when the incentive is gone students will more than likely return to their bad habits. Peterson remains somewhat biased throughout the whole article trying to reassure himself that psychologically paying students is not the way to go. Overall, Peterson gets the reader to consider the issue with some evidence and his personal opinion. I believe this may be a good topic idea for others and me because with a little more research we could find evidence on each side. I feel that this topic would possibly be better suited for parents on an older generation but since still being in school this I find this interesting.