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It Pays To Study
February 3, 2008
Category: Education




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Show Description: Did you see the story in Fairburn, GA where a private foundation is paying kids $8 an hour to study during an after school session. This is pure capitalism and I think it is great. I remember w hen my grandmother would pay me to read. It taught me how to help myself and get motivated to do what is right. But many feel it is bribery and an insult to hardworking kids. Join the conversation as we look at education and motivating kids.


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It Pays To Study

IS it right to pay kids to study? What would Jesus do?

Created quite the stir in Atlanta

Paying kids $8 per hour to encourage selected students to study after school – cold hard cash

Learn and Earn program – offers 40 students from Creekside HS and bear Creek MS in Fairburn, GA

$8 per hour to study after school

Privately funded program – also cash bonuses to kids who improve in-school performance

15 week trial run - 11th graders and 8th graders

Funded by Charles Loudermilk – CEO of Aaron Rents – through his local nonprofit foundation

And the self-righteous are up in arms over the plan

Bribery

External motivation rather than internal motivation

Insult to hard-working well-behaved kids

Sending kids the wrong message that will catch up with them when they leave school

Preferential treatment for kids selected to participate

I say Balderdash

First of all, private money – Mr Loudermilk can do as he pleases with his money

And if he prefers to incentivize kids needing a little help, I vastly prefer that to his purchasing a yacht or throwing a $2MM wedding like I saw on TV the other night

Second, my grandmother paid me to read

Read in Asheville paper about woman who gave incentives to her kids

She decided to do the same thing for me

Make sure that I developed my mind and skills as much as developed my throwing arm

Called capitalism, incentive, rewarding behavior that you desire rather than punishing behavior that you do not

Do you give kids an allowance to do chores?

How do you motivate kids to succeed? Ultimate parental decision

When do you cross the line?

WWJD – use every means necessary to give kids incentive

Is it right to pay kids?



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Show me the money clip

Bueller clip

Spicoli / Mr. Hand clip

Andy's Pizza Hut Book-It program


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