Children Should Get Paid for Good Grades. Discuss.

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Children Should get Paid for Good Grades. Discuss In this essay I’m going to discuss whether or not children should be paid for good grades. This is a debatable topic with advantages, as well as disadvantages. Paying children to get good grades is very motivational for them since they feel as if they have something to look forward to if they work hard and get good grades. They will start to take a positive angle at being clever as there are more rewards when good is done, than bad. However, although it can be motivational, it can make children selfish and greedy in the future. It may make children over-confident and full of themselves, which could lead to bullying other, less-able children. There is also a danger of children carrying around the money they have earnt and showing it off, which could therefore cause them to be robbed. This could lead to injuries, and in more serious cases, even death. By paying children, they could accumulate money for university, or buying educational things. When children work hard and realise that they can achieve good grades, they will realise that they are very clever, and can use this knowledge to take it further in life. On the other hand, putting children in control of money can prompt them into buying unnecessary things which are no good to them, and in some cases, can harm them, such as drugs, cigarettes, sweets and chocolates. Also, as they are just children, they are too young to put the money into good use, and can end up being invested in things which could harm themselves, and people around them. In cases of unstable families, when the children are payed for being good and doing well; they feel precious, wanted, special. They feel as if they are making their family proud, and themselves proud. They feel a sense of achievement and accomplishment. Nevertheless, there is a question of who will pay? The
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