Many school systems have now begun to offer rewards to students who do well on test, writing papers, etc. The sole purpose of this method is to motivate kids to work harder in school on their exams and assignments. Although, this method seems to be a positive idea, it has become a controversial topic. While many think this idea encourages students to take the test more seriously, many others believe that the policy is unfair to students who struggle academically. In order to succeed in our world, everyone needs to be pushed, motivate, and have a goal set to strive for, if not, how would we move forward? While many adults are motivated in their lives and push themselves to work harder to be successful in a task, job, or goal, children seem to not have that drive yet. They don’t fully understand the end goal or the reasons for pushing themselves just yet. Children and teens need more of a push than just their own self-drive, therefore schools systems have tried coming up with ideas to motivate their students into wanting to place better on tests. Also having these awards teaches kids at a younger age that the harder you work, the greater the …show more content…
As typical as it is, we are all as humans, completely different, no one is the same. With that being said, not all students learn and comprehend the same way. Therefore, those students who struggle to place well on tests have to understand that they might have to work a little harder and longer in order to place as well, or even better than those who don't have to take as much time to study for standardize tests. So if we put that reward in place it motivates all students to work harder and study harder because the idea of a competition has risen to make children and teens strive for that goal or