Should you be awarded for your efforts in school?

Hi guys.

I have a question for all of ya. Should we be awarded for our efforts in school? Well, to answer this question, we have to consider the term, "school" as well.

What is schools? To me, my personal opinion is that schools are places that provide the students with a conducive environment to allow the students to gain knowledge through many means. Schools have teachers who guide us on our journey to knowledge and we also had tests which i believe most of us detest.

So, now, should, or should not students be rewarded for their hardworking efforts in school? I personally feels that both are possible and it depends on the circumstances.

Mainly, i feels that students should not be rewarded for their efforts in school. Students have one priority, that is, study. Whatever efforts they put in, its for themselves. Let me repeat, for themselves! We study for the sake of our future and for knowledge.It is no point rewarding people who did well or put in a lot of effort in a certain area.

If the teachers or school administration rewards us whenever we were noticed as hardworking and diligent pupils, i believe that although we will be "motivated" to study, we will slowly want to study for the rewards instead of the knowledge. At that time, we will lose our hunger for knowledge and we will ironically in turn not be motivated to study for knowledge but for the rewards. Then, we will not be able to study for knowledge in the future but need some rewards to motivate us. Moreover, its the students' responsibility to learn.

Let me take this topic to another perspective.

To look at this question from another angle, i will say that students should be given rewards for their efforts in school. Nowadays students spend most of their free time playing computer games and watching televisions. Most of them detest schools and tests and they rarely revised for the next day's lessons. In fact, even in class, there will be some "DAREDEVILS' who played hand phone games. In this case, the rewards may be necessary.

The school administration should give rewards to those students who pay attention in class and put in a lot of effort in their tests and homework. As a result of the rewards, the students may succumb to temptation and start to put in more effort in their work to get their hands on the rewards.

Also, the rewards will serve as a motivation for the students. When the students get tired of study and is struggling to keep up, by telling them there will be reward for their efforts and good grades, the children will naturally be more excited and motivated to study and learn.

I had experienced times when the teacher rewards us with mystery gifts to give us the willingness to study for tests but i also experienced times where the teachers did not present us with anything and just asked us to study for the tests.

So, the question remains: should you be rewarded for your efforts in school?

I had given you my opinion. What about yours?