Should Students Be Paid to Get Good Grades?

http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb3033/is_8_111/ai_n31203651/

With many students earning failing grades on both class and standardized tests, many schools are looking for ways to encourage students to study more and get better grades. One of these incentives includes paying students for good grades. Click on the link above, read the article and answer the following questions. Be sure to number your answers and write in complete, grammatically correct sentences:

1. Based on the above synopsis, what does the word incentive probably mean?
2. What are some advantages and disadvantages of paying students for good grades?
3. Do you think students should be paid for good grades? Why or why not? 

NIMS Middle School -- Is it anything like you thought it would be?

Before you came to Nims, think of some of the rumors or things that may have affected how you viewed our school. Now that you have been going to school here for nearly a month, have your views changed? Why or why not?

What do you want to be when you grow up?

What do you want to be?

Welcome to JUST WRITE!

Welcome Students and Parents!

JUST WRITE! Is a blog dedicated to providing an GREEN, open learning space to encouraging student writing and provide a place for student expression. For parents, there is a place for you to post any questions concerning student homework, assignments or grades posted on parent portal. For students, there is a weekly poll, thought questions, areas for posting poems, art or just articles that you may find interesting. Additionally, there are links to some pages that can help you with class assignments and others that you just might find interesting. Feel free to browse and look around -- this is an extension of your classroom.

STUDENTS,

Each week, you will be assigned a new question or set of questions to ponder and discuss online. A question will be posted every Sunday night and you will have until the following Friday (5 pm) to answer. All of your responses will be graded based on relevance and completion of the question(s), and the use of proper English, grammar and conventions. This means "text talk" (i.e. omg, lol, brb, bff) will not be tolerated.

The following rules apply to your blog:

1) You are allowed to comment on your classmates' comments, but be respectful of everyone's opinions.
2) No cursing or use of any profane/obscene language.

Any violations of these rules will result in you being deleted from the blog, and therefore you will receive a "zero" for the remainder of the year for your weekly blogging assignments.

* Rules are subject to modification at the instructor's discretion.