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1. What's the problem?

   Each person has his or her own motivation factor within. Some kids will be motivated by money; some will be motivated by learning itself. Children develop their minds and moral boundaries as they grow. If even one child, who wasn't interested in books or school, is motivated to study and get better grades because of cash incentive, then who knows...that child may realize that he or she really DOES love to learn. That child might have been an at-risk student who graduates and gives back to society what was given, plus a whole lot more. And I don't quite get this argument: "Would George Washington Carver have come up with his inventions in horticulture if someone had “bribed him?” asked one critic. Would Marie Curie have been inspired to spend long hours in the lab?" Why WOULDN'T they? If they were motivated by the love of what they were doing, why would offering them money for it have been a negative thing? And the last question also makes no sense to me: "What kind of message do we give unmotivated kids...when we give them something they never earned?” If "unmotivated" kids are motivated to get good grades for cash, I think they earned it!

   2 months, 3 weeks ago In response to Cash for Grades

2. Heartache

   Yes, I firmly believe that Corey did the right thing. There are such deeper levels to this story than the obvious wrong that Corey's father did to him by injecting him with an illegal substance. There is the sadness of a father putting his son's life at risk for the sake of "winning." (What has been "won" here?) There is the harm that was done to a father-son relationship which should be a precious thing. There is the guilt that Corey may understandably feel by turning in his father. And there is the fact that Corey's father harmed his son not only physically, but quite possibly emotionally by not allowing him to have a normal childhood and the chance to know if he could have been a competitive athlete on his own without the drugs. What has this done to Corey's overall perspective on life? What a sad situation, both for Corey and for his emotionally warped father.

   3 months, 1 week ago In response to Shot Through the Heart

Define what responsibility means to you.