Case Study: The Silent Epidemic Boredom

Boredom, the new classroom epidemic
Motivation is the motor that leads students to pursuit their personal desires to achieve goals. However, students are struggling with insufficient interest on class material. So, who is to blame? Students? According to a study called “The Silent Epidemic,” funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, motivation deficiency is the number one reason students are dropping out of school. Classes are not engaging students to participate in the learning process. Motivation is influenced by the amount of standardized tests, diminish relationship between students and teachers, and impede of real world stimulation. These factors have a negative impact in student’s academics.
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Students want to learn important things for life, not just pass a class. Teaching based on a curriculum leads students to apathy, and to drop out of school. So, why incentives? Incentives represent real life rewards. In other words, students can relate with the fact that hard work will pay off. Students can apply this method in a daily basis to achieve personal, and career goals. Competition is a great stimulation to motivate someone to be better. There is nothing wrong with being good, and wanting to be better. Students need this type of stimulation to succeed and face the world out there after school. Author, Theresa Vargas, wrote an article in the Washington Post called “Cash incentives creates competition.” She details how students receive money from making good grades. She describes the positive effects. She says, “students are excited to receive checks, comparing them with friends, and taking pride in the amount of money earned.” Incentives are good inspiring motivators. Students are driven by the rewards, and eager to run that extra mile to earn it. Satisfaction will be the ultimate reward, and the motivator to keep pushing them to the next