Student Incentives

Should incentives be awarded for donating or serving a selfless act? Some teachers award incentives to students to encourage participation. However, some parents believe that this would send a morally wrong message to students. Parents believe that if it was not for the award that was being offered, the students would not participate. Even though incentives could encourage more participation in donation events, students should not be given incentives for serving a selfless act because it encourages students to only participate in donation services when there are rewards involved, it does not give students the right mindset, and does not give students the experience of doing something selflessly.
First, students should not be credited incentives for serving a selfless act because being awarded does not give the experience of doing something selflessly. Once a student has participated and their grade may have gone up a few points, they did not experience giving to others with nothing in return. Going out to the grocery store and …show more content…
Students might think that giving to the community and receiving incentives would encourage them to donate more often. It is understandable that students would do absolutely anything to receive extra credit which would include getting involved with more charitable events. For example, a student was given extra credit for helping set up for a school event and helping clean afterwards. This was a voluntary act and helped get things set up faster because there was an extra pair of hands to help. In the end, the student would be willing to help again with more events to help her fellow classmates and faculty but also to receive incentives. Being awarded for acts like these are needed for students because they take time out of their busy schedules to get involved and they could also really use the grade