These days, people hold an argument about rewarding
students
in school practices.
Although
I accept that it is justifiable for
teachers
to give
rewards
for excellent
students
, I am still more in favour of the view that
students
who make progress should be given compliments and physical
rewards
.
On the one hand, there are many reasons why
teachers
have a tendency to reward
students
with good academic performance. One of them is that
rewards
can be a strong motivation for good
students
to push their limits and become the best version. If their strenuous efforts are ignored, excellent
students
can feel insecure, pressured and unmotivated to maintain their brilliant outcomes.
Besides
, rewarding outstanding
students
can present good role models for lazy
students
and motivate them to study harder. In fact, children can be easily stimulated by external factors
such
as compliments and
rewards
, so weak
students
may be more determined in their study so as to be honoured by
teachers
and their classmates.
On the other hand
, I hold a firm belief that weak
students
who can try their best to improve their academic outcomes deserve to be recognized and rewarded. Indeed, in the competitive world, adults are always under pressure from achievements, which means they seem to put more emphasis on the final results
instead
of the progress.
This
leads to many weak
students
being left behind others without any attention from
teachers
.
In other words
,
students
with poor academic results may find it hard to find out how to learn in a proper way, or they can become uninterested and overwhelmed with a huge amount of knowledge provided at school.
Therefore
, just a simple and thoughtful action from
teachers
such
as a compliment or a small present for their small improvements can be a strong catalyst boosting weak
students
' inner will. To sum up, education should aim to help and treat all
students
equally, especially
students
with poor academic outcomes to become better through recognizing their efforts.
In conclusion, it can be reasonable when many
teachers
are likely to give gifts for good
students
in class, yet I gravitate more toward the view that
students
who make serious attempts in their study should be encouraged by
rewards
from
teachers
.
Additionally
, I suppose that motivating
students
through their minimal progress should be considered as the essence of educational settings.