So when it would come to education they let me know early and often, do your work in school or you'll do a lot more later. These lessons didn't come from college graduates, my dad is a high school drop out and my mother a high school graduate. But they wanted something more for their kids. (for the record, out of five kids, we've got three college grads and two with college experience)
Unfortunately, I missed the bigger lesson of immediate satisfaction that so overwhelms our society. You go to school, not to get a nice, well paying, job later in life, you go to school for $8.00/hr.
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More...Forty students from Creekside High and Bear Creek Middle schools in Fairburn will be the first to try the "Learn & Earn" program, where students will get paid to attend after-school tutoring programs.
Students will make approximately $8 an hour, and be eligible for bonuses if their grades improve, said Kirk Wilks, district spokesman. The initial students are in the eighth and 11th grades.
There will be a community kick-off Thursday at 3 p.m. in the Creekside High media center, 7405 Herndon Rd., Fairburn.
With the support of Fulton County Commissioner Robb Pitts, the pilot program will last 15 weeks and pay students for participation and performance. The object of the program is to determine if paying students to study will improve classroom attendance, grades and test scores, according to a news release from the district.
Fulton County is basically Atlanta (Kerry over Bush 64-34) or a blue community.
Once again ask yourself the question, are the kids in Redville getting paid to be tutored?
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