Students should be PAID for what they do at school.

 Kia ora, welcome back to my blog. In this blog I will be sharing all about why I think students should be paid for certain things at school. This week we were tasked to write a persuasive text about any topic from the following:

I chose Students should be paid to go to school, but that seemed a little unreasonable to me so I changed it up to make it certain things. Here is my text:

Why students should get paid for certain things at school

I strongly believe that students should be paid to do certain things at school. It is important that students will be acknowledged in their classroom for what they do at school, but is acknowledgement enough? Some children would like more than acknowledgement, like an award or badge. I will share with you my opinion on why students should be paid money.

Firstly, some of the activities the students do is something an adult might get paid for. For example, a band. Adults get paid to perform on stage with their musical instruments, so why not children? We can rock it like adults can’t we?! While our music choice might not be the same, our skills and perfection may be the same. So I just don’t understand why we don’t get paid? And things like Kapa Haka, people have to pay to get in so they can watch, but their money doesn’t go to the people they pay to watch! We will put in just as much effort and time to do this as an adult, but still no pay!

Secondly, the money doesn’t have to be much! It would be just a small amount to give us appreciation for what we have done. And maybe a certificate to make the appreciation last. We could then save up the money all together and do something for the whole school or club, to help make it be more known to others. And maybe the school could save up for another event like a performance for another club or a party for the people who performed.

Lastly, the students who aren’t in the clubs will then want to join, because they know they will get paid. Wouldn’t it be great if every child was in a club? People would be making new friends, experiencing new talents and having a great time. Although it may cost a bit more money for the school or the organisation, it is all about the children, right?

To sum up my opinion, I am sure that students should be paid for some of the things that they do, my first reason because then it is fair that the people who are hard working get rewarded, and also because it could all add up to students making new friends, discovering new talents and having lots of fun.  

Thank you for reading my blog. What is your opinion on my topic?