Students should work harder to gain the incentive. Although this is a good way to increase student´s motivation to pass, there could be loops holes that students can find to take advantage of the system. Cheating could increase in order to meet the criteria, which in the long run, would not help the student. Incentives are tricky and sensitive so I think we should be cautious when putting them in place. Another interesting example that was given was name. Because of the perceptions we have of certain ethnic groups, black people might opt to give their children a more ¨typical¨ name such as Tom instead of Da'quan to increase their success in the future. I think this situation is depressing because no one should be judged on their capabilities based on the stereotype of their culture. You should be judged on your skills and I think everyone should have a fair opportunity. Freakonomics is an interesting topic because it´s principle is one of the bases of human nature. We do things based on reward and consequence and freakonomics is all about our willingness to do something due to
Students should work harder to gain the incentive. Although this is a good way to increase student´s motivation to pass, there could be loops holes that students can find to take advantage of the system. Cheating could increase in order to meet the criteria, which in the long run, would not help the student. Incentives are tricky and sensitive so I think we should be cautious when putting them in place. Another interesting example that was given was name. Because of the perceptions we have of certain ethnic groups, black people might opt to give their children a more ¨typical¨ name such as Tom instead of Da'quan to increase their success in the future. I think this situation is depressing because no one should be judged on their capabilities based on the stereotype of their culture. You should be judged on your skills and I think everyone should have a fair opportunity. Freakonomics is an interesting topic because it´s principle is one of the bases of human nature. We do things based on reward and consequence and freakonomics is all about our willingness to do something due to