Timeline for Should I buy my college child a vehicle when I can afford to or make him earn it on his own?
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| Mar 6, 2018 at 9:02 | comment | added | Honza Zidek | @dsollen "But if the son is not motivated by learning..." - does it then make sense to go to school? Of course, the car may be as a "helper motivator" for those who do want to learn but their will is not strong enough. But if someone does not want to learn, such a person should not go to school. Having such people in the class is a hell - both for their teachers and for their classmates. You should take the interests of other people also into account. | |
| Mar 5, 2018 at 17:29 | comment | added | dsollen | @HonzaZidek again I say it depends on the person. For those that are motivated by learning then having a car as a motivator isn't needed. But if the son is not motivated by learning, or thinks all he has to do is not-fail and isn't trying for better grades, then having a motivator could be better then his not trying at all. Some will respond positively to such motivation, some, like me, wont care either way, and some may be harmed by it. It's up to the OP/father to figure out where his son stands on that scale. | |
| Mar 2, 2018 at 9:51 | comment | added | Honza Zidek | I quite like your answer, especially that you emphasized the individual differences and different influence of the same educational factors on different kids. Where I disagree with you is giving the car as a motivation for hard study and excellent results. I believe that the main motivator for studying should be the learning itself - and maybe also that better grades may improve your chance to get better job. The car as a promised reward is a "motivation distraction". | |
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| Feb 23, 2018 at 18:25 | comment | added | Lii | +1 for pointing out some factors worth looking at. | |
| Feb 23, 2018 at 16:47 | comment | added | Carl Witthoft | @Agent_L I think you meant "defeats," not "defies," but good point. | |
| Feb 23, 2018 at 16:11 | comment | added | Agent_L | +1 When in college, jobs and internships are to earn relevant experience. Financial pressure into dead-end jobs defies the purpose of education. | |
| Feb 23, 2018 at 15:03 | history | answered | dsollen | CC BY-SA 3.0 |