Chapter 2

This chapter is all about incentive.  What I found interesting is that humanity only operarates at its best when there is something in it for them.   The knowledge of bettering someones life or making a difference isnt good enough.  His quotation about Bill Gates not dropping out of Harvard to join the Peace Corps but instead to create a computer program that would make him one of the richest men in the world stands true.  It's all about money and benefits.  If there is a higher reward, there is a better chance that we will do a better job.  The issue brought up about the teachers pay was most intriguing.  The teachers are all paid on a calculated formula that has nothing to do with their performance.  They are not paid on how well there students are doing, but on how long they have been at the school.  Unfortunately every student has experienced a careless teacher in there academic carreer.  Though the student is seriously hindered, the teacher doesnt get docked a cent.  He mentioned that people who have the higher test scores, the ones that are very talented and qualified are also talented in other areas, and because they are not paid based on their ability to teach but instead there ability to hold onto a job, they are more likely to take another job somehwere else where their talent will be properly evaluated and rewarded.  This doesn't just go for teachers though, but in many professions.  "We perform better when we are paid on commission."  Our best work isn't done when the next guy is recieving the same amount as we are for doing a mediocre job, our best work is done when we have to do the best to recieve the most.