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DarkBadTheShameless
I remember my dad giving me porno mags for A's. Im very well adjusted.
Lincoln927
My payment for good grades was not getting punished for bad grades.
TheGoldenKral
My dad would tell my sisters and me that we would pay him $20 for B's and $50 for C's when we brought that subject up. Shut us up real fast.
netman12
No but I got paid in beatings if I had bad ones
SamuraiFoxes
Was a set of jumper cables involved?
netman12
Are you my dad
ThatMomentWhenTheUsernamesPerfectlyDescribeWhatYouNeed
As a kid growing up my parents took my present money or anything I earned. So no.
CavendishBandana
I was very obedient. Did what the teachers asked. That's it. Got good grades. Parents were happy with it. Nuf said.
neonnarwhals
I had to pay my parents for bad grades.
mellowdrama
I never got paid for good grades because my parents barely got paid for good work.
trip8electric
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Frederf
aelita
My parents were relatively rich, but I never got paid for good grades because I got the belt for bad grades.
boomfelazi
Right? A lack of the belt was payment enough
impostersquall
i got punished for bad grades, and not punished for good grades...so that was good
zondagn
Ah, the parents who punished for being late. Punished for not being earlier when on time. I have but 1 upvote to share the pain.
mpaz
My parents always told me that studying was my ,everytime I would get a good grade they would say "well, that's what you're supposed to do"
RealScienceMan
My parents did this to, so I found the minimum amount of work I could do to not get yelled at.
mpaz
They congratulated me as well tho, but I couldn't expect much more haha
CogYang
lol paid for good grades? by who? i would love to have been part of this
CokieMonster69
Scholarships immediately come to mind
somethingdark
In my experience, the parents of the stupid kids in class.
somethingdark
Oh look, I got downvoted by one of the stupid kids.
sikzik
By whom?
justtwobrothers
Maybe the good grade pay system could have prevented this oversight lol
AlwaysCorrect
Get A's, don't get paid. Can confirm
Nize426
Went to HS in South Texas, they actually paid us 100 bucks per AP test we passed. But the post is talking about parents.
zPapa
That must be one desperate school
Nize426
It was. Always trying to place in rankings. I didn't really care much for rankings, but I did care for money, so well played on their part.
DaulPirac
Parents? this happened to me as well, never got a thing while a lot of kids got a brand new phone or laptop for barely passing one test
CogYang
wow that is kinda shitty parenting. but i guess i did have nearly no restrictions of things cus of grades... but never said so expressly
RealScienceMan
As a kid, I got no rewards for good grades, but got yelled at for Cs so I got Bs because As took too much work.
lefthandtaco
Yeah it really annoyed me cause I had a friend that was upset that her mom was only giving her 15 dollars for an a and (1/2
lefthandtaco
She usually only had one A per marking period and I'm sitting here with 6 happy as a clam cause I'm not gettin yelled at for low grades (2/2
boswelk
The Good Grade fairy obviously!!!
TTurambarsGurthang
My parents gave me like $1-5 for As on my report card as a kid.Really incentivized it for me. Got As all the way through HS and past college
dirtbikerdan
same
MAXXOUT
Ditto
Kalid19
Younger brother is, as an incentive to keep his grades up. I never did though. Still salty about it.
BunterTheMage
I never got paid for good grades because I never got good grades.
EatinButtsAndBustinNuts
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ijustthrewupinmymouth
I got 10 for A's, 5 for B's, nothing for C's, and I had to pay my mom if I got a D or an F.
dohcohv
I was offered $20 for every A, got straight A's, got nothing. Good lesson about working hard and not being rewarded.
prepareforthealpacalypse
Damn, beat me to it.
SuperbBackhand
I got a dollar for every assignment I brought home with an A, pretty cherry gig if you can get it
Stumpyz
Came here to say that exact thing.
whatupmyknitters
word.
itsbre
Unfortunately at my school, you didn't get good grades for knowing the answer, you got them for working hard even if you got the wrong
itsbre
Answer. Unfortunately for me, I was smart and liked learning, so I learned stuff at home on my own before we started it in school, which
itsbre
Meant that I already knew the answer and didn't have to work hard in class to know it, so teachers gave me Bs.
CabNumber1729
I never got offered money because I was doing well. They offered my sister lots because she wasn't.
KtH91
I once talked with parents of my students about this. It's better to reward brothers and sisters who are doing well at school, and ignore1/?
KtH91
The one who is not, so They get motivated for themselves. Don't Give a kid who is doing wrong all your attention, it's not fair and they 2/3
KtH91
Will only learn that their behavior gets attention So They won't feel the need to change it (there are exceptions, I know).
DinosaursCameFromSpace
Does getting a well paid job because of the grades count?
Masterlp3
Tell that to people in sociology
RealScienceMan
Basically no, because unless you're a lawyer or a doctor your job doesn't really care.
authornotavailable
What about being awarded a scholarship?
JKJM
No because lots of scholarships are based one things outside of grades. Like being a minority, or female, or from a low income family
authornotavailable
Okay but I got a scholarship solely for academic achievement. Being a minority, female, or low income was not considered
LaLiam
Im getting paid to do an Astrophysics MA if thats what you mean.
TTurambarsGurthang
How do you get an Astrophysics MA as opposed to a MS? Just no thesis?
LaLiam
It does involve research but I won't be writing a book at the end. I also do a lot of fieldwork and teaching undergrad classes to be an MA
RealScienceMan
Different schools handle it differently, but they essentially the same degree anyway.
WeGotRealFakeDoors
My grandfather gave me $100 for each A I had on my report card in high school. Wasn't what motivated me, but was nice to know he saw (1/2)
WeGotRealFakeDoors
My effort. Ended up going to Harvard so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
WeGotRealFakeDoors
Also, lived in a single parent household. Mom was a bartender. Not a lot of extra money hanging around, so it was incredibly appreciated
ImFunnierThanYallGiveMeCreditFor
i definitely got more stick than carrot
thebogo
My mama would give me an ass whoopin' if i fucked around at school. Serious stuff in mexican culture.
theicebitchcometh
Same here. A C was cause for a month grounding, a B was a week and a lecture. An A was demanded. My first B in college sent me into panic.
Mimsey
Yeah, does not-gettin-your-ass-whooped count as payment?
Delta93
Yup, my carrot was that I didn't get hit with a stick/wooden spoon/belt.
fearie
I'm Asian so yeah... I didn't get shit. God grades were expected. However my mom wasn't overly pushy about it.
RedPaws
I got like a dollar for a B and two for an A, its called positive reinforcement. Having good grades meant a little extra money.
tightsarenotpants
I had to give my dad $1 for every C. Luckily I only earned one C.
TTurambarsGurthang
Same system and only for my actual report card. I think it was good. Got all A's through early school and highschool and now in med school.
RedPaws
But only in big exams or a class i usually was really really bad in....on the other hand i was never punished for being bad in a subject.
RedPaws
Its better and usually more effektive to praise your children for doing good than punish them for doing bad in school.
zibnalian
That seems like a good gig, if you can get it.
MentionADownvoteGetADownvote
You're...you're supposed to get paid for good grades? My mother and I are going to have a serious discussion about this
PraiseGoogle
You guys got paid. All I got was no social life
nosoupforoldmen
I got an ice cream cone if I got an A on a major test but that was about the extent of it
DrewBerg
I don't know where you grew up @OP but MOST kids didn't get paid for good grades.
shonasof
Who got paid for good grades?
bendiknee
What the fuck were you expecting????
ChickenFingerFingers
I'm pretty sure scholarships pay you for good grades.
nosoupforoldmen
My dad would take me out for ice cream if I got an A in anything. Kids need positive reinforcement for doing well.
AncientPostNecromancer
My parents were too busy fighting to notice when i got good grades.
ICantThinkOfSomethingOriginal
Do scholarships count?
vodkarocksandtoast
I'm pretty sure that's what my parents believed. And now I'm thankfully on a decent academic scholarship!
RealScienceMan
No? If I was told that if I worked extra hard for 8 years, but only got a possibility of reward after the 8 years, I wouldn't do it.
RealScienceMan
That and a 4.0 in highschool probably doesn't land you a scholarship anyway, being clever and writing a nice essay does.
Emangelo
Who the fuck pays their kids for good grades?
NoSleepTilBrooklyn
When my son was in school (he's 24 now), there were plenty of kids who got money for good grades, and he resented that he didn't.
ImProbNotRight
I did, $20 for an A, $3 for a B
nousernamesavailablemeow
An extreme minority but saying everyone does gets a lot of people really wound up. I did not and I do not know anyone who was
HerroDer
My dad paid us for our grades in an attempt to get my little brother to work harder in school ($3 per A, $2 per B). Mom convinced bro it
HerroDer
wasn't fair so he just resented us both for it when I got A's and made more money than him.
Masterlp3
My parents would take me out toy shopping when I had all A's on my report card
pleasesendcows
My older siblings got paid for good grades but by the time I was in high school my family didn't have enough money to continue the tradition
flaming1510
My parents paid my sister for good grades but then our family financially collapsed before I started getting legit report cards.
nousernamesavailablemeow
An extreme minority but saying everyone does gets a lot of people really wound up. I did not and I do not know anyone who was
UseYourAllusion
My parents paid me for good grades, and it seemed to incentivize me.
blackburrd
I was offered 100 for a's and b's or 50 for all b's. Never got paid once
DrTran01
White people
Galactasaur
My parents
seemill
I used to get a dollar per A through middle, a fact I had completely fortieth l forgotten about until this post 25 years later.
TheGameDoctor
Asians... well some of them that I know
itsbre
I didn't get paid for grades but I got paid to do presentations. I had bad anxiety, so this was the only way they could get me to do it
Everythingisracist
My parents offered my sister money, she ditched a lot, so it was a long shot. I could've got straight A's and I wouldn't have gotten shit.
TheGreyNoble
Parents who can afford throwing a few bucks for their kids in order to motivate them to actually do well which works a lot of the time.
SauceIsAwesomesauce
I got $1 per A. that's it. Just kind of fun
CudMuffin
I had friends whose parents would pay me to study with their kids. Private school.
BeatsBearsBattlestarGallactica
We didn't have an allowance. Chores were expected. Got 20$ for an A+ 10 for an A 5$ for a B+. But then I got 7 A+s and that went away.
BeatsBearsBattlestarGallactica
I did get a strawberry dribble though so whatever.
BeatsBearsBattlestarGallactica
Fribble*
MeinPanzerBringsAllZeJerrysToMeinYard
I didn't get an allowance and had all A's all the time so when report cards came I got something like a toy or game
theshrektacularshrek
All I get is my parents' acceptance
MrsZbornak
i take my daughter for ice cream or taco bell if she gets good grades on report card. my father didnt care about my grades
TheHumanFund
I think you're good. That's more celebratory and not a bribe.
MrsZbornak
thank you. i want her to know i care and try to show excitement. unlike my father which is why i never took school serious
lordofthedice
I'm amused that you would consider it a bribe. Seeing as bribes are given to people to make them do the wrong thing. Instead, these are >
lordofthedice
payments given for hard work and dedication. And giving an incentive to do something they might not otherwise understand is important >
Sloppydrunkcatlady
I was, my parents told me school was my job and you get paid for a job. I wasn't given an allowance or paid for cbores, because the chores
Sloppydrunkcatlady
*chores
designmajor
So chores were a necessity, and school was like a job? This is interesting. I think I like this.
BreakingBean
It taught me a bit about financial responsibility too, since I still had to pay for everything except for my school supplies.
Sloppydrunkcatlady
were expected
BreakingBean
Yeah that's the same thing I was told. I wanted to get a job too but I was told that I could only get a job during the summer.
Sloppydrunkcatlady
Once I was old enough for a real job I stopped getting paid, but basically elementary-early high school that was my only source of
Sloppydrunkcatlady
income. I don't see an issue with getting paid for grades if you frame it correctly. It's not a reward: as a kid, your job is school. A real
Sloppydrunkcatlady
job pays. If you don't do your work, you don't get paid. Chores and other stuff in real life you don't get paid for, you're expected to be
TomClancysReadingRainbow
I agree with this model. Chores teach responsibilities and paying for good grades teaches hard work being rewarding.
highestoffives
Idk for me I feel it teaches kids to expect something for doing what they should be doing. I personally loved that my parents didn't pay me
itsbre
You should have a job and contribute to society, but you get paid for that too.
BreakingBean
It's a big incentive to get good grades though. You can't motivate a kid solely through beating and yelling at them.
RealScienceMan
Good parents? Eventually most kids realize that the only real motivation to do well in school is to not get yelled at.
agalzoff
My parents taught me to value and enjoy education and learn what I could to be successful in life
MouseShadow
Or how about praise? Encouragement? My parents were "good parents" and didn't pay me for good grades, but taught me they were important.
RealScienceMan
My parents tried but if I told you that working extra hard would pay off in 8 years but not before would you really do it now?
RealScienceMan
Personally never been motivated by praise, I just learned that if I do an ok job I have more free time.
MouseShadow
...probably would have done better if they had some other incentive. I just don't think any one approach proves you're a good parent.
MouseShadow
Fair point, it true that different kids are motivated by different things. Thinking back I was motivated by praise, but I had friends that..
RealScienceMan
I mean it didn't need to be money but I felt like I got the same incentives for Bs and As but Bs took much less work.
RealScienceMan
I also felt like working hard and doing well was mostly rewarded with more and harder work, which took away from my free time.