There are several schools that are promoting the idea of "cash for grades." In this system, children who get good grades will be given money from the school. Discuss what you believe to be some of the negative and positive aspects of this policy.

Wow I wish they would’ve done this when I was a child in school! That would have been the best thing ever to receive money just for good grades. I was an A and B student until around the 8^th grade and then a few C’s every now and then. So I probably would’ve received some cash. I believe this could really help some kids now days. I have seen kids that slack at school work just simply because they are lazy. My daughter is one of them. She is in the 5^th grade and she is very smart, however sometimes she just doesn’t do her work because she doesn’t want to. If there were money involved I would bet she would never slack. Kids like to be rewarded for good behavior so I don’t see any difference when it comes to school work. The incentives are great to some people that don’t have a lot of money and that child might seek additional help from a teacher or a friend just so they could get paid. This in return will help them in the long run. Potientally help them make it to college. I have my thoughts about paying for good grades but I’m sure some people think it could be harmful. We can’t monitor the kids and what they do with the money, but I would still rather see good grades and an effort to try. We would rather see the kids with good grades than bad, so we should pay them to reward them.