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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What are you paying them for each A they get?[/quote]

OP here. It is embarrassing. It was $10 an A!!! I know that it is ridiculous, but I honestly didn't think they were capable. I saw only one or two low As per marking period before the deal. Now, we owe my son $300 for this marking period alone. [b]My daughter is due more than that, she squeezes out As now like she is printing money.[/b] [/quote] 
This made me laugh out loud! Thanks for the great chuckle!

I didn't finish the thread yet, but I wanted to suggest that you could do a combination of paying for larger chunks of work (quarter grades, then eventually aggregate GPA), and splitting the payment between cash in hand and "savings" for college (which could just be a running tally in a spreadsheet.)[/quote]

DH already modified, without speaking to me first. Unit tests with an A grade get [i]more[/i] than the $10. He didn't realize that I was actually trying to ramp down. He likes the fact that he can be hands off with school now. My two kids are looking like traders on the stock market floor, giddy with money, and I cringe a little. Agree with your suggestion about them saving. DD has been at the mall every weekend, and that has to stop. [/quote]

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