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[quote=Anonymous]No, we have never done this. We reward for an unusual amount of effort instead of for grades.

At my daughter's previous school, a huge number of kids got straight A's and she and all of her friends always received straight A's. The threshold for getting an A was just being responsible, turning in your work, putting in a minimum amount of effort etc. which we were proud of her for doing, but this is sort of an expectation in our family and not something out of the ordinary. She never really had to work really hard or overcome any challenges.

She moved to a different school that is much more challenging in general, and how difficult a class is can vary from teacher to teacher. Few students get straight A's. Some teachers are really expecting difficult and college level work, including sophisticated writing, while other teachers are more relaxed. Instead of rewarding for grades, we reward and praise her for the effort she puts in instead of for the grades themselves. Like if she had an especially difficult project that she struggled through, or an especially hard exam, we might take her out to celebrate and to say we are proud of her for the hard work. We would do this both for semesters when she gets straight A's and semesters when she does not. [/quote]

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