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Anonymous wrote:I've taught my high stats kid not to accept bribes. So far, so good.

Luckily, your alleged high stats kid will have no chance of ever competing head-to-head with mine. While your DC is desperately scratching their way into the likes of GMU or UVA, mine will be sailing effortlessly into MIT and Harvard.

HAHAHAHA. Good one.

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Anonymous wrote:I've taught my high stats kid not to accept bribes. So far, so good.

Probably this will work until they have to get real jobs and decide to decline paychecks, bonuses, and pay raises because you’ve taught them that receiving compensation that increases with the quality of work products is either unimportant or underhanded.

What a hilariously idiotic spin of bribing your kids.

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Anonymous wrote:Why are you doing that?

To quantify and reinforce the importance of working hard in school.

Through bribery? Yuck.

I could easily make a 7 figure income, but I choose to take the harder path and stay at home. It is way more difficult and mentally demanding then a typical office job. I’m an enabler and a leader for the family. Everything runs smooth due to my efforts and DH’s 7 figure income would be more like 5 figure if I didn’t facilitate his success.

Yiu don’t really believe this, do you? No one “easily” makes 7 figures, at least initially (maybe once a business is established). You sound so defensive. Your DH would make 7 figures with or without you, and your insecurity about your life decisions screams through your post. And btw, I’m also a SAHM to a DH who makes multiples of 7 figures and know he would do that even if I wasn’t around (but I also know he values our family and my contributions to it).

My kids get $10 for straight As starting 1st quarter in 7th grade. Each subsequent quarter with straight As, add $10. This continues til the end of high school. If at anytime grades drop below straight As, they start over. However, if end of the year final report card is all As, then they get the money.
So far, my oldest is starting junior year, still all As. She received $160 for last report card. My thinking is straight As may actually save us money if it results in scholarship money for college.
Otherwise, we don’t give allowances, as all family members are expected to contribute to chores. DD uses her money to eat out/hang out with friends and never asks for spending money from us.

How about teaching your child to have some pride in their accomplishments? Perhaps some internal motivation? Are you USA born?

4.0 at a super rigorous school = 10k the day school ends.

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Anonymous wrote:The HS student trolls are active today.

Troll = The derogatory characterization imparted upon a precocious and transcendent individual by a particularly benighted member of an intellectually inferior caste.

You’re likely both unaccomplished and unemployable, so I wouldn’t expect a response much more enlightening than the one you struggled so hard to produce.

I’m a proud SAHM that was smart enough to marry a DH with 7 figure HHI. Whose unaccomplished and unemployable now? Your a little dimwit wishing you could be in my cast. LOL.

I don't know PP. On DCUM, who doesn't make a 7 figure? Also, I'd be more impressed if YOU were making a 7 figure HHI. But you are not.

- np

I could easily make a 7 figure income, but I choose to take the harder path and stay at home. It is way more difficult and mentally demanding then a typical office job. I’m an enabler and a leader for the family. Everything runs smooth due to my efforts and DH’s 7 figure income would be more like 5 figure if I didn’t facilitate his success.

"I coulda been a contender. I coulda been somebody, instead of a bum, which is what I am, let's face it. It was you, Charley."

LOL. Nicely done! Bravo!

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Anonymous wrote:At the end of each year, we tally up all our kids’ grades and give them money that varies as a function of grade received. Here’s the mapping we use:

C = $200*(G - 3.0), where G is the weighted grade point score received in a particular class and is C is the cash they receive.

So, if DC gets an A in a regular class, that maps to a 4.0 and is worth $200. An A in an AP class maps to a 5.0 and is worth $400. Anything below a B in a regular class maps to negative dollars and DC owes us money.

My rising senior received straight A’s in 7 classes, all AP and honors. We paid him something like $2,650 for good grades in his Junior year. Is this excessive, normal, or skimpy?

Excessive! My kids get a treat when they perform well / put in great effort not a lump sum of cash.

+1 "just" a celebratory dinner, nothing over the top

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Anonymous wrote:The HS student trolls are active today.

Troll = The derogatory characterization imparted upon a precocious and transcendent individual by a particularly benighted member of an intellectually inferior caste.

You’re likely both unaccomplished and unemployable, so I wouldn’t expect a response much more enlightening than the one you struggled so hard to produce.

I’m a proud SAHM that was smart enough to marry a DH with 7 figure HHI. Whose unaccomplished and unemployable now? Your a little dimwit wishing you could be in my cast. LOL.

I don't know PP. On DCUM, who doesn't make a 7 figure? Also, I'd be more impressed if YOU were making a 7 figure HHI. But you are not.

- np

I could easily make a 7 figure income, but I choose to take the harder path and stay at home. It is way more difficult and mentally demanding then a typical office job. I’m an enabler and a leader for the family. Everything runs smooth due to my efforts and DH’s 7 figure income would be more like 5 figure if I didn’t facilitate his success.

"I coulda been a contender. I coulda been somebody, instead of a bum, which is what I am, let's face it. It was you, Charley."

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Anonymous wrote:I've taught my high stats kid not to accept bribes. So far, so good.

Probably this will work until they have to get real jobs and decide to decline paychecks, bonuses, and pay raises because you’ve taught them that receiving compensation that increases with the quality of work products is either unimportant or underhanded.

Tell me you don't know what a bribe is without telling me you don't know what a bribe is.

Cool. So earning a salary is essentially a bribe, now? Typical MAGA double talk at it’s best. Just because I’ve gotten “payed” for something doesn’t mean I’ve been played. Does that even compute for you?

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Anonymous wrote:The HS student trolls are active today.

Troll = The derogatory characterization imparted upon a precocious and transcendent individual by a particularly benighted member of an intellectually inferior caste.

You’re likely both unaccomplished and unemployable, so I wouldn’t expect a response much more enlightening than the one you struggled so hard to produce.

I’m a proud SAHM that was smart enough to marry a DH with 7 figure HHI. Whose unaccomplished and unemployable now? Your a little dimwit wishing you could be in my cast. LOL.

But not smart enough, apparently, to use correct grammar…LOL.

Your correct pronoun is “who,” not “that,” because you are a person, not a thing. “Whose” -> “Who’s.” “Your” -> “You’re.”

OMG. Are we writing essays for the SAT now? Whom do you you think you’re talking to!?! I attended a T10 SLAC. And, besides, this is social media. Get a life. I’m aware of grammar rules. Jeez.

Your dollar amounts are excessive. I'm OK with paying for grades and am toying with it myself. I'd only pay for As though, not Bs (child is completely capable of getting As).

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Anonymous wrote:The HS student trolls are active today.

Troll = The derogatory characterization imparted upon a precocious and transcendent individual by a particularly benighted member of an intellectually inferior caste.

You’re likely both unaccomplished and unemployable, so I wouldn’t expect a response much more enlightening than the one you struggled so hard to produce.

I’m a proud SAHM that was smart enough to marry a DH with 7 figure HHI. Whose unaccomplished and unemployable now? Your a little dimwit wishing you could be in my cast. LOL.

I don't know PP. On DCUM, who doesn't make a 7 figure? Also, I'd be more impressed if YOU were making a 7 figure HHI. But you are not.

- np

I could easily make a 7 figure income, but I choose to take the harder path and stay at home. It is way more difficult and mentally demanding then a typical office job. I’m an enabler and a leader for the family. Everything runs smooth due to my efforts and DH’s 7 figure income would be more like 5 figure if I didn’t facilitate his success.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The HS student trolls are active today.

Troll = The derogatory characterization imparted upon a precocious and transcendent individual by a particularly benighted member of an intellectually inferior caste.

You’re likely both unaccomplished and unemployable, so I wouldn’t expect a response much more enlightening than the one you struggled so hard to produce.

I’m a proud SAHM that was smart enough to marry a DH with 7 figure HHI. Whose unaccomplished and unemployable now? Your a little dimwit wishing you could be in my cast. LOL.

But not smart enough, apparently, to use correct grammar…LOL.

Your correct pronoun is “who,” not “that,” because you are a person, not a thing. “Whose” -> “Who’s.” “Your” -> “You’re.”