Cash for grades

Yep, you read right: cash for grades. It is an experiment about to get underway in New York City's poorest minority neighborhoods which proposes to reward kids who get good grades with cold, hard cash.

What the hell is wrong with our country!!! What the hell is wrong with the people that came up with that idea!!! "Those against the plan say it's outrageous." You're damn right that's outrageous!!! Since when!!! Since when do we associate the learning process with being a business transaction!!! What we will be teaching these kids is NOT the 3 R's, but we'll be teaching them that anything worthwhile in life has $$$ attached.

We will be breeding a cold, hard-hearted generation who will only see things in terms of it's monetary value and personal gain AND THAT IS WRONG! No good can come from this!!

OUTRAGEOUS!!! This must be stopped. No good can come from this whatsoever. The article in the link above cites middle- and upper-class parents who reward their kids with cash for good grades, or a trip to a nice restaurant AND I SAY THAT IS EXACTLY THE PROBLEM IN THIS COUNTRY!!! We need to dispense with the idea that good grades earn money - and focus instead on improving our schools, improving our parenting, and improving health care, ONLY THEN will we be able to evolve into a higher form, only then will we truly be able to help other countries less fortunate on us! Get it straight!!!

LEARNING SHOULD HAPPEN FOR THE SAKE OF LEARNING.

Cash for grades: this must be stopped!!