When we were young & perhaps struggling a bit, one of the kids (having been told that the advertised “need” of the moment was not in the budget) asked “Why do we have to be so poor??”Quoth Dad (with an owned – well mortgaged – house with 2 cars in the drive & a pool in back) “We aren’t poor; we’re just broke.”
Instead of paying me for good grades, my parents simply assumed (or pretended to) that it would be natural for me to get them. If I’d brought home a C, they would have just asked me what was wrong.
he memories… Bringing in a good grade didn’t mean money, it meant that my parents would ask me why my other grades weren’t that good as I proved that I could get good ones.
When I was a kid in the 60’s we got 50 cents for an A but nothing for lower grades. I remember having a perfect card once and getting $2.50. Seemed like a lot of money at the time.
jpayne4040 almost 7 years ago
Good one, Ruthie! Roast him with truth!
Cozmik Cowboy almost 7 years ago
When we were young & perhaps struggling a bit, one of the kids (having been told that the advertised “need” of the moment was not in the budget) asked “Why do we have to be so poor??”Quoth Dad (with an owned – well mortgaged – house with 2 cars in the drive & a pool in back) “We aren’t poor; we’re just broke.”
DanielJ.Drazen almost 7 years ago
Bribery only gets you so far.
Kaputnik almost 7 years ago
Instead of paying me for good grades, my parents simply assumed (or pretended to) that it would be natural for me to get them. If I’d brought home a C, they would have just asked me what was wrong.
Implicit shame can work as well as bribery.
tcayer almost 7 years ago
Make it a hundred. It’ll cost you the same!
cabalonrye almost 7 years ago
he memories… Bringing in a good grade didn’t mean money, it meant that my parents would ask me why my other grades weren’t that good as I proved that I could get good ones.
john almost 7 years ago
H. L. Menken said it: “Do every day a little more than is expected, and before you know it still more will be expected.”
kab buch almost 7 years ago
Aw but your dad is smarter. Neither boy works hard for A’s.
Macushlalondra almost 7 years ago
When I was a kid in the 60’s we got 50 cents for an A but nothing for lower grades. I remember having a perfect card once and getting $2.50. Seemed like a lot of money at the time.