Ca-Ching.

Ew. Spoiled teenagers. Teenagers with fancy cars that their parents bought for them. Expensive iPhones with the 100 dollar per month plans that their parents pay for. It's so damn annoying.
Yesterday in my AP Psychology class, we got on the subject of punishment and rewards. A girl said that if she got good grades, her parents paid her. Twenty five dollars for every "A" she got. So if you're being paid to get good grades, are you getting good grades for the right reasons?

Friends are an important part of school. But they're not the important part. No, the important part is the education. The electives don't count, so much as the required classes, such as math, english, science, et cetera. If you're being paid to get good grades, then you're not learning. You're doing the work for money, not for your own well being. Are we so subhuman that we're willing to be bought off like that? Do we just try to do good in school, hoping for some sort of rewards? Are we just grade-whores?

Everyone is different - obviously. Everyone's parents are different. If they want to pay you for good grades, so be it. But don't just do it for the money. Do it for you. Some people may think school isn't worth it, but really, it is - if you want to get anywhere in life. You can't live off of mommy and daddy forever, no matter how spoiled you are. Sorry to break it to you. So get out of this habit - now. Work harder for you, not for Lincoln, Hamilton, and Franklin.

~J*~

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