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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 about 7 years ago
Good one, Ruthie! Roast him with truth!
Cozmik Cowboy about 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 about 7 years ago
Bribery only gets you so far.
Kaputnik about 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 about 7 years ago
Make it a hundred. It’ll cost you the same!
cabalonrye about 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 about 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 about 7 years ago
Aw but your dad is smarter. Neither boy works hard for A’s.
Macushlalondra about 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.