TASK

Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer. Some parents offer their school-age children money for each high grade (mark) they get in school. Do you think this is a good idea?

IMPORTANT TO NOTE FROM THE TOPIC. Offer；school-age children；for each high grade（mark）they get in school

GOOD IDEA 1. School-age children need encouragement from parents to build confidence and willingness in study. The act that parents offer money for each grade they get is a good material incentive, which allows them to have enough pocket money to do what they want to as well as the sufficient reasons to work hard to get a next good grade.

2. Some school-age children that are occupied with studies feel isolated. They do not have enough awareness about what behind the good grades in examinations. Parents' behavior of offering money for each high grade they get tells them that working hard in study is a necessary. It means parents cares about their efforts and their results. They stand with their children.

BAD IDEA 1. Material rewards should not be the best way to encourage school-age children to have a better academic performance. Parents have the obligation to let their school-age children know that only by studying hard, can they achieve good grades in examinations. And making efforts in study is all for their own choices of their future.

2. School-age children do not have a mature and sound consumption view. Once they got much money from their parents, they are likely to spend their pocket money without any limit before they have a consideration. They may form a bad habit of spending money.

3. Parents' behavior of offering money for their children's each high grade in school will make their school-age children misunderstand that grade or mark, is the most valuable standard to measure their academic performance. And money is the optimum way to express recognition. They have an alternative to tell their children that the process of acquiring weighs more and they always understand them during the way of learning. For example, the frequent communication and participation in their children's learning activities.

TEST TAKER'S RESPONSE.

Never before in the history has the problem of education been such salient than today. Hence, various methods of stimulating children's hard work at school accordingly emerged among parents. Some people indicate that offering money for children as a reward for each high grade they get in school is an impropriate incentive. However, to my perspective, it is a choice that its merits weigh out of drawbacks.

Firstly, it can be positive feedback and joyful encouragement to children who are suffering from great pressure from schools and parents. At an age when they are instinctively desire a sense of accomplishment and being recognized through visible rewards, money, something they can decide the usage of, is apparently an appealing object for them. In this case, children are under great motivation to study hard, and such impetus can persist because of the virtuous cycle formed through the feedback. For instance, when I was a primary school student, my mother made a deal with me that I could gain 10RMB every time when I finished a housework task independently. Thrilled by the idea that I could earn my own money like an adult, I took my first step to tidy up my room. What remained in my memory till today is a kind of happiness beyond words when I accumulated my rewards to 50RMB and bought an exquisite doll. Then, after tasting such happiness, I had more interests in earning my money. Gradually, I formed the habit of doing regular housework at a young age. It works in exactly the same way as the rewards for school grades.

Additionally, financial thinking as an important capability which is useful in modern society, meaning that we need to teach children how to manage their own money at a young age. By rewarding children with money, parents can cultivate their understanding of basic financial and mathematical rules not only limited in books, but also in practice. Study shows that children who received a good practice and early understanding of money tend to have a better competence of managing their money than those who did not have the pre-understanding. 

Admittedly, there is tendency for children to see financial benefits as the only pursue of studying hard, leading to format misconceptions about education. However, if we can find a reasonable reward system with suitable amounts of money, it will be beneficial to children not only at present, but also in the future.

In conclusion, I recognize the method of offering money as rewards to children's excellent performance at school as a wise idea because it could provoke children's interest in study and helping them have a glimpse of financial management at the same time.