text: why dosn't the government pay kids for good grades as a way to give an incentive to stay in school ? if the government gave highschool kids money based on the grade they produce...i feel that would give kids an incentive to stay in school. most kids that drop out do so to work. if they can earn a little money by the efforts of their studies, i believe many would stay in scjhool. by doing that and also providing financial managment classes to teach these kids about money and how it works in society. they need to be taught what credit really means before these credit card company eats them up in college...i mean...thats what life is right...just stuggling to make money...i really think that the average young man would rather make money for some new gear or for the newest cell phone by going to school than selling drugs on the street. im not talking a hardcore amount...just you know...$50 for an a $30 for a b or something like that...wha chu think? i'm a student and that would be great, but i also realize how much it would cost, people counld then jsut take blow off classes and get paid for something remedial. you think how much our govt. would be paying out every year to the millions of school we have?