For my graduation (non-American country btw), the top like 30 students in school got awards. I was at place 21 or 22 and got like the equivalent of $100. The girl who got #1 (and she had like perfect grades all around, with a shitload of extracurriculars etc) won some fancy language trip across Europe or some shit, said to be worth like $4000.
Prior to the graduation ceremony I had no idea they were even giving out prizes lol, best I ever got before that was a book
The "minor prizes" like the one I got were checks to be cashed in, the perfect score girl prize was more like a grant though.
And yeah I too was surprised and while I was happy at the time (which kid wouldn't, right), it does feel weird now lol. My guess is that they fucked up their budget for the year and needed to burn the money for tax reasons?
Naw this is very bad practice. Grades trend with family income so with some exceptions this is basically just giving extra money to the richest kids in school.
For my graduation (non-American country btw), the top like 30 students in school got awards. I was at place 21 or 22 and got like the equivalent of $100. The girl who got #1 (and she had like perfect grades all around, with a shitload of extracurriculars etc) won some fancy language trip across Europe or some shit, said to be worth like $4000.
Prior to the graduation ceremony I had no idea they were even giving out prizes lol, best I ever got before that was a book
Like cash though? Grants and scholarships for grads is one thing but cash for best grade in class just sounds like made-up bullshit
The "minor prizes" like the one I got were checks to be cashed in, the perfect score girl prize was more like a grant though.
And yeah I too was surprised and while I was happy at the time (which kid wouldn't, right), it does feel weird now lol. My guess is that they fucked up their budget for the year and needed to burn the money for tax reasons?
They never said it was given as cash, the even explicitly say the guy brought it in class as cash, suggesting it wasn't probably cash before
I get that, I meant more like most grants, bursaries and scholarships can't be cashed out, they can only be spent on tuition.
I hate the US
same, same
Naw this is very bad practice. Grades trend with family income so with some exceptions this is basically just giving extra money to the richest kids in school.