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I Suggest Giving Your Kid A Math Book And Pay Them For Right Answers

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lxskllr said:
It isn't 1950 anymore. A nickle is worthless. Ten nickles are still worthless. If the kid were smart, he'd tell you to go fuck yourself, cause staring at a wall would be a more productive use of their time. If somehow they find your offer attractive, well you'll then know they have a broom in their future, cause they won't be doing anything to change the world.
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WHAT WOULD YOU RECOMMEND THE PRICE FOR RIGHT ANSWERS?
 
lxskllr said:
If you insist on paying, federal minimum wage per hour of work, but I think the whole idea is stupid. Money makes everything worse.
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It wouldn't motivate kids to work harder if they're paid by the hour instead of being rewarded per answer.

The kid could just spend the whole time daydreaming.
 
lxskllr said:
If you insist on paying, federal minimum wage per hour of work, but I think the whole idea is stupid. Money makes everything worse.
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Another thing, if the kid was paid by the hour, the kid could just write random answers and not try to get the answers right.

Why would the kid try to get the answers right if they're paid the same whether or not it's right or wrong?
 
I would ask the kid what they think is a good reward then if need be, come to a compromise.

I do agree about the money though. Non monetary rewards would be better.
 
Another thing, maybe to improve your child's typing or writing skills, you can pay them to copy out Wikipedia articles.

Maybe have them copy the wiki of your home city, such as the link below:

en.m.wikipedia.org

Los Angeles - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org en.m.wikipedia.org
 
How about treating each child differently depending on what motivates the particular child? One size fits all strategies tend to fail most people.

I was highly motivated as a child by a small monetary reward, such as proposed in this thread. My parents paid me $1/day to attend an all-day learning program that I didn't like. But, that $1 made it worth it to me. Note: after inflation, that would be closer to $3 now. And certainly any monetary reward would have to be adjusted for the lifestyle the child is accustomed to. A poor child may love $3 while a wealthy child might scoff at it.

Other children are motivated by praise, or goals, or freedom, or the ability to make choices, or making learning fun, or encouragement, or challenges, or special time with friends/family, etc. Spend time with the child and learn what is the right motivation.

And at least for math, the key motivation may be just filling in a gap that is missing in their math education. One bad teacher can leave something important missing in their math skills. Then since everything in math builds, the child thinks that they are just bad at math and gives up. The motivation might just be a little help to fill that gap and show that they actually can do the math. For example, just look at the number of people that get PEMDAS wrong on social media posts. Anyone who messes up on such fundamental things like PEMDAS will find anything more advanced frustrating to impossible. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_of_operations#Mnemonics
 
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Gizmo j said:
Another thing, maybe to improve your child's typing or writing skills, you can pay them to copy out Wikipedia articles.

Maybe have them copy the wiki of your home city, such as the link below:

en.m.wikipedia.org

Los Angeles - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org en.m.wikipedia.org
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Or maybe sometimes instead of paying them for typing out the Wikipedia articles, you can have them read them out loud to improve their speech.

I've recently been reading things out loud when playing video games to improve my speech. I was going to record myself reading the history section of Los Angeles on Wikipedia.
 
Gizmo j said:
Or maybe sometimes instead of paying them for typing out the Wikipedia articles, you can have them read them out loud to improve their speech.

I've recently been reading things out loud when playing video games to improve my speech. I was going to record myself reading the history section of Los Angeles on Wikipedia.
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Do you have a speech problem?
 
I'm studying math right now because my construction classes started so I've been thinking about this idea again.

Once again I think 1 cent per answer is fair for with a calculator and a nickel per answer without a calculator.

I think this is the absolute best way to get kids into math.
 
I was thinking of an app that generates random math equations and shows a record/history of all the right answers that you can send to people.

That way parents wouldn't have to look up ever single answer in the math workbook and could just view how many their child got right on their phone and pay them accordingly.
 
Red Squirrel said:
Sounds like a fun programming project.
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pete6032 said:
Something about this feels familiar...
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One thing that occurred to me is that if the questions are multiple choice questions the kid could just spam random answers and still get paid and not try to get the answers right.

So I'm going to try to make it were you have to enter in the answer instead of pressing a choice for answers.
 
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