Say for a moment that there are lots of students like jrockway for whom this would work. Give 'em $100 and they go from B to A students. So what? Why do we wa

Say for a moment that there are lots of students like jrockway for whom this would work. Give 'em $100 and they go from B to A students. So what? Why do we want more A students? Space in universities is a scarce resource and grades are a sucky predictor of success there already. Why make them suckier by increasing the number of people not intrinsically motivated by the subject? It keeps more people in school? Doubtful, since once you move to cash you're competing with the work force. But even if it did, again, so what? Reluctant scholars aren't made into better people by an extra year of school. If anything they're worse since they're delaying engaging in something they might enjoy, whether it's welding or carpentry or just entering the adult world.