when our boys were younger, we fell into the trap of discussing whether grades should be paid for or not. And then after lots of discussion with lots of people, for some reason, we decided not to. Now that our youngest is a Senior in high school, I wish we had NOT listened to those advised against paying for grades. If we had it to do all over again, I most certainly would have paid for the grades. Keith responds very well to money rewards and frankly, I am not above bribery to get the grades