Cash rewards are a common form of (0) motivation (MOTIVATE) used by parents with high (1) expectations (EXPECT) to encourage their children to work hard at exam time. Some youngsters receive (2) payment (PAY) of as much as £100 for each A grade they obtain. But should such 'bribes' be based on exam (3) performance (PERFORM) or should they, as many parents and teachers feel, be offered in (4) recognition (RECOGNIZE) of a child's effort, regardless of results? The latter approach would solve the problem of how parents reward children with different levels of (5) ability (ABLE); imagine, for example, a family with one child who is (6) academically (ACADEMY) gifted and another who has learning (7) difficulties (DIFFICULT). The dangers of result-related incentives for the second child are clear; with little hope of obtaining the higher grades, the withholding of promised (8) incentives.