Mark Question 5 with the evidence

Imagine opening your results envelope and finding a cheque inside. For some people that sounds like a dream, but I believe paying students for grades would quietly damage the very thing schools exist to build: a love of learning. Supporters argue that money motivates. They are right, up to a point. A part-time job proves that teenagers will work for a wage. But a wage pays for time, not for understanding. A student paid £50 for a grade 7 learns that the 7 matters and the poem does not. Consider, too, who would win. The students most likely to collect are those who already have quiet bedrooms, tutors and laptops. The rewards would flow uphill, widening a gap that schools spend every day trying to close. There is a better reward, and it costs nothing. It is the moment a difficult idea finally makes sense. Teachers see it every week: the frown that turns into a grin. No bank transfer can manufacture that feeling, and no bank transfer should try to replace it. So, before we reach for the chequebook, we should ask what we really want teenagers to take from school. If the answer is curiosity, resilience and pride, then the best payment is the one we already have.