When my eldest was still in elementary school, the principal of the school allowed sales reps from some "scholastic" company to go into classrooms and tell children that they would get a "prize" if their parents bought their shit. There was some material incentive for the school involved as well.I was furious that my child was being used and manipulated, and wrote an angry letter to the principal, who claimed ignorance of the sales reps' activities in classrooms. Astonishing that the moron would allow people into classrooms without knowing what they were going to do (I doubt this was the case - the principal was ass-covering ineffectively...if you're going to lie to cover your butt, make sure it's a lie that doesn't make you look like an irresponsible idiot).
Anyway, the payola deal with the company was squashed (I'm pretty sure some other parents voiced the same concerns). The process of commoditizing children makes me ill.
Edited: for bad spelling and grammar
[ November 25, 2002: Message edited by: Rebecca West ]
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posted 25 November 2002 12:46 PM
We were not impressed in the Drama Department.
