Fundraising Blues
Two of my kids' schools are doing their BIG fundraisers. The second grader is selling Sally Foster, the fourth grader is selling Kathryn Beich. Such nonsense. Mr. Smiley-man comes and presides over an assembly encouraging them to sell, sell, sell. The more you sell, the better prizes you get.
If the fourth grader sells 35 items, she gets to attend an ice cream party. We've plataeued at 25.
Of course, it's not the kids who do the selling, its the parents. We're encouraged to take these to work, and offer it to friends. As if their own kids aren't selling the same crap. And not all employers are fond of that sort of thing... but if you're the boss....
It's really a contest about whose more loaded and has a bigger social or family network.
Well, at least the fourth grader is finally getting a playground.
If the fourth grader sells 35 items, she gets to attend an ice cream party. We've plataeued at 25.
Of course, it's not the kids who do the selling, its the parents. We're encouraged to take these to work, and offer it to friends. As if their own kids aren't selling the same crap. And not all employers are fond of that sort of thing... but if you're the boss....
It's really a contest about whose more loaded and has a bigger social or family network.
Well, at least the fourth grader is finally getting a playground.
posted by The Right Wing Lunatic at 2:00 PM
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