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Topic	Librarians allege Scholastic is allowing schools to opt out of 'diverse books'
Questionmarktarius 10/09/23 7:42:02 PM #28:	thronedfire2 posted... in this day and age every kid should at least be able come away from a book fair with one book. but when I was a kid in the 90s it was all about who got the most money to waste. I'd skip lunch for two weeks to get an extra $20. some kids got nothing. and some kids had parents parked outside the school who gave them extra money to buy the $3 each crazy pencils that would break in 4 days it was a really good way of exposing 5-10 year olds to capitalism though That's why you do it after-hours, when the parents who give a shit can buy junior some books and that fragile pencil. <cite>Questionmarktarius posted [p:976568943] in Librarians... [t:80589225]...</cite> <quote>thronedfire2 posted... </cite><quote>in this day and age every kid should at least be able come away from a book fair with one book. but when I was a kid in the 90s it was all about who got the most money to waste. I'd skip lunch for two weeks to get an extra $20. some kids got nothing. and some kids had parents parked outside the school who gave them extra money to buy the $3 each crazy pencils that would break in 4 days it was a really good way of exposing 5-10 year olds to capitalism though</quote>That's why you do it after-hours, when the parents who give a shit can buy junior some books and that fragile pencil.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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