Comments on: Subway to Home Schooled Kids: Get Lost http://www.sogoodblog.com/2008/05/27/subway-to-home-schooled-kids-get-lost/ An absurd look at the world of food Fri, 19 Mar 2010 16:41:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Darlene http://www.sogoodblog.com/2008/05/27/subway-to-home-schooled-kids-get-lost/comment-page-1/#comment-5223 Darlene Sat, 19 Jul 2008 04:38:54 +0000 http://www.sogoodblog.com/?p=1021#comment-5223 I'm pretty sure the whole idea behind not accepting home schools is so when Timmy Smith wins he can't SAY he's homeschooled and keep all the loot for himself. I’m pretty sure the whole idea behind not accepting home schools is so when Timmy Smith wins he can’t SAY he’s homeschooled and keep all the loot for himself.

]]> By: Um, yeah, but.... http://www.sogoodblog.com/2008/05/27/subway-to-home-schooled-kids-get-lost/comment-page-1/#comment-3679 Um, yeah, but.... Wed, 04 Jun 2008 12:46:37 +0000 http://www.sogoodblog.com/?p=1021#comment-3679 Scholastic has a right to determine who is eligible for their contest, you're correct about that, but they could have, and should have come up with a contest that all school age children can participate in, and offered individual awards, instead of wanting only schools to participate. There is a perception out there that home schooled children are just being educated by themselves, and that their parents are doing so because they belong to some fringe element or another. Where I live, home schooled children belong to a co-op. They are required to use the local school system's materials, and they all get together as a class a couple of times a week, with the different parents taking turns teaching classes to the whole group according to what their special skills are. If Scholastic can make an award to an entire class based on the work of one child, they can also make an award to the entire local home school coop on the effort of one child, it's the same thing. Being home schooled doesn't exempt a student from gym classes or other sports requirements, either. If Scholastic wanted to make an award to a school sports program, they could also have done so by sponsoring the sports teams or athletic classes used by the local home school co-op or association. The bottom line is this, home school families eat subs, and they use Scholastic books in their curriculum, and excluding them like that has done neither company any favors. Scholastic should have come up with a more even handed approach... Scholastic has a right to determine who is eligible for their contest, you’re correct about that, but they could have, and should have come up with a contest that all school age children can participate in, and offered individual awards, instead of wanting only schools to participate. There is a perception out there that home schooled children are just being educated by themselves, and that their parents are doing so because they belong to some fringe element or another. Where I live, home schooled children belong to a co-op. They are required to use the local school system’s materials, and they all get together as a class a couple of times a week, with the different parents taking turns teaching classes to the whole group according to what their special skills are. If Scholastic can make an award to an entire class based on the work of one child, they can also make an award to the entire local home school coop on the effort of one child, it’s the same thing. Being home schooled doesn’t exempt a student from gym classes or other sports requirements, either. If Scholastic wanted to make an award to a school sports program, they could also have done so by sponsoring the sports teams or athletic classes used by the local home school co-op or association. The bottom line is this, home school families eat subs, and they use Scholastic books in their curriculum, and excluding them like that has done neither company any favors. Scholastic should have come up with a more even handed approach…

]]> By: Ryan http://www.sogoodblog.com/2008/05/27/subway-to-home-schooled-kids-get-lost/comment-page-1/#comment-3366 Ryan Wed, 28 May 2008 02:38:49 +0000 http://www.sogoodblog.com/?p=1021#comment-3366 Really, who cares? They should be able to exclude whoever they want from their contest. It's like saying that a random drawing requiring the people entering to be 18, a scholarship exclusively for African-Americans, or a company who runs a promotion where only members of their "club" are eligible are all discriminating against everyone else. What has this world come to? Companies trying to do a good thing should be able to put whatever terms they want into effect. Ohh.. and even if Subway removed the rule, would it be fair to give the "teacher" (parent) of the homeschooled kid five grand? Yeah, i'm sure they'd ramp up the athletic program they have going with that. Really, who cares? They should be able to exclude whoever they want from their contest.

It’s like saying that a random drawing requiring the people entering to be 18, a scholarship exclusively for African-Americans, or a company who runs a promotion where only members of their “club” are eligible are all discriminating against everyone else.

What has this world come to? Companies trying to do a good thing should be able to put whatever terms they want into effect. Ohh.. and even if Subway removed the rule, would it be fair to give the “teacher” (parent) of the homeschooled kid five grand? Yeah, i’m sure they’d ramp up the athletic program they have going with that.

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