Well, I can speak for myself when I say I cut class most of the time so I would have never stood a chance, but my main question is this....
Does something like this teach reals goals to a HS kid? Read on.....
CASPER, Wyoming — Public schools often reward excellent attendance with movie tickets, gas vouchers and iPods. But some United States students are now hitting the ultimate teenage jackpot: They have won cars or trucks just for going to school.
Last spring, 16-year-old Kaytie Christopherson won a brand-new $28,000 pickup truck, with an MP3 player, for near-perfect school attendance.
"I take it everywhere," the high school junior said.
School districts in several states are now giving away vehicles, which usually are awarded through drawings open only to students with good attendance.
Thursday, November 30, 2006
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crap, it's crap.
you know the reward for going to class? not fuck'n failing! increased chance of success in life! Not being punished by parents!
a car, what ever.
At my high school they gave away two brand new Huffy 10 speed bicycles for prefect attendance. Oddly enough I had perfect attendance, but felt the idea of being the recipient of a new Huffy in front of the whole school to be a fate worse than death. Some one else won, and I was so very thankful… You would think this incident would have taught me a lesson, but it happened on more than one occasion. I think ultimately I was always in school only because the alternative was even worse!
tell us how you really feel PJ.
isn't that one of the points of this forum, to express my true feelings without worrying about whether or not i'm going to offend my audeince?
who the hell is paying for the truck and all this other crap? if they're taking it out of the school budget, the taxpayers should be pissed. you want to raise my property taxes so you can give some kid a truck and an MP3 player, fuck that.
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