In message , John Jones
writes

"Iris Cohen" wrote in message
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Not yet. That's why I was soliciting advice here.

I object to the programs because it's all over-priced junk that
I'm expected to badger my co-workers and neighbors into buying.
The school only gets a small percentage of the money, and they
use techniques that I consider unfair to pressure kids (me
actually) into making sales: Any kid who doesn't sell at least
$300 of this junk has to sit in study hall with the other losers
while their classmates go to a party.

Horror. You're joking. I had all of this sort of thing while Hazel was
in primary school and I refused to do it. If I could afford whatever it
was (raffle tickets usually) I bought them myself.

The catalogues came in the form of book catalogues but we were never
pressurised into buying. The other thing I absolutely refused to do was
collect coupons for schools.

What you're saying has just shaken me to the roots. I don't know what
300 dollars is in UK pounds or Euros but its a lot of money in any
currency.

I've offered to just give the school $300.00 if they'd just leave
us alone and not punish my little girls for under-performing, but
they won't go for it.

Can you change schools Jeff?

At any rate, I'm gonna help her raise the thumbelina bonsai kit,
and also help her pick one of my potensai so she'll get a more
realistic idea of what it's all about.

What does the word potensai mean? I've seen it used a lot now.

Sincerely, Chris
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Chris McMillan
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