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Originally Posted by rkomar
If the point of the contest is to encourage children to read rather than to pick a clear winner, then I can see why the director is annoyed. If the other kids stop participating because they have no chance of competing, then the whole plan falls apart.
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Winning without effort is not the best method for preparing children for life.
Making it a contest implies one must compete, and there is for many a chance to compete if they really try.
A challenge is something different. Challenge everybody to read 10 books and have secondary prize for 5. That would give a lot of children a chance for a prize. Still there would be just as many discouraged. Imagine the how poor slow reader who couldn't read four books or even worse couldn't answer the questions would feel if everyone got an award but them.
Helen