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Originally Posted by mycurlylocks
Competitions are nothing but contests by peer pressure. He wins, the other children dislike him. Not an example the libraries or teachers should set. Peer pressure in the schools usually causes some unstable young adults. You'd think the libraries would realize this too.
Every child that reads, deserves a prize. They don't have to make them large prizes, kids that age are happy with almost anything. Or a pizza party for all the contestants.
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According to the article, they do have a party at the end for everyone who reads more than 10 books. And the prizes for reading the most weren't exactly the stuff of legend either: water bottle, atlas, etc.
In fact, there seemed to be some ambiguity as to what their summer program was: the aide seemed to emphasize the competition aspect, while the librarian stressed that it was supposed to be a reading club.