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Personally, I would have loved this library when I was in kid.
There has been a lot of "team or group" talk in this thread. I was lousy at any type of sports, even team type of sports. If my team won, I sure didn't help them to win and everyone knew it! Being on the winning team didn't make me feel any type of accomplishment. It only made me relieved I hadn't caused them to lose. In academics I was better. If we teamed or grouped off, I knew I wouldn't ever cause a team to fail, but we all knew the kids who would. In my adult like, I personally hate being on a team of any kind, even playing cards.
Everyone is not the same. We all have different abilities and different motivations. This library, gives a party for everyone who reads a certain amount. I don't see the problem with giving an award to the overall winner. I would have loved to have a goal, that even if I never won, I would have known it was at least something realistic for me to try.
It appears, that this library offers two incentives:
1. The general party, to encourage all kids to read a minimum amount.
2. A prize for those who like competition.
To me, that seems to be the best of both worlds.
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