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Originally Posted by Jovvi
I think you are the one to make this a all or nothing situation! I never said none of the other kids were in it for the joy of reading, I said that by making it a competition that already have an allmost certain winner it could put of some kids that are slower reader and have not yet found that joy in books that this kid clearly already have found.
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Okay, so in your opinion there is a group that has found the joy of reading, and a group that hasn't found the joy of reading, and read slower. I'm a little unclear on why a kid that hasn't found the joy of reading would enter a contest won by whoever reads most books, other than pressure from parents, but fine, let's go with that.
The obvious conclusion is that none of those in the joyless group would win the 'who reads most books in 6 weeks' contest, because as you pointed out, they read slower. So what difference would it make if the winner is Tyler, or his brother, or whoever came in third if everyone knows for sure that the slow readers have no chance of winning?