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Old 08-21-2013, 10:20 PM   #124
fjtorres
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Originally Posted by BWinmill View Post

A discussion like this may make sense if they were talking about writing competitions, because writing is an act of creation, but they aren't.
The Library director's objection wasn't that he was reading too many books (your consumption argument) but that he was succeeding too much, which makes it an achievement issue.

Her "solutions" aren't directed at stopping his "consumption" of books but at keeping him from further wins, further achievement. His offense was excelling too much at *her* game.
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