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Originally Posted by fjtorres
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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His offense was making the competition useless for promoting reading among the rest of the kids, who could probably use some prodding in that direction. The seven-book-a-day kid doesn't need any more encouragement to read. I really don't see the need to bring the tall poppy syndrome into this.