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Originally Posted by rkomar
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.
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This.
This is not some Harrison Bergeron-esque morality play where the librarian is objecting because someone is better than the other kids and everyone should be equal. She's objecting because the program is not helping the rest of the kids read. This comes from using a winner-takes-all approach to encourage everyone to read, which is a stupid approach when you want *everyone* to read.
We have grades in schools, but it's not like only the valedictorian is allowed to graduate.