Comments on The Dad Man: Clean up Scholastic's book clubs

As someone who has been involved in education and ...

2010-10-07T06:04:29.318-07:00

As someone who has been involved in education and publishing since the beginning of my career, I can tell you that there are a fair amount of students who aren't interested in reading or picking up a book. While I would always want my child to pick a book from the book club order form, I know he will because I instilled a love of reading in him from a very young age. What about those children that will only be interested in these non-book items because no one did that for them? Appealing to them gets them interested and hopefully, they will pick up a book after they've been drawn in by something else. Additionally, you are the parent. If you don't want your child to select a non-book item from the book club tell them so.

The items for sale are purchased at the parents di...

2009-03-13T09:30:00.000-07:00

The items for sale are purchased at the parents discretion. If you do not want your child to have a certain item then simply do not purchase that item. There are still many books and healthy choices on the scholastic pages to choose from. Its okay to tell your children NO.

Scholastic book clubs are a fact of life in our sc...

2009-02-25T15:11:00.000-08:00

Scholastic book clubs are a fact of life in our schools, and the idea of them doesn't bother me. They often offer bargains on some good books, and I believe these book clubs allow kids to own books who might not otherwise have the opportunity. But Joe's absolutely right about some of the dreck that's part of the package. I have two young daughters who regularly bring these order forms home. I'll be sure to act on this -- thanks for the info.

We should fund our public schools adequately with ...

2009-02-10T16:52:00.000-08:00

We should fund our public schools adequately with tax dollars. Anything less than full funding encourages principals to be resourceful, and that leads to commercialism in school. If I were a principal and it was a choice between Spongebob marketing and funding my sports teams or reducing class size, I'd hold my nose and pick Spongebob.