I confess that I am IRRITATED. Today was my children's first day of school. FIRST DAY. They came home with "All about me" papers, were excited about being able to eat in the lunchroom for the first time, and handed me a 5,000 page brochure full of things to buy for their "BACK TO SCHOOL FUNDRAISER!" Attached was a letter trying to guilt all the parents into buying magazines, Happenings Books, cookie dough and who knows what else?
And here's the kicker: The kids only get prizes if they sell more than ten items. TEN! COME ON! A roll of wrapping paper is 15.00!
NOOOOOO. It gets better: Only 45% of the proceeds go to the school. So my children come home excited about harassing our elderly neighbors into buying crap they don't want so that MY kids can get a fifty-cent kaleidoscope out of the deal. And their school gets 45%.
ARE YOU KIDDING ME?
I have a headache. I knew getting the kids back into school would have a downside, and I think this is IT.
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