The dumbing down of America

monster · 10-19-2009, 09:50 PM

Remember the African windmill boy who tried to sneak into school (IOTD) ...maybe "taking education away" will ensure the kids value what they are getting more and have a positive effect overall.

At our swim club, we have learned that no-one values what is free.

We cover an economically challenged area, but the maximum scholarship we give for financial hardship is 50%. This has been our policy for maybe 6 years. We want to allow hard-up kids to swim for nothing, but if we offer them full scholarships, they don't show up -taking places of kids who really do want to swim, and when they do they mess about and disrupt everyone's time. make them pay some and they become dedicated.

until this year, we charge kids 1 & 2 in a family fullprice, 50% for kid #3 and free for the rest. The rest tooks spots and didn't show and messed about. This year we went 100% 75% and 50% for the first three, and $10/each for the rest. worked like a charm.

maybe Hawaii has the right idea -you don't know what you've got 'til it's gone.....

10-19-2009, 09:50 PM	#10
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	Remember the African windmill boy who tried to sneak into school (IOTD) ...maybe "taking education away" will ensure the kids value what they are getting more and have a positive effect overall. At our swim club, we have learned that no-one values what is free. We cover an economically challenged area, but the maximum scholarship we give for financial hardship is 50%. This has been our policy for maybe 6 years. We want to allow hard-up kids to swim for nothing, but if we offer them full scholarships, they don't show up -taking places of kids who really do want to swim, and when they do they mess about and disrupt everyone's time. make them pay some and they become dedicated. until this year, we charge kids 1 & 2 in a family fullprice, 50% for kid #3 and free for the rest. The rest tooks spots and didn't show and messed about. This year we went 100% 75% and 50% for the first three, and $10/each for the rest. worked like a charm. maybe Hawaii has the right idea -you don't know what you've got 'til it's gone..... __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

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