Subway Sandwich Shops (and Scholastic Books) are sponsoring a writing contest for children which explicitly excludes home schools. Please contact Subway and let them know what you think. Perhaps a few weeks of boycotting Subway would bring them around. Looks like they could use a few homeschoolers on their editorial staff!
May 26, 2008 at 7:24 pm |
I hate that they are excluding homeschoolers but I do understand why. The grand prize is obviously intended for a large organization.
I don’t think that just because we’re homeschoolers we should be included in everything that public (or private) school children get. We obviously chose to homeschool for a reason, you know? We *are* different!
Just my 2 cents.
May 26, 2008 at 9:20 pm |
Thanks for writing. I appreciate your thoughts. I think there could have been a way around it–like saying the grand prize would have to go to an educational organization, ie: school, parent-run organization, homeschool support group, etc. In some areas, homeschool umbrella programs serve dozens of students who could certainly use athletic equipment. It was just too blatant an exclusion.
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