[Newsbot]

Title: Idaho teacher sells advertising space on tests
Category: Uncle Sam
Posted By: snookums
Date: 2009-03-25 17:56:52

[WildDevastator]

Well i say its a good idea! It also depends what kind of advertisement

[Brenda]

$1:

"It crosses a line," said Susan Linn, a Harvard psychologist and director of the Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood. "When teachers start becoming pitchmen for products, children suffer and their education suffers as well."

You have a better idea, miss Smartypants?
When schools can't supply paper, who do you think will suffer? You?

[rawmeat]

Children in school are subjected to adds all day long, be it on the internet or TV, or on the vending machines all over the school. Adds that actually help pay for the the paper they take test on, I think is a great idea. Who does it hurt? Adds are everywhere, a couple more on school paper can't hurt. Great originality. And if it gets the supplies that are needed, how can anyone object? IMHO

[Strutz]

How pathetic. Teachers paying for their own classroom supplies? Cuts to funding from the State? It's a shame that they must resort to selling ad space to generate income for basic needs. Gee, public education...you can't beat it.

[dino_bobba_renno]

WildDevastator WildDevastator:

Well i say its a good idea! It also depends what kind of advertisement

I heard tell that McDonalds was advertising in some schools on tests. Like they need more.

[Public_Domain]

[Thanos]

I guess the schools need to make up the shortfall in cash after they got rid of all the vending machines.

BTW, the correct answer for question #30 on the final exam is "Pepsi".

[ShepherdsDog]

Brenda Brenda:

$1:

"It crosses a line," said Susan Linn, a Harvard psychologist and director of the Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood. "When teachers start becoming pitchmen for products, children suffer and their education suffers as well."

You have a better idea, miss Smartypants?
When schools can't supply paper, who do you think will suffer? You?

A few years ago, I was told there was a problem with teachers who were doing Amway here in Taiwan as a side line. The more you bought from the teacher, the more chance your kid had of getting a better mark. That was quashed and they found another gimmick...extra classes after school for cash, but a lot of the material on final exams was what was only covered in the extra classes.

[Ripcat]

dino_bobba_renno dino_bobba_renno:

WildDevastator WildDevastator:

Well i say its a good idea! It also depends what kind of advertisement

I heard tell that McDonalds was advertising in some schools on tests. Like they need more.

They need to ensure they educate a new generation of assistant restaurant managers that are happy making 25k a year.

[sandorski]

Fund schools! This is what happens when people put Idiots into Office.

[bootlegga]

Thanos Thanos:

BTW, the correct answer for question #30 on the final exam is "Pepsi".