Comment on The USA spends $15k/student annually which is 30% higher than the global median. Why do U.S. schools have "fundraisers" where kids are incentivized to sell stuff to people?

theotherbelow@lemmynsfw.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

In my experience the outfits target schools to exploit the children’s relationship and free labor with family. We are talking incredibly low quality junk you cannot find at stores or really even online.

At my school the goal was to sell like $1000 worth a crap to get a limo ride to a local restaurant.

6,7,8 year old etc do not have a value of wealth. “Oh daddy/mommy/grandpa, I really really want the limo ride” etc.

There’s no legitimate reason for such a thing to exist other than pure exploitation. After experiencing that I would demand to opt out for my children.

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