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Subway Snubs Homeschoolers in Writing Contest
Apparently the fact that homeschoolers are proving to out do their counterparts in spelling bees, geography bees and math competitions makes them ineligible to enter Subway’s creative writing contest designed for school aged children.
Now I know that homeschoolers do tend to sound more intelligent than their chronological age, but that does not change the fact that they are school-aged? :-)
Seriously though, Subway’s creative writing contest does specifically exclude homeschoolers and this exclusion can be interpreted one of two ways . . .
Either Subway believes:
OR
Whether either of these two interpretations are valid, the fact is Subway’s decision to exclude homeschoolers is an affront to the homeschool community and should not be ignored.
Their claim, I am sure, is that they decided to exclude homeschoolers because the grand prize is $5000 of athletic equipment for the child’s school.
Subway, may I suggest that since homeschoolers do tend to be strong supporters of their community and heavily involved in community service, they could easily find a good home for the promised athletic equipment?
Next time you decide to run a contest, consider the ramifications of excluding over two million school aged children!
Many are calling for a boycott of Subway; however, I would add that we also need to make our voices heard. Click here to let Subway know how offensive they have been.
Or click here to enter the contest anyway.
But remember:
- NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. Contest is open only to legal residents of the Untied (sic) States who are currently over the age of 18 and have children who attend elementary, private or parochial schools that serve grades PreK-6. No home schools will be accepted.
. . . so if you do win, you may have to forfeit the prize.
But wouldn’t it be something if the top three selections were written by homeschoolers?
That would put them in an interesting spot wouldn’t it?
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May 27th, 2008 at 10:36 pm
Jessica,
“HSLDA just sent Subway a very eloquent letter. It’s posted on their website. We won’t be having our usual Saturday night subs there any longer.”
I saw this on a copy of this post at: http://forum.homeschool.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6364&PN=1