This is what i get in an ebay search?

[redwing112395]

Please move if needed.
Bored out of my mind here waitin til i can go to the gym with some buds. I thought id do some scrolling through on ebay for some nice steals! :devil: This is what comes up when i searched for higher end cards............
http://www.ebay.com/itm/first-stude...t=US_Hockey_Trading_Cards&hash=item1c1e5c923e
who bids on this!?!?!?!?!?!

 

[golgo13]

Seems legitimate

 

[dwilton27]

LMAO!!! That is hilarious.

 

[hederman]

See here: http://www.weissschool.org/

Private school usually means rich parents who will do anything for Timmy or Jane to have a leg up on everyone else. Plus, it's not a bad fund raising idea.

 

[redwing112395]

yes but this symbolizes todays impatience and laziness with our youth. Is it really worth 500 dollars to be first in lunch? C'mon just wait your turn brats.

 

[habsheaven]

When I was a kid it would have also entitled the winner to a free punch in the head if he thought he was getting in front of me. lol

 

[canucksfreak19]

That is horrible.

 

[hederman]

yes but this symbolizes todays impatience and laziness with our youth. Is it really worth 500 dollars to be first in lunch? C'mon just wait your turn brats.

The kids aren't the bidders, it's the parents. A LOT of the problems with kids these days is the result of lax parenting. Kids aren't born lazy, it's acquired.

 

[DogfoodSoup]

I think the person that wins should rent out the pass to another student on a daily or weekly basis to turn a profit.

 

[Craig2]

yes but this symbolizes todays impatience and laziness with our youth. Is it really worth 500 dollars to be first in lunch? C'mon just wait your turn brats.

If $500 means to these people what $10 might mean to others, then I think the money involved becomes meaningless.

I don't have any issue with paying a lot of money for my kids to go to private schools, but I do think this is excessive. I like the earlier mention of a punch in the head - I can see something like that happening.

 

[hederman]

If $500 means to these people what $10 might mean to others, then I think the money involved becomes meaningless.

I don't have any issue with paying a lot of money for my kids to go to private schools, but I do think this is excessive. I like the earlier mention of a punch in the head - I can see something like that happening.

Hoenstly, I think this has less to do with having your kid first in line, getting first choice locker, best parking spot, etc. than it does trying to raise money for the school. Yes, it's a private school, and the tuition is $13,500/year, but that's not a lot of money when you have to pay faculty, run extracurriculars, etc., without federal/state funds. Thus, they need to raise extra dollars, and while people are less willing to donate flat out, they will if they think they can get something in return, no matter how trivial that something is.

Just look at the last HI contest. How many people didn't/don't donate to the site until there's a prize involved.

 

[Craig2]

Hoenstly, I think this has less to do with having your kid first in line, getting first choice locker, best parking spot, etc. than it does trying to raise money for the school. Yes, it's a private school, and the tuition is $13,500/year, but that's not a lot of money when you have to pay faculty, run extracurriculars, etc., without federal/state funds. Thus, they need to raise extra dollars, and while people are less willing to donate flat out, they will if they think they can get something in return, no matter how trivial that something is.

Just look at the last HI contest. How many people didn't/don't donate to the site until there's a prize involved.

Yeah, I do see the point there for sure. We were looking at some private schools for next year and the tuition amounts seem shocking, but like you said it's tough to run a school without funding.