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What Might Have Been

I know this is supposed to be humorous, but it’s probably the most depressing thing I’ve read in a while.

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  1. morgannels » Blog Archive » Charity

    […] But it also occurred to me that most elementary school students in this country don’t have to write thank you notes for their school supplies, and that’s probably the way it should be. That some do is why I find this so depressing yesterday. And I think this gets at something about Donors Choose’s approach that makes me a little uncomfortable, which is that the projects that the teachers define then have to compete against each other for donations, with these notes from deprived innocents as the enticement. I have this image in my mind of a geography teacher not being able to get new maps and globes for her class because its not an alluring enough project to potential donors. […]

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