AIBU to think this was bad form?

[CocacolaMum]

Dd came home from school today really pleased with herself because she was (in her words) chosen out of all the children in her class to receive a ticket to a Christmas crafts fayre at a local arena because she had done some lovely writing.

I was really chuffed for her until I looked at the ticket.

It's a childs ticket only. So presumably the promoters of this fayre have given the school the tickets knowing that the child will need to be accompanied by an adult who will have to pay for a full price ticket which is double the cost of the childrens ticket.

I am not averse to saying no to my dd but I do feel a bit pissed off that I have been put into this position.

YANBU

That's a pretty piss poor prize

... either that or the teacher's nicked the adult ticket ;-)

How crap. I wouldn't be at all pleased if one of my dc received such a prize. Especially as I have two other dc.
On another note, I don't really think giving prizes out for good writing is a good idea. Plenty of children have problems with writing, so wouldn't get picked.

YANBU. I imagine there are lots of parents out there who simply wouldn't be able to afford it let alone all the crap one is expected to fork out for at these things and would have to say no. Quite manipulative, IMO.

YANBU

I don't really think giving prizes out for good writing is a good idea. Plenty of children have problems with writing, so wouldn't get picked.

I understand the sentiment behind that ^^ but in reality it's not wrong to give children a goal/incentive to try harder.

Anyway, if a child has problems with writing they'll no doubt be good at something else.

WaitMonkey, children could win a prize for writing while not being the best at writing- they could have tried harder than usual and done THEIR best. I'm a teacher and children get rewards for work all the time and it's not just the children working at the highest level who get recognition for their work.

Do a sad- face story for the local rag and embarrass the organisers into giving you a freebie.

waitmonkey it was basically meant as a reward for doing work she didn't need to I think. She is 7 so initially said "it was for good writing" but having questioned her further....

she's in the choir and spent some time after she had finished other work in class writing her own song about remembrance day so although she said it was for writing I think it was more for working on her own initiative and showing a keen interest in what they were doing.

Eeeeeh!! Well I think that it's a bit cheeky of them to only give you a child's ticket!!

Hmm be prepared to bump into a couple of ....teachers there yanbu