Tag: Library
Brain Teaser Of The Day: The Strange Library
| In a certain library, no two books contain the same number of words, and the total number of books is greater than number of words in the largest book.
How many words does one of the books contain, and what is the book about? |
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9-Year Old Told By Librarian To Step Aside And Let Other Kids Win
In Obama’s America we punish those who work hard to achieve something and reward those who don’t.
“If you’re not first, you’re last,” the popular phrase by character Ricky Bobby in the film “Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby,” is being changed to “If you’re first too much, we will make you last” in some parts of the country. Over the past few years, adults are punishing children for succeeding in the supposed name of fairness so that losing kids are being propped up as “winners.”
Take for example 9-year old Hudson Falls, NY resident Tyler Weaver who read 63 books this summer to win the title of top reader of the Hudson Falls Library reading program. Since he was in kindergarten, Tyler has won every competition, a total of 373 books in 5 years. But Tyler’s winning streak might come to an end if library director Marie Gandron has her way.
According to ABC News 10 in New York, Ms. Gandron feels that Tyler needs to recuse himself from future competitions to give other children a chance to win. The contest rules state that, “each child is required to read books at their grade level, and once the child completes the book, a librarian quizzes them on the content to make sure they actually read the book.”
