Grandparents Day

@RubyHawk (99405)
Atlanta, Georgia
September 16, 2016 4:54pm CST
My sister called me yesterday while on her way home from grandparents day at school. She said the school played a good one on grandparents. They were having their book sale on the same day. Of course the grandparents bought their grand children books. She said all the books were bought and the teachers were overjoyed. It was the first time ever, that all books were sold. All the shelves were completely cleaned out and teachers were patting each other on the back. I wondered why someone hadn't come up with this idea before. I believe their book sales are not usually well received and I'm sure the school will remember this in the future. Any grandparents going to grandparents day at school are forewarned, be prepared to purchase books on grandparents day.
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DianneN
@DianneN (247186)
• United States
17 Sep 16
Those teachers are crafty! We did the same on parent visiting day. I'm a firm believer in reading, and obviously, so are all grandmothers!
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Ruby Hawk
@RubyHawk (99405)
• Atlanta, Georgia
17 Sep 16
This grandmother is a firm believer in reading. All my grands enjoy reading, well, one not so much, but all the others read, and one is an author.
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DianneN
@DianneN (247186)
• United States
17 Sep 16
@RubyHawk That is fabulous! I used to beg the parents of my special education students to read to and with their children every night. I may as well have been speaking to my armpits!
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Ruby Hawk
@RubyHawk (99405)
• Atlanta, Georgia
18 Sep 16
@DianneN I can't understand it. I know parents are busy working and caring for children. But you would think anyone could take 30 minutes to read to a child.
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s sivasubrahmanyam
@shivamani10 (11035)
• Hyderabad, India
17 Sep 16
It is a kind of entertaining the children along with parents and grandparents.
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s sivasubrahmanyam
@shivamani10 (11035)
• Hyderabad, India
18 Sep 16
@RubyHawk When they have invited the grandparents it implies that the parents should bring the grandparents. Who will bring them to the function other than their own sons and daughters?. I am talking about the cases in general.In most of the cases, the grandparents will not be in a position to attend without anybody's assistance.
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Ruby Hawk
@RubyHawk (99405)
• Atlanta, Georgia
19 Sep 16
@shivamani10 Really, I've never heard that . Parents and grandparents go separately to our schools, It's a special day set aside for each one to visit with the children.
Ruby Hawk
@RubyHawk (99405)
• Atlanta, Georgia
18 Sep 16
I'm not sure parents were included. When my grands were little the days were separate. We went to the children's rooms and ate lunch with them in the lunchroom. it was a lot of fun to meet their teachers and classmates.
Marlina
@marlina (154131)
• Canada
17 Sep 16
I don't understand why the school is selling the books??
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s sivasubrahmanyam
@shivamani10 (11035)
• Hyderabad, India
18 Sep 16
They are learning from whom? These cheap tactics are in India also. Are they learning such methods from each other or they are born with such mean mentality? If they had done it earlier some students would have got their books without spending some money.
Ruby Hawk
@RubyHawk (99405)
• Atlanta, Georgia
17 Sep 16
I suppose they are used books from the school library. Maybe they have new books coming in and need to move some older books out.
Marie
@Tampa_girl7 (50184)
• United States
22 Sep 16
That was good for their book sale.
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Ruby Hawk
@RubyHawk (99405)
• Atlanta, Georgia
23 Sep 16
Absolutely, they sold all books that were for sale, so I understood.
Valerie J. Routhieaux
@just4him (317040)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
17 Sep 16
That's a great idea! I don't think it's that the book fairs aren't a success or well received, just ill timed.
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Ruby Hawk
@RubyHawk (99405)
• Atlanta, Georgia
18 Sep 16
That could be it. If grandparents or parents are at the school, books will sell. I guess nobody thought of it before.
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Valerie J. Routhieaux
@just4him (317040)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
21 Sep 16
@RubyHawk Then it's time somebody did.
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Ruby Hawk
@RubyHawk (99405)
• Atlanta, Georgia
21 Sep 16
@just4him yes, it's a good thing.
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Claudia Kirkland
@CRK109 (14556)
• United States
17 Sep 16
That's too funny! They finally figured out the one thing that works in selling those books! Great for the school and for the children as well! I love it!
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Claudia Kirkland
@CRK109 (14556)
• United States
18 Sep 16
@RubyHawk And I can imagine the looks of wonder on their faces as they begin the journey into a new book!
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Ruby Hawk
@RubyHawk (99405)
• Atlanta, Georgia
19 Sep 16
@CRK109 I wish good books to all children.
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Ruby Hawk
@RubyHawk (99405)
• Atlanta, Georgia
18 Sep 16
Looks like someone would have thought of it before, but you can bet they wont forget it next time. I can imagine those kids carrying out armloads of books.
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bonnie
@bunnybon7 (50973)
• Holiday, Florida
18 Sep 16
haha what a great idea they had.
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Ruby Hawk
@RubyHawk (99405)
• Atlanta, Georgia
19 Sep 16
Wasn't it great? they should have done it before.
Judy Evans
@JudyEv (339464)
• Rockingham, Australia
17 Sep 16
That was a great sales gimmick wasn't it? As you said, it's a wonder it wasn't thought of before.
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Ruby Hawk
@RubyHawk (99405)
• Atlanta, Georgia
17 Sep 16
Grandparents day is a perfect time for selling books, probably a good deal, too.
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ingrid
@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
17 Sep 16
i think the grandparents day here in my place is not well-celebrated on. but when mother's or father's day is announced, we celebrate it with much enthusiasm
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Ruby Hawk
@RubyHawk (99405)
• Atlanta, Georgia
18 Sep 16
Actually it's only a special day set aside for grandparents to visit their grand children's school. Parents are invited on another day. They never had a book sale when we attended, but it's a very good idea.
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