THE BORE
General => Video Game Bored => Topic started by: Madrun Badrun on September 14, 2007, 12:15:07 AM
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Imagine a video game shop that reinforces good grades instead of undermining them?
Well that's just what we found at one retail store along I-20 where the manager, who happens to be married to a teacher, asks kids about school before making a sale.
He's not exactly a video game MVP but he wants every school-age client to know about another set of letters.
"He needs to be reading a book. He knows how to play Madden before he knows how to do his ABCs and 123s - that's backwards!" said GameStop manager Brandon Scott.
Scott manages a popular GameStop in south Dallas - and started a new policy this summer on his own.
No school-age customer can buy a video game unless an adult confirms that the child's getting good grades in school.
GameStop doesn't endorse or even know about the good-grade rule.
"I'm probably going to get in trouble for this, but to me it's worth it, because the kids understand that somebody cares," said Scott.
So far, parents and other adults like the concept.
"Well it makes sense. Why reward a kid with a game when he's not doing good in school?" said customer Robert Coulter.
So far, Scott has refused about two dozen sales.
But he says most of the students come back later, with good grades, to make a purchase. :lol
And Scott has other unwritten policies.
"They know when they come in here, they do not curse, they do not use the N-word, pull your clothes up," Scott said. :lol
He's even pledged to buy any video for a student on one condition.
"If you give me straight As with your teachers signature, endorsing it and your parent up here, I'll buy you a brand new game," Scott said.
"I was like, man he's going lose his job! But no I don't think so because I think there's got to be a point at which you put the kids and the value of education over the dollar," said Ann Fields.
Who does he think he is, it's not his place to reward kids for doing good, its his job to try and push preorders!
Wilco make some calls and have this guy shit canned!
besides the only thing i read until grade 5 was text from games.
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He's even pledged to buy any video for a student on one condition.
"If you give me straight As with your teachers signature, endorsing it and your parent up here, I'll buy you a brand new game," Scott said.
He's cool for doing that.
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This idiot is gonna get fired. :lol
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There's a independent game store down in Portland, OR that will give kids $20 off a new game if they get a 3.5 or higher on their report card once every year.
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There's a independent game store down in Portland, OR that will give kids $20 off a new game if they get a 3.5 or higher on their report card once every year.
see thats not bad, up right refusal with out proof of a report card is off.
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Maybe you're just mad because you get bad grades.
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Shit, if this stops elementary age kids from playing shit like 50 Cent: Bulletproof, I'm all for it.
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WTFX?
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WTFX?
If you don't know, I work at an elementary school with lots of kids with original Xboxes. A lot of the boys that I work with in social groups love this fucking game...
I also work on an Indian reservation with pretty serious poverty and gang problems...
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WTFX?
If you don't know, I work at an elementary school with lots of kids with original Xboxes. A lot of the boys that I work with in social groups love this fucking game...
You could at least refer them to GTA instead of bullet proof! What kind of counselor are you, you should be setting these kids straight. :P
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WTFX?
If you don't know, I work at an elementary school with lots of kids with original Xboxes. A lot of the boys that I work with in social groups love this fucking game...
You could at least refer them to GTA instead of bullet proof! What kind of counselor are you, you should be setting these kids straight. :P
Yeah, they also play GTA. These are the kind of kids who shouldn't be playing these games. They're what Jack Thompson dreams of...