I am a big believer in education. Going to school is not my favorite - it disrupts life too much - but I do see it as essential so we live with it. I also believe that a parents involvement in education is paramount. So I try to be involved and supportive of all the programs the school thinks up to educate my children. Some things I whole heartedly agree with, others, well not so much. Mini society falls into both categories.
So ever since kindergarten Taylor has been excited to be in the 5th grade so he can do Mini society. I've been looking forward to it too - kind of- part of me has also been dreading it. It's the lazy, tight wad part of me that's not so excited. But I guess the excited part of me has prevailed because I now have a freezer full of 6 of those big buckets of ice cream, 20 liters of rootbeer as well as chocolate syrup, sprinkles, cookie crumbs and enough cups and spoons to feed an army. Hopefully that is what we will do, that is if Taylor's business model proves to be successful.
So now mini society is over - so I though I would report. It was a success. Taylor did really well. He sold ice cream sundaes, rootbeer floats, candy, and paper mache. He also hauled over our air hockey and Foosball table and sold time on that. He sold quite a lot and had a blast doing it. I think he did learn a bit about business and finance although I don't think he got the concept of watching his overhead. My guess is things would be a bit different if it wasn't mom's money he was spending. The neighboring stores would have suffered too since they ran out of cups and spoons pretty early on. Being the kind soul that he is Taylor gave them some. Once again it is easy to be kind and giving when it's moms money. I on the other hand tend to think a bit more like a hard businessman - if they didn't come prepared and spend enough of their mom's money on cups and spoons too bad for them - nothing personal, it's just business.
Mini Society is a lot of fun and a great learning experience - it is kind of messed up that you spend real money to buy supplies that you sell for fake "minibucks". But I guess what I was really buying was a smarter son - and in that case I got a great deal.
Monday, May 17, 2010
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