Sam and Le1a
Should we really call it a book fair? Statistics show that more kids buy stuff, like posters or erasers. And those are a lot more expensive than the books.
"The books are actually pretty expensive, too!" says a reporter of class 5-316. "The books are good, also." But, the stuff is double the price of the books. That's not right.
The average amount of money kids spend on stuff is up to $30! We interviewed students from the 5th grade and this is what they spent.
"STUFF" PRICE AVERAGES:
$6.00-15.00 on posters
$3.99$ on fake phones
$0.50-$3.00 on erasers
$0.50-$3.00 on bookmarks
$50.00 on a lunch box
$5.00 for 2 highlighters or a pack of metallic markers
$3.00 on a pencil/eraser/sharpener
Not everyone is buying the books, though. Most kids find the "stuff" addicting and buy it. Even the class journalists, honestly. It may look fun and cool at first, but really, it is a waste of money- or quoted from a class journalist, "It is a bunch of overpriced lousy cheap-quality junk."
It´s not just that, though. Do you think the parents are okay with giving their kids a lot of money, just to buy junk? Yeah, 20$ to buy a fake phone, at a BOOK FAIR.
But maybe a fake phone is better than... a Poop Fountain, a book available at the fair.
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