Meredith grumps:
... I don't take kindly to manipulation, particularly when one of my kids is sent home from school with a 22-page student handbook (it's on 8 1/2 by 11-inch paper), and the child is told that if one parent reads the whole thing aloud to the student, has both of them sign it and then returns the signature page to class the very next day, the child will get a chance to win a prize. ...