Comments for Campaign for Commercial-Free Education http://www.commercialfreeeducation.com Sat, 05 Jul 2008 01:55:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 Comment on Minister for Education Defends Corporations’ Right to Target Children in School. by Minister for Education Defends Corporations’ Right to Target Children in Schools « People Before Profit http://www.commercialfreeeducation.com/archives/69#comment-31 Minister for Education Defends Corporations’ Right to Target Children in Schools « People Before Profit Mon, 28 Apr 2008 23:37:14 +0000 http://www.commercialfreeeducation.com/?p=69#comment-31 [...] Read full text of letter here [...] […] Read full text of letter here […]

]]> Comment on Open Letter: Oppose Tesco’s ‘Computers for Schools’ Voucher Scheme by niallsmyth http://www.commercialfreeeducation.com/archives/51#comment-25 niallsmyth Tue, 08 Apr 2008 15:47:05 +0000 http://www.commercialfreeeducation.com/?p=51#comment-25 "The customer gets vouchers for doing normal shopping"- not true, because if that was Tesco's intension then they'd just write a cheque to local school to which its customers children attend, hence rewarding existing shoppers and shopping volume. Howver, tokens, collection boxes, charts etc are all part of cynical marketing by Tesco, to gain new customers. The PR spin doctor from Tesco on Vincent Browne, TV3 recently claimed they don't count financial gain made doing this scheme- not to do so would be not be a very smart business practice. Token schemes are designed with sole purpose of cheap marketing for Tesco- they are the winner alright Debbie and I for one am proud to knock them and exposing them for what they do. In fact I agree the government should fund schools properly and not only that but ban these schemes from our schools altogether. “The customer gets vouchers for doing normal shopping”- not true, because if that was Tesco’s intension then they’d just write a cheque to local school to which its customers children attend, hence rewarding existing shoppers and shopping volume. Howver, tokens, collection boxes, charts etc are all part of cynical marketing by Tesco, to gain new customers. The PR spin doctor from Tesco on Vincent Browne, TV3 recently claimed they don’t count financial gain made doing this scheme- not to do so would be not be a very smart business practice. Token schemes are designed with sole purpose of cheap marketing for Tesco- they are the winner alright Debbie and I for one am proud to knock them and exposing them for what they do. In fact I agree the government should fund schools properly and not only that but ban these schemes from our schools altogether.

]]> Comment on Open Letter: Oppose Tesco’s ‘Computers for Schools’ Voucher Scheme by Debbie http://www.commercialfreeeducation.com/archives/51#comment-24 Debbie Tue, 08 Apr 2008 06:32:33 +0000 http://www.commercialfreeeducation.com/?p=51#comment-24 The customer gets vouchers for doing normal shopping they do not have to spend any more money or buy products they do not want. It may be a back handed advertisment for Tesco but at least they are supporting our schools. Why do 'we' as a nation have to knock the winner all the time. If the government spent the right amount of mmoney on schools and provide the right equipment to enable our up and coming generations to recieve the education they need to stay in touch then this sort of campaign would not need to happen. The customer gets vouchers for doing normal shopping they do not have to spend any more money or buy products they do not want. It may be a back handed advertisment for Tesco but at least they are supporting our schools.

Why do ‘we’ as a nation have to knock the winner all the time.

If the government spent the right amount of mmoney on schools and provide the right equipment to enable our up and coming generations to recieve the education they need to stay in touch then this sort of campaign would not need to happen.

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