Subwaygate. They’re calling it Subwaygate now. Subway is having a contest and the grand prize winner gets ATHLETIC EQUIPMENT FOR YOUR CHILD’S SCHOOL ($5000 VALUE) (caps and emphasis mine). They are not giving away CASH, they are giving EQUIPMENT of a specified dollar amount. And some (drama-loving, imho) parents have taken offense, shrieking discrimination because the contest specifically says “No home schools will be accepted.”
This is not discrimination, people. This is a corporation setting the rules for a giveaway. They don’t *have* to give anything - corporations reinvest funds back into the business all the time. Corporations make private donations all the time.
My children are homeschooled and I do not want $5000 worth of equipment, thankyouverymuch. We already have a corner full of toys that go untouched, why would I want to add to that? And honestly, I want to know what YOU are going to do with $5000 worth of equipment. (Unless you’re the Duggar family. Then? Totally understandable.)
Here’s an idea: instead of slamming Subway for a perceived slight why not email them and ask for a homeschool *specific* contest? Perhaps with a prize more geared to a homeschool family, such as a package of zoo/museum passes, amusement park passes (nothing like going to Disney when all the drones are in school, baby), books and manipulatives.
While you’re stewing over that idea, I want you to take a deep breath. Step away from The Drama. It’s doing nothing but raising your blood pressure and generally making you unpleasant to be around. Remember:
Offense is taken. Please practice portion control.
My much beloved Tag Suggest Thing does indeed work with WordPress 2.5. It just doesn’t LOOK like it’s working.
Wait. Let me back up a bit and explain. The plugin suggests tags using the Yahoo! term extraction api. You click “get tag suggestions” then either click the term or “add all”. With previous versions of WordPress and the Tag Suggest Thing, the suggested tags were auto-inserted into the WordPress tags form. With WordPress 2.5, this does not LOOK like it is happening. The tag line remains blank.
HOWEVER.
The tags are still being inserted, as you’ll learn when you click the handy dandy little “add” tag in the WordPress tags box. You’ll have to deselect “add new tag”, but that’s a small price to pay for a bit of laziness.
Now go forth and be tagless no more.
