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Re: Sept/Oct LEGO Magazine
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lugnet.lego.direct
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Thu, 19 Sep 2002 08:58:46 GMT
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In lugnet.loc.uk, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> In lugnet.loc.uk, David Graham writes:
> > I received my September/October LEGO club magazine today and I am amazed at
> > how rude the replies are to the letters that children have written.
> > If children take the trouble to write they could at least be given a
> > courteous reply.
> These Q and As were also seen in the latest issue of the magazine we get in
> the states as well...
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> I agree with your assessment, David, except that I'm not sure that just
> ignoring questions is good. Better to answer them but, if the info can't be
> given, say so, don't give flip answers. Kids are smarter than some adults
> realise, my son rolled his eyes and said "why are they doing this"...
This is appalling. When did this patronising of children start? When I was
young I don't remember suffering this sort of thing. I remember reading my
dad's Eagle annuals from when he was a child (60's) and they had
fantastically detailed information about science and technology subjects. I
have no idea what age group they were aimed at except to suspect that the
concept of 'aiming' them would be completely alien to the writers but I had
no problems with them at the age of 7 or 8.
Children are intelligent and naturally able to assimilate information
quickly. I would venture to suggest that Lego-playing children and those
from within that group who can put together a very coherent question and ask
it of TLC are even more so.
As I say, appalling.
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| (...) Now hang on... I think "appalling" is a little too strong. (...) I'm not sure that I agree that the copy in question is "patronising". We do a lot of testing with the magazines (nearly every issue if I'm not mistaken) and fun stuff like the (...) (22 years ago, 19-Sep-02, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| "Simon Bennett" <simon.bennett@ntlworld.com> wrote in message news:H2oGxy.Mv1@lugnet.com... (...) at (...) Don't you mean the July/August UK issue? I have just received the Sept/Oct UK issue, with HP on the front, and have to say that the Ask (...) (22 years ago, 10-Oct-02, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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