Six Flags launches children's literacy program

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Six Flags has launched its highly successful children's literacy program, Read to Succeed, for the 2003-04 school year. Six Flags theme parks will reward kids who read outside of the classroom. Six Flags Great America in Gurnee is one of the most active Read to Succeed parks, according to the company. Last year, Great America honored more students in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan and Wisconsin through the literacy program than ever before. More than 373,000 students and teachers from almost 3,000 schools in the five states participated in Read to Succeed and earned 400,163 free tickets to the park.

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Oh My God! They're giving away free tickets for a cause that benefits the community? The parks belong to enthusiasts and exist only for our pleasure. All of those kids in the program are going to add an average of 15.75 minutes of wait times during my day at the park! How will I get my 23,224nd ride on Superman? This sux!!11!!

*sarcasm*

Hoping that certain people will realize how lame they sound. SF is doing a really good thing. Its nice PR for them and its good for the community. And yes, it makes them money. Like others said, parents still pay for admission and because the family saved money on the kid's ticket, they will be more likely to open their wallets in other places during the day at the park. It benefits everyone.

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Cedar Point twice in one season? Not bad for a Californian. Trip #2- October 19

This has been around since I was in 4th grade.

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23,223rd ride. At least get it right. SUPERMAN!

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As Mitch always said, "If you had a freind who was a tightrope walker and he fell down just walking down the street, that would be completely unacceptable."
-Tomas

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