Charlie and I wanted to share another book in the Tuttle Twins series this book is The Tuttle Twins and the Medals of Merit by Connor Boyack (Author), Elijah Stanfield (Illustrator). We received this book in exchange for this review. Inside this post is our affiliate links. If you click on the links and make a purchase I will make a small percentage from the products you purchase.
Charlie and I sat down this morning to read The Tuttle Twins and the Medals of Merit and Charlie said our friend Aryani might enjoy this book because the people on the cover were running and doing track events which she does in school. I told Charlie I thought she would as well.
I like how the Author reminds us there #Homeschooled and you can still be on a PE Team and even form your own team. I love how the Coach motivates the students and uses positive quotes to get the best out of the kids.
The children meet the new Director who has a disabled daughter and uses a point system which is new to everyone. They had to fill out a form that didn’t make much sense when coming to sport. The event began and nothing made sense.
People won even though others had done better. In the relay race the Tuttle’s team came in first but another team with a girl in a wheelchair was declared the winner. This wasn’t fair or right to the Tuttle’s team.
Ribbons were handed out with “I Care or I Won”. Coach Eric was furious. Kids were mad but the Director said if you complain you don’t care about others and are selfish. You don’t care about the underprivileged and will lose 20 points in the next compitition.
Then she says she will be removing the old trophies because they were won under the old system of inequality. I must say Charlie and I weren’t sure we would have liked this Director and we most likely would have quit the team.
They kids get near the College and a protest is happening. We learn about Karl Marx and how they don’t want Sowell to speak. The kids figure out what the Director was up to and how to answer the questions on the questionnaire to win the races.
Thomas Sowell reminds them that pointing out the absurdity of a truth is to point out the absurdity of the error which isn’t always enough. Coach Eric tells the team to carry him across the field. Mr. Sowell teaches the kids about the United States and its’ new Independence.
We learn about Socialism. The kids jump on the Coach’s back and tell him to carry them. Doesn’t seem fair does it? Now, we learn about communism. Lots of the teams became discouraged but the Tuttle’s team performed to the best of there abilities and there Coach kept track of there scores.
A girl in a wheelchair won but was embarrassed because she didn’t want to win because of her disability. She lets the Tuttle’s know she has a idea to change the system back. Everyone decides to revolt. The kids teach the director ” diversity, equity, and inclusion.”
Through the story we learn a disability doesn’t have to stop you. You just need to do things differently and fairly and everyone wins. If Charlie was still #Homeschooling we would have used this book to start our own Track team and included everyone.
About:
What happens when fairness is flipped on its head?
Ethan and Emily Tuttle are about to find out at the most unusual track meet they’ve ever seen. The twins face a new challenge: a competition where effort and ability take a backseat to identity and circumstances.
For some people, striving for excellence doesn’t mean what it once did. But as Marxist ideas spread throughout society, can Ethan and Emily champion the cause of merit in a system bent on equal outcomes?
Despite a century of Marxist catastrophes throughout the world, a new brand of Marxism is rearing its ugly head and taking the world by storm. Join Ethan and Emily as they learn about these flawed ideas and how we can stop them from spreading in our day
About: Connor Boyack
Connor Boyack is president of Libertas Institute, free market think tank. In that capacity, he has spearheaded dozens of successful policy reforms in areas such as education reform, civil liberties, government transparency, business deregulation, personal freedom, and more.
Connor has published over 40 books and sold over 5 million copies. He is best known for The Tuttle Twins books, a children’s series introducing young readers to economic, political, and civic principles. He is also executive producer of the Tuttle Twins animated cartoon series.
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Glenda, Charlie and David Cates
