Gamestop's head office didn't even know he was doing it. I wonder what they're going to say about it (probably not much since the public loves the idea and Gamestop would look bad if they put an end to the policy).

If a child is doing poorly in school, it is the responsibility of the child and his/her parents, not a manager of a game store.

The hyperbole fun one could have with this is almost amazing.  "Sorry ma'am, I need to see your last paycheck before I sell you this big screen TV."  "I need to have you stand on this scale before I sell you that twinkie."

Although as past video gamers are growing up and starting families themselves, I wonder how long it will be before the mentality of "video games damage education" disappears.

All that's going on here is that a kid who gets straight A's gets a free game correct? I don't think it's that bad and actually kind of nice of the guy. It either lets the smart kids/kids who try get a free game or even make a little bit of money of the idiots. Either way, the world is right.

It's in no way a negative thing. He's encouraging kids to do better in school, so I don't see why everyone's being dicks about it.

Yeah, ok, it's not his place to demand grades from kids...but in a world where everything is regulated and nothing is personal...I think it's nice that a guy cares about education enough to encourage kids to do better in school in order to get a free game.

It's like Book It from Pizza Hut. The whole school was on that program in grade school...get enough reading time in a certain amount of time, and you get a free personal pan pizza! It was a big deal for kids...definitely encouraged reading and education.

Unlike that Accelerated Reader program...BARF. We had to read a certain amount of books within the month, and had mini quizzes on the computer to see if we really read and understood the books. Then you earned points towards prizes...the more you read, the better the prizes. The prizes weren't that great though...mainly candy and toys...with the cool electronics requiring a LOT of points. The problem was, we had a certain requirement of points each period...so it got tedious to have to read so many books out of necessity...I was a slower reader and preferred reading on my own time, and what I wanted to read. Certain books were worth more points, so of course we were all reading the impossibly huge books. Eh...not enjoyable at all. No free pizza involved.

I agree with Words Of Wisdom, it is completely up to the parents to manage things like this, of course my parents did such a good job disciplining me that I was taken aback the first time I heard that a teacher can PADDLE (physically injure) a child that is not their biological offspring. Don't get my wrong, I got hit with a yardstick if I misbehaved, or I had to "sit on the chair" (time out?). But I've never felt that anyone one should strike a child for discipline sake if they are not a legal guardian of that child. If I was a kid and a clerk said "I can't sell you this game you got a C in gym." My parents would have escorted me out (probably gone back in and told the guy to F off. Then we'd go somewhere else to buy the game, and we (my parents and I) would have a discussion about how wrong it is for someone to do something like that.

It's not the place of anyone but the parents or the kid in question to determine whether or not he should be allowed to buy games. I understand the reasoning behind it, but where does it end? You can't watch this movie because you didn't do well in Math, go study more and we'll let you in. You can't enjoy our amusement park, because you failed your science test, go study more. It's ridiculous and it infringes on the rights of consumers.

Aw, someone's bitter cause they didn't get good grades in junior high...?

Seriously, it's just one store. The guy says he's refused about 2 dozen sales...and most of those kids came back later with better grades. How is that a bad thing? It's nearly cause and effect...kid wants a game, but his grades are bad. He improves and gets better grades, and then gets the game! It's a very rewarding system.

And if the stupid kid who can't improve his grades for some reason decides it's a stupid system, he can walk a block to the nearest Target and buy the game there. Seriously, people.

Yeah...when you snip out the important parts of my post, it certainly is interesting... :-/