She views weaknesses as something somebody should work towards improving, and is a bit wistful when thinking about her students. She's quite calm and expresses her feelings with not her tone but her words. Her buddy, a snow hare, is seated on her head, and has blue eyes just like her, but grayer.
The staff itself seems to be made of mithril or stone. Her staff bears a similar appearance to her office key, but having a snowflake pattern at the top, the crystals matching the same color scheme as the rest. She has a long length of fur beginning near her belt, creating makeshift "pants". Her belt is dyed purple, and has a stone buckle, decorated with a jade crystal, and her fur is white.
She has two arm cuffs, similar in appearance to her shoulder pad.
She has a blue shoulder pad on her right shoulder, decorated with magenta, jade, and cyan crystals - one of each. Her fingernails are painted purple, and she has what seems to a staff sheath strapped across her chest. She has her hair-like fur, in a ponytail, which has a blue streak running through it. More than 20 other consumer rights, parent and education advocacy groups signed the letter to the Federal Trade Commission.She's a Yeti with purple, ram-like horns which are facing downward. “It divides students into ‘haves’ and ‘have nots,’ and that’s extremely concerning.” “Kids can see who has the cool stuff they got through buying the subscription,” said Golin. If a child signs up to become a member, their character keeps all of the extra pets, stars and adornments even when playing in the restricted school mode. Members’ characters also float around the game on a cloud while nonmembers walk. Players are prompted to “ask a parent or guardian for help to become a member.” When a nonmember tries to click on the sparkly chest, it triggers a message that states “members get amazing things” and shows examples such as more gold, better pets and items of clothing for their avatars to wear. NBC News confirmed that when players win a math battle, they are shown two prize treasure chests: one, dull and brown the other, purple, gold and jewel-encrusted. The nonprofit said they are concerned with elements in the game that include showing players the number of additional stars they would earn if they became members, which would allow them to level-up and advance in the game faster, reported NBC.
In all cases, we look to do this responsibly and sparingly so it does not detract from the free gameplay experience or educational quality,” Bigg said about the specific allegations made by the nonprofit. “Like all services with subscription models, we do surface the benefits of our membership features from time-to-time to make users aware that memberships exist and what their benefits might be. “No paid subscription is required for students to continue receiving completely free access to all of the educational content in the game, which has been designed by our team of accredited teachers.”
“To support us in offering all of this educational content for free, we also provide optional memberships for families for use outside of school,” he added, noting that the majority of users learn through a free subscription. James Bigg, a spokesperson for Prodigy Education, said the company was “proud to provide millions of students, families and schools with completely free access to standards-aligned educational tools to support in-class and at home learning.” “Prodigy is preying upon that vulnerability in a particularly egregious manner because it targets young people, their parents, and our schools in the midst of a pandemic, when families are much more reliant than ever on remote learning.” “The Commission has long recognized the vulnerability of young people to unfair and deceptive practices,” writes the nonprofit in its complaint. The nonprofit is calling for the agency to investigate Prodigy for deceptive marketing - by telling schools on its website and other marketing materials that the product is “completely free” - and unfair tactics for using persuasive design to promote its paid product to kids, reported NBC. “Schools are signing up for this thinking it is free and not understanding that there’s enormous commercial pressure put on children and families when they play at home,” said Josh Golin, the campaign’s executive director. The advertising messages highlighted how members “have more fun” or get “better pets.”