No, we didn't have to do that, but each tutor group had to run a charity event like a cake sale or something, so inevitably we sort of did (if I remember rightly the tutor group that made the most for charity got some kind of prize).
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At my secondary school (from age 12 to 18 in Belgium) there is a tradition called X-mos. Which is basically the celebration of the last 100 days the oldest pupils will be there. So we had to organize a big show for the school and also a big party for everyone to come (so not only people from our school). We sold waffles back then to earn money and also asked for sponsors. That's about it.
...no? (Zurich, Switzerland) And I find that a very weird thing to do. We did sometimes sell self-made cake in Gymnasium (high school) though (for our class' benefit).
Canada and yes, though it was mostly to raise funds for a school trip. Also I didn't really take part as I've never been the school spirit type.
As far as I can tell it's just a solid block of sugar. It's like crumbly fudge, if that makes sense.Mimsofthedawg said:
I've been to a few places that do tablet ice cream, though, that stuff is amaaaazing.
Iirc it's bacially just a slab of sugar and butter. Damn tasty stuff but it's far from being good for you.rob_simple said:
OT: No, we had cake sales and shit in primary school, in secondary I have no idea but I'd have liked to have burned it down tbh.
I'm guessing that's just the US packaging for caramel Cadbury's bars.Sizzle Montyjing said:I'm from the UK and THE FUCK ARE THOSE?!Iyon said:Another Canadian here. From grades 4-6 my school had us sell chocolate bars too. Only the top 3 or so sellers got prizes though.
EDIT: Specifically, we sold these
...every year. Which probably explains why I can't stand them today.
And nope, not here in the UK. And i'd like it to remain that way.
I prefer ours to be honest.
We had bake sales and car boot sales, but never a drive to sell chocolate bars/cookies etc.
US, Catholic School until 4th grade.
Never happened for us, really. But that's because we actually had the funding to do stuff.
Sadly, some areas really don't have the resources for this.
You try to make education work for a landmass this big!
Never happened for us, really. But that's because we actually had the funding to do stuff.
Sadly, some areas really don't have the resources for this.
You try to make education work for a landmass this big!
Binnsyboy said:I'm guessing that's just the US packaging for caramel Cadbury's bars.Sizzle Montyjing said:I'm from the UK and THE FUCK ARE THOSE?!Iyon said:Another Canadian here. From grades 4-6 my school had us sell chocolate bars too. Only the top 3 or so sellers got prizes though.
EDIT: Specifically, we sold these
...every year. Which probably explains why I can't stand them today.
And nope, not here in the UK. And i'd like it to remain that way.
I prefer ours to be honest.
We had bake sales and car boot sales, but never a drive to sell chocolate bars/cookies etc.
Bet they dont have a super slutty rabbit selling it either!
England here and the closest i recall was a fate type thing where parents brought home made food to be sold we had some crapy stools church fair kind of tedium. but it was a one off and i can not recall what it was all about
And let's not forget the concept of kinderpostzegels...Libra said:
Which, for everyone else, is a national fundraising that literally translates to children's postage stamps. It's a week where kids sell stamps (a special design of them) to people by going door to door. The money raised goes to children in developing countries or to refugee kids or other projects like that. We've been doing it since 1924.
Childhood obesity (and obesity generally) is already an epidemic in Britain. America may be the fattest, but most of the Anglosphere is positively Rubenesque compared to Western Europe. The second part is a joke, I thought you Brits were supposed to know humor? Drawing parallels between prison contraband and school contraband. Fairly basic stuff.Kinguendo said:
I think this wins as the weirdest thing sold as a fundraiser. I know it's just a cultural food difference, but if you suggested a "smoked fish" fundraiser in the U.S. (or the U.K. I imagine), they'd look at you like you'd grown a second head.lionsprey said:
i dont have anything exactly like that in england (though other schools might) but we do a load of other cool stuff - cake sales, mufti, sponsored strenuous activities, etc. but i think thats just the headmaster being uber-keen on the charity side of things. not sure most schools do quite as much as us...
Seriously? They pulled everything but juice, water, and I think some schools still have sports drinks from the vending machines students have access to in most of the US, but at least here in Florida there's usually a vending machine in the teachers lounge that keeps sodas so the employees have access to it. Weird that you don't even have that much in the UK.KingsGambit said:
Edit: And the outside food thing is weird too. School lunches are legendarily bad[footnote]you might even say mythologically. They're never exactly good, but I've had much worse food and paid a lot more for it[/footnote], to the point that a significant portion of students bring a lunch from home, and a good chunk of highschoolers wait until they get home to eat lunch. Not to mention everyone brings in snacks from time to time.
If there's one thing I disagree with, it's the choice of day. School kids have enough reason to enjoy Fridays, they practically spend the whole day thinking about what they're going to do on the weekend. Give them the sweets on Monday or Wednesday, to help them get through the day.TwiZtah said: