Question about non-US schools

[Angie7F]

In australia- bake sales every year, school fairs and festival. My mom made the best cheese cake and I was so proud of how quickly they sold out.

In japan- school fairs. Usually we cooked ourselves. Some school cannot cook and sell food because of health inspection reasons.

In both countries it was for fund raising, and there was no competition.

 

[Zykon TheLich_v1legacy]

UK, and much like the others, nope never heard of anything like that. I think there was a School fete but that was primarily run by parents and the school with some kids helping out in minor roles.

 

[Guffe]

Finland here. No, we did nothing of the sort.

Finland here too and we did

It wasn't a "we have to because the school told you so" but more like a "if you collect money to your individual class then you can take a 5 day holiday basically anywere without having to do anything extra in school" It was a pretty good motivation for us young kids between 14 and 16.

We also have in my town a 2 day market, big thing over here, were the whole school sells lottery and collect money to the red cross and have a small bakery for 2 days. So we do something similar to what you are describing but this also seems to vary a lot from school to school. The only prize you could get in this thou was that the faster you sold your lotteries the faster you were done with it and could go enjoying the market, but for bakery and parking organizers, they had solid hours to work.

 

[Johkmil]

Norway here, and I think I have heard about some private schools having pupils raise money for the school, but never for public schools. Although I have sold waffles for a class trip.

 

[Sizzle Montyjing]

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.

I'm from the UK and THE FUCK ARE THOSE?!

And nope, not here in the UK. And i'd like it to remain that way.

 

[freaper]

Yea, here in Belgium when I was something like 12 years old our school did a fund-raising by having all the kids sell waffles. The class who'd have sold the most in the end got a special something.

Though it's more common than that. Not a tradition per se but something most schools did anyway, in one form or the other.

 

[Xaio30]

Sweden here. We never got to do such a thing up to Gymnasium level, but once you get there you can enter a Entrepreneur Program where you will most likely have to sell things competitively against your classmates.

 

[teebeeohh]

Germany here and no, when you need money for a school function(trips and such) you usually just collect from the parents and in every school i have ever been to the parents agreed to cover like 80% of the money the one or two students who couldn't afford it themselves.
however in your last 3(i think it's 2 now) years of school you get the opportunity to earn money by organizing the catering in order to pay for your end of school trip where everyone who graduates(or who should have) takes a holiday together and gets thoroughly drunk.
but nothing mandatory, it was always just an option the school provided and some years didn't do anything, usually because one of the students had millionaire rich parents who would pay for everything

 

[sb666]

I think I had to in my first year of primary school.

 

[jigilojoe]

Where I went to school(UK) around when I started secondary they banned all sweets and overly unhealthy foods. This created prohibition like groups which would be able to get the most sweets, chips, crisps etc. through the fences. I knew one guy who was able to make £30 a day when he brought the sweets wholesale

 

[Patrick Buck]

Brit here, and we don't, thanks to Jamie Oliver and his delightful food facsism.
Ok, maybe a bit far, but I WISH I COULD EAT BURGERS AT LUNCH, EVEN ON ONE DAY.
GIVE ME ONE DAY OLIVER.

 

[xsoenx]

Denmark here. and my class did it at a Jazz Festival, but we only did it to get money for a school trip (my school had some finacial problems at the time)

 

[CrimsonBlack]

Usually we cooked ourselves.

I'm sorry, but that made me laugh. I wonder what fresh Angie7F tastes like.

 

[Libra]

I've never heard of this (I'm from the Netherlands).

We did do hunger strikes and marathons for charity, but that was optional

 

[EeveeElectro]

Brit here.
No, I don't ever remember doing that. We'd sometimes sell baked goods in primary school for charity at school fairs, where we'd have tombolas and raffles.
Same in High school.

We used to have vending machines full of crisps, chocolate and fizzy drinks in the canteen which they took out when I was in about year 10? I suppose it's a good thing, they stopped selling burgers and chips which is a bit stupid because a balanced diet includes fat and salt...
Thanks Jamie Oliver.

The sixth form canteen still had them so apparently they could stuff their faces all they wanted.

 

[monkey_man]

Err, I did have to sell stuff in elementary school, but I can't remember if prices were involved. At least i never won anything. The stuff was usually fertilizer by the way, I never sold any candy. (I am from the Netherlands)

 

[Verlander]

UK, no, glad we didn't if I'm honest. I went to school in the US for a while, and some of the stuff they did over there is strange, like selling flowers on Valentines Day and stuff... it's a school. Children are actively discouraged from bringing money into schools in the UK for fear of robbery/bullying/drugs trade etc

 

[Gitty101]

British person here.
At my school we never sold it on a 'sell the most and get prizes' basis, they were usually sold to try and make money for school events by specific people involved in those events... if that makes sense.

For example, a group wanted to go to Kenya. In order to raise funds, the group that wanted to go sold the treats.

 

[Antitonic]

Yeah we had that at my school in Australia. I think we had to sell Freddo Frogs which are chocolates in the shape of a frog.

That was always the best at school. People just roaming around with those little boxes of one dollar Caramel Koalas and Freddo Frogs.

See, I can quite easily recall the actual sales of product, I can't remember there ever being a prize or prizes. As far as I can recall, the "prize" was the goal, ie: "Help our Band go to Melbourne!" or in one case "Pay for our Best Athlete's Scholorship!". Still annoys me, that.