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.
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Finland here too and we didVeryOddGamer said:
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.
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.
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.
Though it's more common than that. Not a tradition per se but something most schools did anyway, in one form or the other.
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
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
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
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.
Ok, maybe a bit far, but I WISH I COULD EAT BURGERS AT LUNCH, EVEN ON ONE DAY.
GIVE ME ONE DAY OLIVER.
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.
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.
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)
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
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.
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.
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.Dr.Susse said:
One of my teachers set up a sting operation to try and catch a kid who had done something scarily similar to that. He'd bullied some smaller kids into selling chocolate for him so he wouldn't get caught- my teacher convinced one of them to help, and next time the bully tried to make him do it, my teacher jumped out of the bush he was hiding in and nabbed him. Wish I'd been there to see it.Mimsofthedawg said:
