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<blockquote data-quote="susiestar" data-source="post: 341771" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>Geez. This is STILL going on? Our middle school and jr high and high school do Vday roses/carns. And candygrams for Christmas. It is a total popularity contest. </p><p></p><p>I can remember 20+ yrs ago when this was done in MY jr high/high school. I NEVER, not even ONCE got one. You couldn't buy for yourself because the forms were all read by the popular kids running the booth and taking the money. Kids who bought for themselves were teased and ridiculed for MONTHS. Teachers allowed this because kids COULD send to themselves. They ignored the bullying about it. </p><p></p><p>My group of friends settled this amongst ourselves by refusing to support ANY fundraisers by groups who did this (except one that let us have a "skip day" with no consequences for $5 to support soldiers). We would have a nice lunch where we each brought something, either in the yearbook room or at my house. I lived a 5 min walk from school and could put soup or stew in the crock pot to have ready for lunch, so it was easy. We even had lots of parking and teachers who would let us leave a bit early and return a bit late. </p><p></p><p>This is a horrible horrible thing that makes FAR more hurt/bad feelings than good ones and is NOT worth the money spent on it. My kids don't even ask for money for this because they cannot see it as a useful way to spend money. I have provided balloons for entire classes at times, but never just for one kid. heck, our schools don't allow balloon/flower delivery for any child at school. Even our HS doesn't anymore, not since four couples got ENGAGED via flower/ring delivery. First it was Vday and ONE student with-an older boyfriend. the next day 3 more couples got "engaged". It was a BIG mess and school refused to allow kids to wear engagement rings on campus unless they were 18.</p><p></p><p>I am sorry that more kids were hurt by this again.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susiestar, post: 341771, member: 1233"] Geez. This is STILL going on? Our middle school and jr high and high school do Vday roses/carns. And candygrams for Christmas. It is a total popularity contest. I can remember 20+ yrs ago when this was done in MY jr high/high school. I NEVER, not even ONCE got one. You couldn't buy for yourself because the forms were all read by the popular kids running the booth and taking the money. Kids who bought for themselves were teased and ridiculed for MONTHS. Teachers allowed this because kids COULD send to themselves. They ignored the bullying about it. My group of friends settled this amongst ourselves by refusing to support ANY fundraisers by groups who did this (except one that let us have a "skip day" with no consequences for $5 to support soldiers). We would have a nice lunch where we each brought something, either in the yearbook room or at my house. I lived a 5 min walk from school and could put soup or stew in the crock pot to have ready for lunch, so it was easy. We even had lots of parking and teachers who would let us leave a bit early and return a bit late. This is a horrible horrible thing that makes FAR more hurt/bad feelings than good ones and is NOT worth the money spent on it. My kids don't even ask for money for this because they cannot see it as a useful way to spend money. I have provided balloons for entire classes at times, but never just for one kid. heck, our schools don't allow balloon/flower delivery for any child at school. Even our HS doesn't anymore, not since four couples got ENGAGED via flower/ring delivery. First it was Vday and ONE student with-an older boyfriend. the next day 3 more couples got "engaged". It was a BIG mess and school refused to allow kids to wear engagement rings on campus unless they were 18. I am sorry that more kids were hurt by this again. [/QUOTE]
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