Guest NIKI12345 Posted January 23, 2007 Share Posted January 23, 2007 :animeblus Do you think schools should sell candy grams personality I don?t think they should because it would hurt the other person?s feelings who doesn?t get one? Now this topic is really going to help me with school so when replies tell why in a paragraph or two. If you?re lucky you will be used as a project. So replies as soon as possible. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sakurasuka Posted January 23, 2007 Share Posted January 23, 2007 [FONT=Arial][size=1] If it's going to be used in a project for your school, you really should do it yourself without asking for help from us strangers online. After all, it's your opinion that counts, not ours. Plus, it's not our job to do your homework. Besides, what are Candy Grams? [/size][/FONT] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest NIKI12345 Posted January 23, 2007 Share Posted January 23, 2007 [QUOTE=sakurasuka][FONT=Arial][size=1] If it's going to be used in a project for your school, you really should do it yourself without asking for help from us strangers online. After all, it's your opinion that counts, not ours. Plus, it's not our job to do your homework. Besides, what are Candy Grams? [/size][/FONT][/QUOTE] No part of my job is getting opinions from others. My teacher said it would be best to find people at school or on the computer. SO I NEED OPINIONS! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sakurasuka Posted January 23, 2007 Share Posted January 23, 2007 [FONT=Arial][size=1] Alrighty then, what exactly are Candy Grams? Candied Golden Grams? Grams of Candy? Are they some wierd public school thing that us homeschoolers wouldn't know about? Conspiracy? I knew it. [/size][/FONT] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Posted January 23, 2007 Share Posted January 23, 2007 [quote name='NIKI12345']:animeblus Do you think schools should sell candy grams personality I don?t think they should because it would hurt the other person?s feelings who doesn?t get one?[/quote] ... ... What? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raiyuu Posted January 23, 2007 Share Posted January 23, 2007 From what I can gather, this is the essence of the OP's meaning: Should schools allow Valentine's Day Candygrams? (Which I interpret to be something like a strip-o-gram, but with sweets.) The OP thinks they should be banned because those students that do not receive Candygrams may suffer from hurt feelings. Have you tried looking at it from the other point of view? That is, it could really make your day if you [b]do[/b] receive a Candygram? Democratically speaking, you should probably keep them, because: i. In democracy, the majority rules. ii. Popular kids are the ones that get Candygrams. iii. Popular kids are, by definition, the majority. iv. Candygrams rule. v. QED. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panda Posted January 23, 2007 Share Posted January 23, 2007 If the candy grams are done the same way they were done in my high school then the money earned from the sale of candy grams went to support sports. If this is the case then I would support keeping them. They make money, it's a fund raiser. If you get rid of fund raisers like candy grams because people feel left out for not getting one then it would follow with that logic that you would have to stop doing car washes since those without cars would be left out. It would be like me saying I want luxury cars, 10 carat diamonds, huge homes and size 2 jeans banned since they make me feel excluded. Since I can't have them no one will. No matter what people will feel left out. I never benefitted from the candy grams at my school since I never received one and I was not involved in the sports it supported. I do support having them for those who want them since the people who did get them loved them and the sports it earned money for benefitted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pooperson Posted January 23, 2007 Share Posted January 23, 2007 [QUOTE=Raiyuu] i. In democracy, the majority rules. ii. Popular kids are the ones that get Candygrams. iii. Popular kids are, by definition, the majority. iv. Candygrams rule. v. QED.[/QUOTE][COLOR=RoyalBlue] [SIZE=1] Therefore, NIKI [and no offense to anyone], but it seems like the OB might not be the best place to ask. From what I have read in previous forums, the people here don't seem to be the "popular" type. Because of that, I would say that most people here would "personally" say no but, as Raiyuu said, "technically" say yes. I really hope that came out in words as well as it did in my head.[/SIZE][/COLOR] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allamorph Posted January 24, 2007 Share Posted January 24, 2007 [FONT=Arial]If I may clarify something for a second: Candy-grams. Think "telegram", but with candy attached to it. Just a little Valentine's Day message which provides the perfect excuse for a school fundraiser, like [COLOR=DarkRed]Panda[/COLOR] pointed out. You write down a little message, address it to somebody-or-other, hand over a buck, and the Student Council (or whoever happens to be running the fundraiser at the moment) takes caer of the candy and the sending. These things never bothered me that much. True, I was never the recipient of one, but neither did I send any out, so what did I expect? I mean, I had friends, and I knew who they were, and I knew they didn't just hang around me to make me feel better (like the treatment some people got for a week), or because I was smart or had cool stuff (both of which were true, incidentally), so I never actually saw any purpose to them besides just being another fundraiser. I was always rather amused when they were delivered, though. It was almost like a contest to see who got the most 'grams. [I]"Ooh, you got one from [B]him[/B]?"[/I] Jays, seventh grade and people were wigging out over this stuff, like getting a boyfriend or girlfiend was a kind of status symbol. No one had a clue what they were doing or what "dating" was (I don't like that concept, actually; it treats women too casually for my liking?but of that another time), but it never failed to provide me with hours of entertainment. As to the people who might have their feelings hurt, I have three things to say: [list=1][*]If they're an idiot, don't worry about it. You know who I'm talking about. [*]If you know who it is, you know they'd like to get one, and they're [U]not[/U] an idiot, think about sending one anyway. [*]Chances are, some of the people who don't get any (like me) really don't mind at all. But you have to look to find out whether this or #2 is true.[/list] No, they shouldn't stop selling them; it's a great way to get the school money, and at the same time provides students with a little excitement, however misguided it may be. (^_^) Oh, and, ummm, watch what you type. That was ridiculously interesting to decipher. Especially the part where you said you thought something "personality". :therock:[/FONT] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rachmaninoff Posted January 24, 2007 Share Posted January 24, 2007 [quote name='NIKI12345']:animeblus Do you think schools should sell candy grams personality I don?t think they should because it would hurt the other person?s feelings who doesn?t get one? Now this topic is really going to help me with school so when replies tell why in a paragraph or two. If you?re lucky you will be used as a project. So replies as soon as possible. Thanks.[/quote]Don?t you mean personally? Anyway?Candy Grams are awesome. I kind of wish they did them for university even though it?s not really feasible. But still there?s nothing more fun than sending anonymous candy grams to all the ladies that you know. I would save my money just so I could send them when I was in High School. I?m pretty sure that most of them knew it was me, but they didn?t seem to care. It was equally as fun to send them to all the female teachers you liked as well. Ah good times. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Flasher Posted January 24, 2007 Share Posted January 24, 2007 [COLOR=Sienna]Candy grams are severly overrated.[/COLOR] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roxie Faye Posted January 24, 2007 Share Posted January 24, 2007 [color=#9933ff]I agree that you should keep candy-grams if they are there as a fundraiser for something school related. Our school sends red roses out to people (instead of candy grams), and the money actually goes to a club, interact, which does volunteer work - building houses and spending time with children in the inner city (Paterson, actually), etc. The easiest way to solve the problem of people feeling left out is to arrange for friends to send each other candy-grams. I used to feel really left out too because no one ever sent me even 1 single rose. ;_; However last year, my friends and I "hinted" to each other that we'd send one another roses. So I got a few roses and they got some, and it made everyone feel special. It didn't have to be a romantic, "ooh, so and so has a g/f or b/f and they're so special" - we made it into a show of friendship. ^_^ [/color] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allamorph Posted January 24, 2007 Share Posted January 24, 2007 [quote name='MistressRoxie][color=#9933ff']I used to feel really left out too because no one ever sent me even 1 single rose. ;_; However last year, my friends and I "hinted" to each other that we'd send one another roses. So I got a few roses and they got some, and it made everyone feel special. It didn't have to be a romantic, "ooh, so and so has a g/f or b/f and they're so special" - we made it into a show of friendship. ^_^ [/color][/quote] [FONT=Arial]Yeah, there is that angle as well. I confess that hadn't occured to me.[/FONT] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2010DigitalBoy Posted January 24, 2007 Share Posted January 24, 2007 [COLOR=DarkOrange]they usually aren't worth the cost, and what's the point of buying them for someone else when you could buy one for yourself for cheaper? Besides, if you care about someone, you should be doin more for them than a freaking candy-gram. Good way for the school to raise money though.[/COLOR] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rachmaninoff Posted January 24, 2007 Share Posted January 24, 2007 [QUOTE=2007DigitalBoy][COLOR=DarkOrange]they usually aren't worth the cost, and what's the point of buying them for someone else when you could buy one for yourself for cheaper? Besides, if you care about someone, you should be doin more for them than a freaking candy-gram. Good way for the school to raise money though.[/COLOR][/QUOTE]Ah, but you are assuming that if someone does the candy-gram it is the only thing they do. In addition to supporting the fundraising aspect of it, it's a good way to make someone feel special. I don?t know about others, but candy-grams were always in addition to the other things I would do for my girlfriend. And for special friends as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sakurasuka Posted January 25, 2007 Share Posted January 25, 2007 [QUOTE=Allamorph][FONT=Arial] Candy-grams. Think "telegram", but with candy attached to it.[/FONT][/QUOTE] [FONT=Arial][size=1]Aha, so it [i]is[/i] some public school thing us homeschoolers wouldn't know about. So I feel slightly less ignorant and a bit more removed from society. Ah, well. I see no problem with Candy-grams if they serve as a fundraiser for the school as well as a fun activity. Really now, what's wrong with that? [/size][/FONT] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest NIKI12345 Posted January 25, 2007 Share Posted January 25, 2007 Well personaly I get tons of candy grams, but when that happens my friends get upset because they didn't get one. Not to mix you the wroung way but I love Valentines day it rocks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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