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Rick Nagel
No Candy With Those School Valentines This Year
The Geneva School District asks that no candy or edible items be attached to valentines.
I remember one of my more ambitious Valentine's Day efforts at Harrison Street School in the early '60s. I taped heart-shaped lolly pops to paper doilies and handed them out in those shoe boxes we used for the occasion back then. As I recall, the lollypops got rave reviews from classmates and a thumbs up from the teacher for originality. Candy was considered good in those days. Flash forward a half century and, surprise! Things have changed. Probably for the best. Geneva School District 304 is reminding parents and students this week that no candy should be attached to valentines this year. "Valentines will be exchanged on Thursday, Feb. 14, 2013, in your child’s classroom," the district said in a 304 Connects e-mail message. "In …
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Jim Nelson
3:12 pm on Thursday, February 14, 2013
Rick...no candy attached to your Valentine...bite your sucker, sir. I can't even begin to tell how much attaching just the right candy heart to Chris Leigh Pederson's carefully chosen tear off valentine meant to me in 3rd grade. To express my heart without attracting dreaded Girl Germs was incredibly important, and hygienic as well. No candy...? Humbug, sir - Humbug! more ›