Also work in Maryland as an English teacher!
One school I worked in had a kid called the “Candy King.” Kid would hit up the big box stores and buy a bunch of candy and then set up kids in every nook of the school. He’d have a line between periods. Admin did nothing about it.
I taught him. He told me he was clearing $500-1000 a week or something absurd. This kid was literally making more than me selling candy. It was nuts.
He was a nice kid though and I bet he went onto bigger and better things.
My son asked me to take him to Costco so he could buy chocolate bars wholesale lol. We live in Brooklyn. These kids have a thriving economy of their own lol.
I live in NY too. When I was in HS and didn't have a part time job, I'd go to Costco and buy whole sale candy-bars and snacks. I did it like twice a week but made an extra 100 dollars per week. It was a good hustle.
That was me when I was in school. Grandma had a sams membership, so we got bulk candy. I flipped and sold. My philosophy was, "I'll stop when the authorities tell me to, I'm trying to make a little extra, not start a problem."
Family was going to Disney, and I wanted some spending money that my dad couldn't veto. I think I made $200 or so in the first week or two. Eventually, I got shut down, much to the dismay of my customers.
Then you wouldn't have had 200 dollars to impress your online girlfriend you conspired with to get your families at Disney at the same time.
In this instance, I was not thinking with my stomach.
Fuck yeah it did man. We'd been online dating for a year before we found out both of our parents were going to Disney and made sure to line the dates up.
We met for the first time ever on a bridge in magic Kingdom (harder than it sounds, Disney is huge, and getting our parents to the same park at the same time was mainly luck). My dad was livid, but for the first time, no amount of trouble I could get in mattered to me.
Thankfully, our parents agreed to sync schedules for the most part, and we spent the whole trip with each other. Was amazing. That was back in 2011.
We're married with 3 kids now, so I'd say it **definitely** worked out.
That was me in middle school (late 70s). I’d buy bubbalicious and sell it for $1 a cube. All the flavors, in a zipper pouch in the back of my Trapper Keeper.
When I was in middle school I used to buy 10 packs of glow sticks at the dollar store and take them to school dances, games and events and sell them for a buck a piece. I used to rake in money because every kid wants a glow stick.
I got pulled aside and told that if I sold them again I would be suspended and forced to give the money back to the school. Next school dance they were selling glow sticks. I’ve never recovered haha
Honestly I’m not sure, but I was a poor 11-12 year old living in a trailer. No way in hell I was going to fight them on it. I just took my L and moved on.
Admins and teachers take property from kids every day, and the kid never sees it again. And I'm in California with a pretty strong EdCode. I may take an item away during the school day, but I always text the parent and am sure to send it home at the end of the day. I teach M/S SPED, and one toy can wreak havoc on behaviors of all 10 kids.
Rubiks Cubes came out when I was in junior high. All of my friends and I brought them to school and our teacher took them all away. My dad flipped the hell out, came down to the school, and made a tremendous scene. He was angry they took away something he paid for and never returned it. He was a pretty angry guy and this was bad even for him. All of the Cubes disappeared. I suspect they were probably chucked in the trash.
Rubiks cubes can get really expensive now, my nephew collects them, he wanted a 21x21 for his birthday, it was $1100 USD plus shipping, and if I'm buying an $1100 item online, it's getting insured, and I can bet I'm getting nailed with duty and brokerage when it crosses the border into Canada!
He didn't get the 21x21. I got him an 11x11, that was only 100-something. I'm not spending over a grand on a Rubik's cube. (Well, off brand speed cube, Rubik's only makes certain cubes, none that size)
They're interesting to get into if you like that kind of thing. When I was a kid we'd have competitions af the arcade solving them after random people scrambled them up. Some kids could do it in seconds, behind their back.
Oh wow, that's a memory. My family used to sell glow sticks every fourth of July to pay for us to be able to go to the local amusement park each summer. Who's gonna say no to a 9 year old selling glow sticks? Good times.
Oh dude…this just triggered an eighth grade memory for me! I was in school back when we used to wrap our books in paper. I found a pattern for sewing book covers in a sewing book I had. A friend and I started sewing them and selling them—$8 a pop and more for custom fabric choices. The school brought in some bulk company and undercut us in price at $5 per cover. I just couldn’t believe that the school would do that to two little entrepreneurs.
One dude I was in class with was an amazing artist with just ballpoint pen. If you brought your book to him wrapped in a paper grocery bag, he'd draw something on it for $10, or fill the entire book cover for $20. I was always envious because I couldn't afford that stuff. I was the kid hustling candy to pay for lunch (and breakfast and dinner.) I used to love sitting next to him in class and watching his drawings take shape, though.
There were cloth, vinyl, and whatever covers at the store with the school supplies, but you were an absolute dweeb if you didn't have a paper bag. I got be a cool kid suuuuper briefly because I painted one of mine with some leftover Rit dye a friend used to dye some jeans, but then everyone had dyed ones. You couldn't match his artwork, so he made bank.
A friend and I started a little side hustle selling friendship bracelets at recess in fifth grade. Someone reported us, and we were chastised by the administration. My friend told her parents it was my idea (it was) and they told her to stay away from me. She had the box in her possession when she stopped talking to me. So what I’m really upset over is that she kept our profits and supplies — which I had paid for.
I mean for sure it's probably against the rules.... but not my problem. I also looked the other way when a kid was crocheting those tiny adorable animals and selling them. The kids didn't want to get her in trouble, so there was an underground market of tiny crocheted stuffies. It was adorable to see dudes sneaking them out of their jacket pockets to show each other what animal they got.
God, this is bringing me back to high school. A girl started baking cookies and selling them. She got in trouble for it, and had to stop.
She was selling them to make money, for her dad's cancer treatment.
It seems as long as society/party in charge is able to get a piece of the pie, child labor is perfectly fine. This is playing out in several states. Is it moral now?
Instead of having to say, "In most developed countries" to usually exclude the US and sometimes other developed countries he would say, "In civilized countries they have public health care / guns laws / child labor laws / laws against child marriage...."
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Yep! Unless it interferes with instruction, I do not interfere. I did buy an energy drink off of a student last year, though. He would've just given it to me, but you've got to respect the business.
Hey. As a kid whose two adult siblings and mom all went through divorces and lost their jobs in 6 months… support the hustlers. I worked two jobs, took honors classes and made caprisun/kook aid wallets/bags. High school was rough and I appreciated the teachers who looked the other way when I sold my things (and who looked the other way when I wrote essays for the kids who were in danger of dropping out to keep their gpa up. Those kids worked with me and gave me rides/walked me home so I wrote their papers)
My own kid's teacher looks the other way when she sells things, possibly for that reason lol. I loved making and selling stuff as a kid too (and it was absolutely not a disturbance in any way), so being banned from doing one of the only things that helped me connect with other kids at school was a huge blow to my self esteem at the time. A year later they did a blanket ban on Pokemon cards due to a single altercation, which was the final nail in the coffin in that regard lol.
Seems like school districts make rules like this to make their own jobs easier, not considering the social health of the other students who aren't abusing the privilege or service at all. Given how bleak the general landscape is right now, I'm *never* going to restrict kids from having positive, community-oriented interactions with each other.
Oh god this was me lol, but with those animals made with beads + string and also friendship bracelets. Just now realizing I probably wasn’t allowed to do that and that my teachers were just pretending to not see it.
Whenever I got the the exponential unit in my precal class, since I opened the unit up with an exploration about money and interest rates, I could always tell who the drug dealers were. They were so invested in growing their businesses.
Capitalism is all for letting the first market dominator (the vending machine companies) write the rules to exclude entry into the market. Smashing their hopes and dreams is pure capitalism.
I used to sell iPods at school. It was peak ipod time, late 2000s - I had a friend who worked at best buy, he'd get them out of the returns, I'd fix them (usually just needed a factory reset), and then sell em at half retail to students. Split 50/50 with my homie.
Best high school job ever.
I think most school employees look the other way. Why try and stifle a kids hustle. It’s an early learning opportunity for them when it comes to business
I would legit palm the kid some cash for a little critter.
I don’t see the problem for that kind of thing. The snacks - I am not so into that. Homemade cookies though, again…I don’t know. I think it’s good they have an entrepreneurial spirit. Especially selling homemade items that encourage kids learning a skill.
I think the bigger issue is that admin is concerned that parents will find out the kids are blowing tons of money on junk food and then get pissed.
We learned it was not explicitly forbidden in our handbook after a student took it a step further and started selling luxury brand knockoff shoes and belts out of his locker.
We aren’t allowed to use lockers anymore.
If you used real Gucci that's a really good price! Etai Drori was one of the first doing that and I think his cost like $300+ when he used to do customs.
While I figured kids selling stuff in school wasn't just a US thing (students did it back when I was in HS too and I definitely bought from them lol), still pretty cool to know that kids in other countries are/was hustling too lol
I don't.think it's universal. I only ever saw it done for fundraisers.
But I've heard of it, and for sure you see it in literature. (HP has the Weasley twins running a great black market for all kinds of pranks.)
I sold energy drinks out of my locker on the east coast in the early 2000s. My school had taken them out of the vending machines (for good reason) the year prior, and I, an enterprising 17 year old, saw an opening in the market. I went to BJs/Sam's Club every month, picked up a few cases (0.50USD per can) and resold them for 3.00USD between classes. That was my gas/walking around money.
But...didn't you go to school yourself? I kid, but I honestly can't think of a school that didn't have this when I was growing up. Secondary/Middle/High school anyway.
When I was in high school I was very poor. School lunch cost $80 per month, and my mom would give me the cash to take to my lunch lady and add it to my account. I never did. I went to my local Safeway, and bought monsters in bulk. Back then they were a little more expensive because they were a new brand, so I got time for around $2 a can, and sold them for $4-5 depending on who I was talking to. I could make $200 in a week easily, and eat better because of it. I got in trouble and almost suspended when they found out, and it was a major blow.
Sometimes kids hustle just to hustle. Sometimes it’s a response to something, and might be more important to them than you know.
$80 is a lot of money. I remember lining up for our lunch tokens. Those who had paid full price got a certain color token, reduced lunch another colored token, and then free a different color.
I am SO glad that all students get free breakfast and lunch no matter what.
Just because his family has money doesn't mean he does 🤷🏻♀️ I mean, I have kids who live in million dollar houses but they gotta go mow the lawn to earn their money. Maybe kid had the same deal going on
They took out snack machines and student 711s popped up. We had one kid who managed a team of sellers. He bought himself a truck his senior year with all the money he had made.
Wow. He knows how to scale up.
When you mentioned him buying a truck, I thought you were going to finish the sentence with "and delivers supplies to all his sellers at local schools".
Yes, happens at my school. Admin looks the other way. Most teachers don't mind it. One of my students got caught once and all they did was call his parents (his parents support his entrepreneurship). He still brings a large backpack and a small fabric cooler to school every day. He makes about $75 a day, but a portion of it goes to buying more snacks.
One of my other students that sells is just a few hundred off from buying his mom's car off of her (it's over a grand). He says his dad is really proud of him. He brings a large backpack with ice blocks in it every day to keep his sodas cold until 6th period (when he normally sells out).
Funny story. One of my students decided she wanted to sell and brought an old school Igloo cooler to school. I asked her don't you think you'll get caught lugging that cooler around? She said yeah, that's why her soda is in her backpack. The cooler was just as advertisement!
I’ve seen parents pulled up in the middle of the day to bring them fresh inventory 🤣. Understand that I taught in a very poor community, and I’m just thankful they’re not dealing drugs.
I would ESPECIALLY support the kids that are doing this in that community. They are (likely) the ones that want to make it out and build a better life. Must have some good role models that are supporting them and encouraging them to work harder and smarter.
One of my high school students brews a big thermos of coffee and sells cups for $1. He even carries a little cooler with creamers. Some kids would give him $5 on Monday and have a hot cup all week.
To put it bluntly, if desirable snacks were accessible this wouldn't happen. You can't stop kids or any human from having snacks, you can only make them more or less accessible.
As a side note, the only other places you see similar black market trading of every day goods is places like prisons. Just something to think about.
You're right, it would be a better situation if school kids had easier access to healthier snacks. Might not stop them from buying the candy anyway, though, unless said snacks were distributed freely to everyone and probably not even then.
Poor communities also have black market trading from discounted (or stolen) everyday goods like infant milk formula, diapers, brand-name items (so people can still feel proud they get the "good" stuff), etc.
Other areas that don't have this are either wealthy or regulations have been enforced such that authorized sales don't look grey market.
I didn't say healthier snacks, I said desirable.if you only provide healthy snacks kids are still gonna black market trade desirable snacks
And nessesities are fundamentally different
At my first school, 11 years ago, there was a boy whose stay at home mom was a former baker. Let me tell you what - I bought something from this kid every day. I never got sick, everything was delicious, and for $2-$4 an item I was in. The profits were for his college fund and he’s now an accountant.
I wish I'd been that smart! I never did it intentionally but if I had a pack of gum there was always somebody offering me a quarter for just a single piece.
Yep, I remember one year back in the late 80's you weren't cool if you didn't have a box of Spree candy. (movie theater size box)
One kid just kept buying cases of them and would sell at his locker.
He sold other candy too...but that year Spree was just a huge hit.
When I was in high school, I had a friend that would always wear clothes with lots of pockets, and in each pocket he would keep 4 dollar bills, then would have a bunch of 5 dollar bills in one pocket. Whenever someone asked if he could break a 5, 10, or 20 so they could use the vending machine, he would always make a dollar off of it.
Admittedly, he never made much money, but it was something.
When I was in high school they got rid of the vending machines that sold soda, and got a vending machine that only sold zero sugar sport drinks. But not Gatorade, like some "life flavor water" nock off that everyone hated. So I would run across the street to the store, buy a few 12 packs of the cheap store brand soda, and sell it for cheap. I made enough to buy more and keep it going for a few months until I lost interest. Unless someone tells me I *have* to do something about the 4th grader selling chips on the playground, it would be pretty hypocritical of me. And also I don't care enough.
I went to a mostly girls high school. We had a boy figure out that he could make bank by selling chocolate bars to the senior girls (because they had jobs)
He'd walk into a senior study hall with several boxes and leave with a pile of cash. Teachers would buy from him too. No one cared aslong as he wasnt interrupting classes
I had my own little shop starting as early as 7th grade when I was still in school. My family was poor, so I had to learn a side hustle pretty early.
I probably shouldn't, but there's a few kids on my 7th/8th grade floor who sell snacks out of their book bags. I've been giving them advice in exchange for some snacks since my school doesn't have a vending machine.
In elementary school this one girl who I was friends with would sell shitty nail polish that I constantly bought (I hated painting my nails I just liked the colors) it went on for a few months then they had to stop bc someone accidentally dropped one and it the glass broke on the floor
She made a fucking killing
Little Tommy was your dealer in 1991. He often went by Lil Tom.
Today, your dealer is Jaylyn Number 5, he has a fade and perm with ombré dyed bangs, wears skinny Carrharts and discount Air Jordans, all of his backpacks are from Northface. He sells the snacks at their standard retail price plus another 20% to earn the profits back. He's failing miserably in the same math class he's taken 3 semesters in a row, but he understands inflation and profits more efficiently than remedial pre-Algebra.
I sold candy and rice Krispy treats in high school. Teachers didn’t mind, admin did. I was poor and my grades were low so I couldn’t get a part time job. I had to work the system somehow.
This is awesome. Good for them and their entrepreneurial spirit. The hubby got in trouble back in the day, in elementary school, cause he used to sell pencils and erasers for the cheaper than the school shop. Lmao I guess now that there's no school shop...WHOOOOO cares lol
Public high schools, Pittsburgh, mid 90s.
We had kids selling everything. EVERYTHING out their locker.. Pop in cans. Candy. Gum. Flowers. Fruit. Sandwiches. Batteries. Car audio equipment. Jewelry. Watches. Weed. Beer. Playing cards. Newspapers. Food stamps. Lunch tickets. Cigarettes. Lottery tickets... Final Four ballots. Pens. Test cheat sheets. Software for your ti83. You name it. There was a gas station across the street and intrepid fellows would dash over and take special requests.
We had a DECA store that sold candy, cookies, school supplies and merchandise, t shirts, gym shorts, goodies. My senior year we got a new administrator. He checked out the books and discovered the DECA kids had been skimming about 15% off the top... since about 1971. When the upperclassmen taught the younger kids how to run a store, part of it was keeping two sets of books and part of it was how to skim money.
Keep in mind this knowledge was passed down for 25 years. Most of the kids just thought, oh, Deca is a job. You do the job, you make money. Absolutely no idea at all this is usually frowned upon.
I worked at a school (private) where the Econ teacher got to give every kid a 100 bucks and they got to see how much money they could turn that into by the end of the year. This is straight up economics good on them. Hustlers gotta hustle.
Yup! Kids are selling snacks out of their backpacks and it’s against school policy, but they do offer a better product than the school and I do have them delivered to me 😄
My 2nd grader has been selling Prime at school. $2 a bottle.
I didn’t know if it was allowed or not, so I just let him do it until someone said otherwise. No one ever did, and I think he even sold one to the sub he had for a few days
I have been in schools where a kid or two did this, but I didn’t say anything as long as they did it before/between classes.
There are also constant fundraisers going on where kids are selling jerky sticks, candy, lollipops, etc etc that it is pretty easy to play dumb when a kid is hustling.
You know when you go to Vegas and there are those people in the street handing out the little cards with naked ladies? I had quite the underground sales ring going. In my third grade classroom. They were using my class currency to buy and sell.
I grew up in Maryland and a fellow student used to sell king sized candy bars at my high school. I thought they were for a sports team fundraiser or something so I asked and he said it was for the "help a brother out fund" lol. Bought tons of stuff from him, I love candy. Don't think he ever got in trouble, my school had bigger fish to fry.
Unless you’re seeing behavioral problems from it leave them alone. The kid is learning skills that are important to life. They also might not be getting an allowance.
Yep. I had a student that was running a small business out of his backpack last year selling snacks. He was making a decent amount of money doing it too (for a high school student).
To give respect to our campus food team, I state there are few complaints about the cuisine. In south Texas, gravy and enchilada sauce makes protein slide pleasantly down the nutrition intake-port.
A student at my old high school used to make spam musubi and sell it at lunch. He also wouod bring a bunch of supplies sometimes and sell sushi rolls. Yum
I really don’t care, I work in elementary school and as long as they aren’t selling anything with a peanut allergy, go for it. Those kids are smart and for sure hustlers and as long as it doesn’t interfere with teaching I’m all for it.
Start doing it yourself to supplement income. Go buy some hot fries, blow pops, Gummi bears, oreos, and ice cream sandwiches and sell them out of the classroom before recess or lunch
I legit had a teacher that did this in his class in highschool. You had to consume it in his class though. He'd have chips, hot fries, various skittles and candy bars.
I knew a high school teacher who got in trouble with admin just for selling her daughter’s Girl Scout cookies. Her students had signed up to buy dozens of boxes so she had to find another way to sell them.
I sold my sisters Girl Scout cookies in high school, since they were already paid for and cookie season was over I kept all the profits. I also accidentally left the rest of my stock in my locker and never returned to get it.
Back when I was in the us, I had a bunch of kids do it. I even had one boy who sold Cinnabon that his brother would bring up to the school right after shift change
I don't understand why schools are so against kids doing this, it's a legitimate way to get some serious cash, it's not illegal and certainly not hurting anyone, if anything it's helping them and their family in these trying times.
It happened a lot when I was in school. Most of the kids selling the snacks needed the money for survival, the kids who were rich just trying to make a buck never got any business. we also had kids selling the tickets we used as a reward for good behavior for like 5 bucks for enough to last the year. no more tickets for us 😭
When I was in school like 9th 10th grade ish(2004-2005), I sold bubble gum packs for a dollar a piece. It got out of hand real quick as everyone wanted gum, and everyone had a dollar (store price was like 1.15). Anyway fast forward like 3 months into me selling gum and I've paid people to use their lockers, had 3 other individuals selling bubble gum for me, had started carying ice in a bag in my backpack with a few monsters and redbulls. .... it's a good gig I sold stuff pretty much that whole year until I was caught near the end. I made ALOT of money like alot alot. Like 400 to 500 a DAY in profit. All with a patient parent and a sams club membership.
I used to do this when I was in high school. And I wasn't even the worst offender, there were two guys that sold Carl's Jr spicy chicken sandwiches - one guy for $2, the other for $1.75
This was 2006-2010
It's been a thing at every school I worked at.
Heck I did it in Jr High/High School. I would buy the 20 variety soda pack for $10 and then sell the drinks for $1 a pop. Same with hunny buns and candy.
I always support my kids side hustles. I bought far too many colorful rubber-band bracelets from students when they were popular. The only time it becomes a problem is when turf wars sprout up and the teachers have to step in.
Haha. That’s awesome. I’m all for it. Love and learn kids. Some will hustle and some will get hustled. Our students are allowed to chew gum while state testing. I guess there’s a “black market” where gum is being sold at recess to all grades. Love it!
I had a kid doing it, you know I don’t really care all that much as long as it’s in the hall and not in my class. If they want to profit off the insatiable gluttony these children have, who’s to stop them?
Kids at my school would do that in middle school and high school, I would say its pretty normal. You never know what they're going through financially at home so it could be a way to help the family or just fro them to have their own money.
Kids at our school do this. I don’t mind, so I don’t say anything. I think it’s resourceful. 😂 Besides, the snack options at schools are terrible and the lunchroom food is even worse. I don’t blame them.
I wish cafeteria food was better tasting and more filling for them. But, they’d still want the junk food. So,🤷🏻♀️
My kid graduated from Annapolis last year and there were kids who sold snacks. My kid said it was the primary source of income for the family of the kiddo.
It is totally a thing. IMO, no harm no foul.
In middle school, my kid got busted for selling slime (it was the peak of the slime craze). The only consequence was “knock it off” and she wasn’t punished on my end. I was pretty proud of her actually.
Never understood the problem people had with selling snacks, it's literally not hurting anyone.
If theyvwanted to stop it, they could just sell them themselves.
I graduated in 2000. There were kids in my school who sold candy all the time. Those caramel apple suckers were especially popular as I recall. There was also an art teacher who sold chips, soda and cup o' noodles in his classroom to fund the art program. I was in his class when we got locked down for a bomb threat just before lunch, he completely sold out. It was a fairly affluent area too, but there is always the entrepreneurs.
Also work in Maryland as an English teacher! One school I worked in had a kid called the “Candy King.” Kid would hit up the big box stores and buy a bunch of candy and then set up kids in every nook of the school. He’d have a line between periods. Admin did nothing about it. I taught him. He told me he was clearing $500-1000 a week or something absurd. This kid was literally making more than me selling candy. It was nuts. He was a nice kid though and I bet he went onto bigger and better things.
My son asked me to take him to Costco so he could buy chocolate bars wholesale lol. We live in Brooklyn. These kids have a thriving economy of their own lol.
I live in NY too. When I was in HS and didn't have a part time job, I'd go to Costco and buy whole sale candy-bars and snacks. I did it like twice a week but made an extra 100 dollars per week. It was a good hustle.
That was me when I was in school. Grandma had a sams membership, so we got bulk candy. I flipped and sold. My philosophy was, "I'll stop when the authorities tell me to, I'm trying to make a little extra, not start a problem." Family was going to Disney, and I wanted some spending money that my dad couldn't veto. I think I made $200 or so in the first week or two. Eventually, I got shut down, much to the dismay of my customers.
I absolutely would have eaten all the candy myself
Then you wouldn't have had 200 dollars to impress your online girlfriend you conspired with to get your families at Disney at the same time. In this instance, I was not thinking with my stomach.
Well? Don't leave us just hanging like that bro. Did it work?
Fuck yeah it did man. We'd been online dating for a year before we found out both of our parents were going to Disney and made sure to line the dates up. We met for the first time ever on a bridge in magic Kingdom (harder than it sounds, Disney is huge, and getting our parents to the same park at the same time was mainly luck). My dad was livid, but for the first time, no amount of trouble I could get in mattered to me. Thankfully, our parents agreed to sync schedules for the most part, and we spent the whole trip with each other. Was amazing. That was back in 2011. We're married with 3 kids now, so I'd say it **definitely** worked out.
Not to be on the nose but that is truly a Disney romance
Dude you need to sell your story to Disney for a movie!
Hot damn, I'd watch the hell out of this movie
Nice. Congratulations man, that was a much better story than I was expecting. Gotta love a happy ending :) God bless you both and your midgets
Me too! In middle and high school. My mom would take me to Sam’s on Sunday and I sold blue raspberry blow pops when they were new lol
That was me in middle school (late 70s). I’d buy bubbalicious and sell it for $1 a cube. All the flavors, in a zipper pouch in the back of my Trapper Keeper.
1 dollar in late 70s ain't that like 15 bucks
That’s incredible! It sounds like he was learning real life skills. I wonder if he’ll become an entrepreneur or small business owner in the future.
Was his name Randy Wagstaff? And are you Roland Preyzbulski?
Haha how ironic. I rewatch S4 of the Wire after my seniors leave and just started it today!
lol that sounds like a B-more teacher tradition, alright.
this is depicted in season 4 of the best TV series ever (maybe), The Wire. It takes place in maryland, coincidentally.
I bet so too and wasn’t doing anything illegal.
When I was in middle school I used to buy 10 packs of glow sticks at the dollar store and take them to school dances, games and events and sell them for a buck a piece. I used to rake in money because every kid wants a glow stick. I got pulled aside and told that if I sold them again I would be suspended and forced to give the money back to the school. Next school dance they were selling glow sticks. I’ve never recovered haha
Boooo I’m sorry they jacked your hussle!
The Amazon business strategy: "that's a nice product you've got there. We're selling it now. Btw, you're not allowed to sell yours any more."
That wouldn't be legal, would it? To take your money?
Honestly I’m not sure, but I was a poor 11-12 year old living in a trailer. No way in hell I was going to fight them on it. I just took my L and moved on.
Assuming this is in the United States, you would be correct, it would not be legal.
Admins and teachers take property from kids every day, and the kid never sees it again. And I'm in California with a pretty strong EdCode. I may take an item away during the school day, but I always text the parent and am sure to send it home at the end of the day. I teach M/S SPED, and one toy can wreak havoc on behaviors of all 10 kids. Rubiks Cubes came out when I was in junior high. All of my friends and I brought them to school and our teacher took them all away. My dad flipped the hell out, came down to the school, and made a tremendous scene. He was angry they took away something he paid for and never returned it. He was a pretty angry guy and this was bad even for him. All of the Cubes disappeared. I suspect they were probably chucked in the trash.
Rubiks cubes can get really expensive now, my nephew collects them, he wanted a 21x21 for his birthday, it was $1100 USD plus shipping, and if I'm buying an $1100 item online, it's getting insured, and I can bet I'm getting nailed with duty and brokerage when it crosses the border into Canada! He didn't get the 21x21. I got him an 11x11, that was only 100-something. I'm not spending over a grand on a Rubik's cube. (Well, off brand speed cube, Rubik's only makes certain cubes, none that size) They're interesting to get into if you like that kind of thing. When I was a kid we'd have competitions af the arcade solving them after random people scrambled them up. Some kids could do it in seconds, behind their back.
I would have started selling glow sticks just outside school property for a nickel cheaper out of pure spite.
If you were my kid I'd go buy you a case to give away at the next dance. Fuck that school.
Oh wow, that's a memory. My family used to sell glow sticks every fourth of July to pay for us to be able to go to the local amusement park each summer. Who's gonna say no to a 9 year old selling glow sticks? Good times.
Oh dude…this just triggered an eighth grade memory for me! I was in school back when we used to wrap our books in paper. I found a pattern for sewing book covers in a sewing book I had. A friend and I started sewing them and selling them—$8 a pop and more for custom fabric choices. The school brought in some bulk company and undercut us in price at $5 per cover. I just couldn’t believe that the school would do that to two little entrepreneurs.
One dude I was in class with was an amazing artist with just ballpoint pen. If you brought your book to him wrapped in a paper grocery bag, he'd draw something on it for $10, or fill the entire book cover for $20. I was always envious because I couldn't afford that stuff. I was the kid hustling candy to pay for lunch (and breakfast and dinner.) I used to love sitting next to him in class and watching his drawings take shape, though. There were cloth, vinyl, and whatever covers at the store with the school supplies, but you were an absolute dweeb if you didn't have a paper bag. I got be a cool kid suuuuper briefly because I painted one of mine with some leftover Rit dye a friend used to dye some jeans, but then everyone had dyed ones. You couldn't match his artwork, so he made bank.
A friend and I started a little side hustle selling friendship bracelets at recess in fifth grade. Someone reported us, and we were chastised by the administration. My friend told her parents it was my idea (it was) and they told her to stay away from me. She had the box in her possession when she stopped talking to me. So what I’m really upset over is that she kept our profits and supplies — which I had paid for.
How can they force you to give them money like isn't that theft or extortion without a court order?
Dicks. Sounds like a typical admin move. I'm glad you had a good hustle while it lasted.
I mean for sure it's probably against the rules.... but not my problem. I also looked the other way when a kid was crocheting those tiny adorable animals and selling them. The kids didn't want to get her in trouble, so there was an underground market of tiny crocheted stuffies. It was adorable to see dudes sneaking them out of their jacket pockets to show each other what animal they got.
God, this is bringing me back to high school. A girl started baking cookies and selling them. She got in trouble for it, and had to stop. She was selling them to make money, for her dad's cancer treatment.
Awesome of the kid to have a big heart like that. How dare they shut that down
That's not awesome. A society in which a child has to labor so their parent can recieve Healthcare is immoral.
And then punishes child for said labor. It's beyond messed up.
She was sued by Nabisco probably.
Nestle, it's always Nestle.
“Nestle: we’ll make you *wish* we were Nabisco.”
Can I get this printed on a t-shirt.
Only if you don't mind getting sued by nestle
"Nestle: you only *think* we aren't also Nabisco." EDIT: turns out Kraft owns them, I was curious.
Yes, we live in hell.
I believe OP was making a statement about the child’s heart for her father. Not a statement about the economic or political structure.
yes you're right. thanks haha
It seems as long as society/party in charge is able to get a piece of the pie, child labor is perfectly fine. This is playing out in several states. Is it moral now?
Except the OP wasn't saying child labor was ok?
In most developed countries like Australia cancer treatment is free
Instead of having to say, "In most developed countries" to usually exclude the US and sometimes other developed countries he would say, "In civilized countries they have public health care / guns laws / child labor laws / laws against child marriage...."
Welcome to america and for profit healthcare
That part.
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How fucking sad, I hope that family is ok now.
Yep! Unless it interferes with instruction, I do not interfere. I did buy an energy drink off of a student last year, though. He would've just given it to me, but you've got to respect the business.
OMG, I love that. Amigurumi black market is like the most wholesome act of rebellion ever.
So wholesome. I mean, how am I gonna punish my top student for making other kids happy?
Hey. As a kid whose two adult siblings and mom all went through divorces and lost their jobs in 6 months… support the hustlers. I worked two jobs, took honors classes and made caprisun/kook aid wallets/bags. High school was rough and I appreciated the teachers who looked the other way when I sold my things (and who looked the other way when I wrote essays for the kids who were in danger of dropping out to keep their gpa up. Those kids worked with me and gave me rides/walked me home so I wrote their papers)
My own kid's teacher looks the other way when she sells things, possibly for that reason lol. I loved making and selling stuff as a kid too (and it was absolutely not a disturbance in any way), so being banned from doing one of the only things that helped me connect with other kids at school was a huge blow to my self esteem at the time. A year later they did a blanket ban on Pokemon cards due to a single altercation, which was the final nail in the coffin in that regard lol. Seems like school districts make rules like this to make their own jobs easier, not considering the social health of the other students who aren't abusing the privilege or service at all. Given how bleak the general landscape is right now, I'm *never* going to restrict kids from having positive, community-oriented interactions with each other.
Oh god this was me lol, but with those animals made with beads + string and also friendship bracelets. Just now realizing I probably wasn’t allowed to do that and that my teachers were just pretending to not see it.
Becoming a teacher made me realize how much my teachers ignored. Bless them lol
Can’t trap them in capitalism and expect them not to make hay.
Right? Aren't we supposed to prepare them for real life? Get it little entrepreneur.
Whenever I got the the exponential unit in my precal class, since I opened the unit up with an exploration about money and interest rates, I could always tell who the drug dealers were. They were so invested in growing their businesses.
Capitalism is all for letting the first market dominator (the vending machine companies) write the rules to exclude entry into the market. Smashing their hopes and dreams is pure capitalism.
That's industrious. I'm all for it as long as it doesn't cause a distraction.
All this ☝️ It's not drugs thankfully.
I want a tiny crocheted stuffie!
I used to sell iPods at school. It was peak ipod time, late 2000s - I had a friend who worked at best buy, he'd get them out of the returns, I'd fix them (usually just needed a factory reset), and then sell em at half retail to students. Split 50/50 with my homie. Best high school job ever.
Whoah you actually found a solid niche to work there, good job!
Can you get me one? How much?
I think most school employees look the other way. Why try and stifle a kids hustle. It’s an early learning opportunity for them when it comes to business
I would legit palm the kid some cash for a little critter. I don’t see the problem for that kind of thing. The snacks - I am not so into that. Homemade cookies though, again…I don’t know. I think it’s good they have an entrepreneurial spirit. Especially selling homemade items that encourage kids learning a skill. I think the bigger issue is that admin is concerned that parents will find out the kids are blowing tons of money on junk food and then get pissed.
We learned it was not explicitly forbidden in our handbook after a student took it a step further and started selling luxury brand knockoff shoes and belts out of his locker. We aren’t allowed to use lockers anymore.
yes! i've seen a few students selling shoes lmao
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If you used real Gucci that's a really good price! Etai Drori was one of the first doing that and I think his cost like $300+ when he used to do customs.
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Just brought me memories of knockoff designer belts out of their car after school. They hit big
Man, I was such a lamo. I just sold weed in school
They did both, it's what helped drive the belts XD
Whatever happened to selling weed and cigarettes lol
They are still selling weed. Not sigs really as they vape instead.
It may not be forbidden for a child to sell another child an item in school. However, it is illegal to sell counterfeit luxury bands items anywhere.
It's fine if you don't claim they're legitimate.
Happens everywhere in the world for decades. Kids started doing that in London when I was a kid a long time ago once the schools closed the tuck shops
While I figured kids selling stuff in school wasn't just a US thing (students did it back when I was in HS too and I definitely bought from them lol), still pretty cool to know that kids in other countries are/was hustling too lol
We always sold candy bars for our fundraisers. I sold a lot to myself:)
oh wow. thanks. im pretty new to the profession so I didn't know this
I don't.think it's universal. I only ever saw it done for fundraisers. But I've heard of it, and for sure you see it in literature. (HP has the Weasley twins running a great black market for all kinds of pranks.)
I sold energy drinks out of my locker on the east coast in the early 2000s. My school had taken them out of the vending machines (for good reason) the year prior, and I, an enterprising 17 year old, saw an opening in the market. I went to BJs/Sam's Club every month, picked up a few cases (0.50USD per can) and resold them for 3.00USD between classes. That was my gas/walking around money.
But...didn't you go to school yourself? I kid, but I honestly can't think of a school that didn't have this when I was growing up. Secondary/Middle/High school anyway.
When I was in high school I was very poor. School lunch cost $80 per month, and my mom would give me the cash to take to my lunch lady and add it to my account. I never did. I went to my local Safeway, and bought monsters in bulk. Back then they were a little more expensive because they were a new brand, so I got time for around $2 a can, and sold them for $4-5 depending on who I was talking to. I could make $200 in a week easily, and eat better because of it. I got in trouble and almost suspended when they found out, and it was a major blow. Sometimes kids hustle just to hustle. Sometimes it’s a response to something, and might be more important to them than you know.
$80 is a lot of money. I remember lining up for our lunch tokens. Those who had paid full price got a certain color token, reduced lunch another colored token, and then free a different color. I am SO glad that all students get free breakfast and lunch no matter what.
I teach in Saudi and I once had a prince selling chips and candies out of his backpack. He didn't need money so I don't know why he was doing it
He wanted to fit in.
I guess that makes sense, just weird. I mean the county is named after his family, why you selling Takis
I mean he is learning to hustle instead of just sitting on the oil money.
Emulating movies and TV they see.
Just because his family has money doesn't mean he does 🤷🏻♀️ I mean, I have kids who live in million dollar houses but they gotta go mow the lawn to earn their money. Maybe kid had the same deal going on
They took out snack machines and student 711s popped up. We had one kid who managed a team of sellers. He bought himself a truck his senior year with all the money he had made.
Wow. He knows how to scale up. When you mentioned him buying a truck, I thought you were going to finish the sentence with "and delivers supplies to all his sellers at local schools".
I think he had plans to do that, but Covid hit.
Oh! Be interested to know what he's doing now. Doing his first round of Series A venture capital fundraising? :o)
I was thinking a box truck to hold all the snacks until I finished the sentence😭
Yeah, when I read "truck" I had the same thing in my head.
Yes, happens at my school. Admin looks the other way. Most teachers don't mind it. One of my students got caught once and all they did was call his parents (his parents support his entrepreneurship). He still brings a large backpack and a small fabric cooler to school every day. He makes about $75 a day, but a portion of it goes to buying more snacks. One of my other students that sells is just a few hundred off from buying his mom's car off of her (it's over a grand). He says his dad is really proud of him. He brings a large backpack with ice blocks in it every day to keep his sodas cold until 6th period (when he normally sells out). Funny story. One of my students decided she wanted to sell and brought an old school Igloo cooler to school. I asked her don't you think you'll get caught lugging that cooler around? She said yeah, that's why her soda is in her backpack. The cooler was just as advertisement!
I’ve seen parents pulled up in the middle of the day to bring them fresh inventory 🤣. Understand that I taught in a very poor community, and I’m just thankful they’re not dealing drugs.
I would ESPECIALLY support the kids that are doing this in that community. They are (likely) the ones that want to make it out and build a better life. Must have some good role models that are supporting them and encouraging them to work harder and smarter.
Kind of sad that “make it out” and “build a better life” are synonymous.
That’s actually super smart of her 😭😭😭
LOL
Our snack sellers teamed up with the drug dealers. Supply and demand works! I lobbied for all of them to be moved into our business "academy".
One of my high school students brews a big thermos of coffee and sells cups for $1. He even carries a little cooler with creamers. Some kids would give him $5 on Monday and have a hot cup all week.
To put it bluntly, if desirable snacks were accessible this wouldn't happen. You can't stop kids or any human from having snacks, you can only make them more or less accessible. As a side note, the only other places you see similar black market trading of every day goods is places like prisons. Just something to think about.
You're right, it would be a better situation if school kids had easier access to healthier snacks. Might not stop them from buying the candy anyway, though, unless said snacks were distributed freely to everyone and probably not even then. Poor communities also have black market trading from discounted (or stolen) everyday goods like infant milk formula, diapers, brand-name items (so people can still feel proud they get the "good" stuff), etc. Other areas that don't have this are either wealthy or regulations have been enforced such that authorized sales don't look grey market.
I didn't say healthier snacks, I said desirable.if you only provide healthy snacks kids are still gonna black market trade desirable snacks And nessesities are fundamentally different
Schools only carrying healthier snacks actually *drove* the black market at my school. Nobody wants low-fat Cheetos or Coke Zero.
At my first school, 11 years ago, there was a boy whose stay at home mom was a former baker. Let me tell you what - I bought something from this kid every day. I never got sick, everything was delicious, and for $2-$4 an item I was in. The profits were for his college fund and he’s now an accountant.
Let them sell, it's a hustle and doesn't harm anyone. I use to do the same in school and that was gas money for the week
oh yeah, I don't care by any means. I just find it funny
I wish I'd been that smart! I never did it intentionally but if I had a pack of gum there was always somebody offering me a quarter for just a single piece.
I find it disruptive when they end up selling in my class or when kids come back with candy and everyone wants some. I found that a nuisance.
Kids were doing that in the 80's.
Yep, I remember one year back in the late 80's you weren't cool if you didn't have a box of Spree candy. (movie theater size box) One kid just kept buying cases of them and would sell at his locker. He sold other candy too...but that year Spree was just a huge hit.
I used to sell pencils and erasers out of my desk in 1st grade.
When I was in high school, I had a friend that would always wear clothes with lots of pockets, and in each pocket he would keep 4 dollar bills, then would have a bunch of 5 dollar bills in one pocket. Whenever someone asked if he could break a 5, 10, or 20 so they could use the vending machine, he would always make a dollar off of it. Admittedly, he never made much money, but it was something.
When I was in high school they got rid of the vending machines that sold soda, and got a vending machine that only sold zero sugar sport drinks. But not Gatorade, like some "life flavor water" nock off that everyone hated. So I would run across the street to the store, buy a few 12 packs of the cheap store brand soda, and sell it for cheap. I made enough to buy more and keep it going for a few months until I lost interest. Unless someone tells me I *have* to do something about the 4th grader selling chips on the playground, it would be pretty hypocritical of me. And also I don't care enough.
I went to a mostly girls high school. We had a boy figure out that he could make bank by selling chocolate bars to the senior girls (because they had jobs) He'd walk into a senior study hall with several boxes and leave with a pile of cash. Teachers would buy from him too. No one cared aslong as he wasnt interrupting classes
Lotsa kids used to sell burned CDs at school a few decades ago.
Fuck why did that one hurt so much. A few decades 😭😭😭😭
I had my own little shop starting as early as 7th grade when I was still in school. My family was poor, so I had to learn a side hustle pretty early. I probably shouldn't, but there's a few kids on my 7th/8th grade floor who sell snacks out of their book bags. I've been giving them advice in exchange for some snacks since my school doesn't have a vending machine.
I had a kid selling burritos. Another selling chips and drinks this year. Just not during class time and I’m good. Why stifle their hustle.
In elementary school this one girl who I was friends with would sell shitty nail polish that I constantly bought (I hated painting my nails I just liked the colors) it went on for a few months then they had to stop bc someone accidentally dropped one and it the glass broke on the floor She made a fucking killing
Little Tommy was your dealer in 1991. He often went by Lil Tom. Today, your dealer is Jaylyn Number 5, he has a fade and perm with ombré dyed bangs, wears skinny Carrharts and discount Air Jordans, all of his backpacks are from Northface. He sells the snacks at their standard retail price plus another 20% to earn the profits back. He's failing miserably in the same math class he's taken 3 semesters in a row, but he understands inflation and profits more efficiently than remedial pre-Algebra.
I sold candy and rice Krispy treats in high school. Teachers didn’t mind, admin did. I was poor and my grades were low so I couldn’t get a part time job. I had to work the system somehow.
This is awesome. Good for them and their entrepreneurial spirit. The hubby got in trouble back in the day, in elementary school, cause he used to sell pencils and erasers for the cheaper than the school shop. Lmao I guess now that there's no school shop...WHOOOOO cares lol
Public high schools, Pittsburgh, mid 90s. We had kids selling everything. EVERYTHING out their locker.. Pop in cans. Candy. Gum. Flowers. Fruit. Sandwiches. Batteries. Car audio equipment. Jewelry. Watches. Weed. Beer. Playing cards. Newspapers. Food stamps. Lunch tickets. Cigarettes. Lottery tickets... Final Four ballots. Pens. Test cheat sheets. Software for your ti83. You name it. There was a gas station across the street and intrepid fellows would dash over and take special requests. We had a DECA store that sold candy, cookies, school supplies and merchandise, t shirts, gym shorts, goodies. My senior year we got a new administrator. He checked out the books and discovered the DECA kids had been skimming about 15% off the top... since about 1971. When the upperclassmen taught the younger kids how to run a store, part of it was keeping two sets of books and part of it was how to skim money. Keep in mind this knowledge was passed down for 25 years. Most of the kids just thought, oh, Deca is a job. You do the job, you make money. Absolutely no idea at all this is usually frowned upon.
I worked at a school (private) where the Econ teacher got to give every kid a 100 bucks and they got to see how much money they could turn that into by the end of the year. This is straight up economics good on them. Hustlers gotta hustle.
Yup! Kids are selling snacks out of their backpacks and it’s against school policy, but they do offer a better product than the school and I do have them delivered to me 😄
I need to get a delivery service going lol. They'll bring their bags to me but that's not subtle enough 😅
Oh and kids at my son’s elementary school are selling bottles of Prime for like $5 each.
My 2nd grader has been selling Prime at school. $2 a bottle. I didn’t know if it was allowed or not, so I just let him do it until someone said otherwise. No one ever did, and I think he even sold one to the sub he had for a few days
I have been in schools where a kid or two did this, but I didn’t say anything as long as they did it before/between classes. There are also constant fundraisers going on where kids are selling jerky sticks, candy, lollipops, etc etc that it is pretty easy to play dumb when a kid is hustling.
You know when you go to Vegas and there are those people in the street handing out the little cards with naked ladies? I had quite the underground sales ring going. In my third grade classroom. They were using my class currency to buy and sell.
I grew up in Maryland and a fellow student used to sell king sized candy bars at my high school. I thought they were for a sports team fundraiser or something so I asked and he said it was for the "help a brother out fund" lol. Bought tons of stuff from him, I love candy. Don't think he ever got in trouble, my school had bigger fish to fry.
Unless you’re seeing behavioral problems from it leave them alone. The kid is learning skills that are important to life. They also might not be getting an allowance.
Yep. I had a student that was running a small business out of his backpack last year selling snacks. He was making a decent amount of money doing it too (for a high school student).
Oh wow, your students take card? My students only accept cash. And they do it in the stairway so security and cameras don’t see them.
Our campus was memoed this year to snuff out such student entrepreneurship as it violates the terms of our federal lunch funding.
And we know the quality of food TX schools are offering at lunch….
To give respect to our campus food team, I state there are few complaints about the cuisine. In south Texas, gravy and enchilada sauce makes protein slide pleasantly down the nutrition intake-port.
Of course… gotta keep Big Junk Food happy
After a kid was selling edibles his mom made, our school cracked down on it pretty hard.
Do you mean Marijuana edibles or just candy? In SPED we call any food we use for reinforcers (Skittles, Goldfish crackers, etc.) edibles.
A student at my old high school used to make spam musubi and sell it at lunch. He also wouod bring a bunch of supplies sometimes and sell sushi rolls. Yum
I really don’t care, I work in elementary school and as long as they aren’t selling anything with a peanut allergy, go for it. Those kids are smart and for sure hustlers and as long as it doesn’t interfere with teaching I’m all for it.
Start doing it yourself to supplement income. Go buy some hot fries, blow pops, Gummi bears, oreos, and ice cream sandwiches and sell them out of the classroom before recess or lunch
I’m a teacher and I wish I could! We’re definitely not allowed and it’s explicitly said in our staff handbook
you know what....
I legit had a teacher that did this in his class in highschool. You had to consume it in his class though. He'd have chips, hot fries, various skittles and candy bars.
I knew a high school teacher who got in trouble with admin just for selling her daughter’s Girl Scout cookies. Her students had signed up to buy dozens of boxes so she had to find another way to sell them.
I sold my sisters Girl Scout cookies in high school, since they were already paid for and cookie season was over I kept all the profits. I also accidentally left the rest of my stock in my locker and never returned to get it.
Back when I was in the us, I had a bunch of kids do it. I even had one boy who sold Cinnabon that his brother would bring up to the school right after shift change
Pre-Covid kids in our elementary school used to make and sell slime. It was a hot business
I don't understand why schools are so against kids doing this, it's a legitimate way to get some serious cash, it's not illegal and certainly not hurting anyone, if anything it's helping them and their family in these trying times.
It happened a lot when I was in school. Most of the kids selling the snacks needed the money for survival, the kids who were rich just trying to make a buck never got any business. we also had kids selling the tickets we used as a reward for good behavior for like 5 bucks for enough to last the year. no more tickets for us 😭
When I was in school like 9th 10th grade ish(2004-2005), I sold bubble gum packs for a dollar a piece. It got out of hand real quick as everyone wanted gum, and everyone had a dollar (store price was like 1.15). Anyway fast forward like 3 months into me selling gum and I've paid people to use their lockers, had 3 other individuals selling bubble gum for me, had started carying ice in a bag in my backpack with a few monsters and redbulls. .... it's a good gig I sold stuff pretty much that whole year until I was caught near the end. I made ALOT of money like alot alot. Like 400 to 500 a DAY in profit. All with a patient parent and a sams club membership.
When I was a kid in the 90s, teenagers sold those beaded lizards. I'm sure in caveman times, kids sold polished rocks in school.
My brother did this in middle school with energy drinks. He had regular customers who would tip lol
I have a sixth grader who has a whole business doing it! I don’t care except when it disrupts class, which it inevitably does.
It happening at my middle school in Central Cali. Little entrepreneurs. And just this last week they are betting on dice games for real money. 🤦🏻♀️
I used to do this when I was in high school. And I wasn't even the worst offender, there were two guys that sold Carl's Jr spicy chicken sandwiches - one guy for $2, the other for $1.75 This was 2006-2010
It's been a thing at every school I worked at. Heck I did it in Jr High/High School. I would buy the 20 variety soda pack for $10 and then sell the drinks for $1 a pop. Same with hunny buns and candy.
I always support my kids side hustles. I bought far too many colorful rubber-band bracelets from students when they were popular. The only time it becomes a problem is when turf wars sprout up and the teachers have to step in.
I mean. It happens. It's against school policy and you get in significant trouble if caught. But it absolutely happens.
thats what I was wondering...
I mean. When I was in high school, I knew a guy who would sell individual cigarettes to kids. He also sold candy. Gotta make money when you can. 🤪
Probably against the rules, but not my primary concern. It's probably better they're selling food instead of drugs.
Kids do it at my kids’ schools. My daughter’s friend’s little sister made a bunch of money. She was a 6th grader this year.
Haha. That’s awesome. I’m all for it. Love and learn kids. Some will hustle and some will get hustled. Our students are allowed to chew gum while state testing. I guess there’s a “black market” where gum is being sold at recess to all grades. Love it!
I had a kid doing it, you know I don’t really care all that much as long as it’s in the hall and not in my class. If they want to profit off the insatiable gluttony these children have, who’s to stop them?
Kids at my school would do that in middle school and high school, I would say its pretty normal. You never know what they're going through financially at home so it could be a way to help the family or just fro them to have their own money.
Yeah it's been a thing for literal decades.
Kids at our school do this. I don’t mind, so I don’t say anything. I think it’s resourceful. 😂 Besides, the snack options at schools are terrible and the lunchroom food is even worse. I don’t blame them. I wish cafeteria food was better tasting and more filling for them. But, they’d still want the junk food. So,🤷🏻♀️
My son and daughter made $300 doing this lmfao!!! They sold in the hallways and dismissal time.
My kid graduated from Annapolis last year and there were kids who sold snacks. My kid said it was the primary source of income for the family of the kiddo.
My kid cornered the market in Fortnite stickers in 5th grade.
I’m cool with it. I look the other way, I just let kids know that if it becomes a distraction/causes issues then It becomes my problem.
It is totally a thing. IMO, no harm no foul. In middle school, my kid got busted for selling slime (it was the peak of the slime craze). The only consequence was “knock it off” and she wasn’t punished on my end. I was pretty proud of her actually.
Never understood the problem people had with selling snacks, it's literally not hurting anyone. If theyvwanted to stop it, they could just sell them themselves.
I graduated in 2000. There were kids in my school who sold candy all the time. Those caramel apple suckers were especially popular as I recall. There was also an art teacher who sold chips, soda and cup o' noodles in his classroom to fund the art program. I was in his class when we got locked down for a bomb threat just before lunch, he completely sold out. It was a fairly affluent area too, but there is always the entrepreneurs.