The Bake Sale
By Michael Erhartic
History was made in Probistip on March 23, 2009. This following the peaceful Macedonian Presidential elections the
day before. Let me explain.
Several weeks ago I left a Teacher’s Dream Sheet in the
teacher’s room which asked the teachers to “write down three
items that they would request if they had three wishes.” The
items they wished for were very surprising to me because
for the most part – one teacher wished for a TV and DVD
player, items which are taken for granted in most American
schools. Other teachers wished for permanent markers, paper,
children’s musical instruments, math books, scissors, and a
new carpet to replace the 15 year old carpet in the after-school
classroom.
These wishes offered me the excellent opportunity to bring
up a fundraising idea with Alexandra, my counterpart. She al-
bake sale within the confines of the classroom , but we could
only sell them amongst her class and to staff members only
(don’t ask me to explain the rationale).
So the new plan allowed us to purchase the ingredients, spend Sunday afternoon making the cookies, carefully
transporting them to school over the icy sidewalks on Monday
morning, and then buying them back from ourselves at our
own bake sale. Although this didn’t adhere to the strict definition of either “bake sale” or “fundraiser”, the students were
still excited as ever when Alexandra informed them of the
“minor” change to the original plan. At least we didn’t have to
make signs and posters advertising the sale to ourselves.
So on a cold and icy Monday morning the historic event
began upon the arrival of the 24 students in Class 6B. Unlike most other Monday mornings in classrooms all across the
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