Valentine's Day oughta be ...

This week Pulse reporters asked their fellow students, "Is there anything about Valentine's Day that you wish you could change?"

"I wish that Valentine's Day would still be about making Valentine boxes and giving out chocolate candies, instead of walking down the halls at school just to discover that Valentine's Day has been transformed into National Make-Out Day."

-- Aubrie Engman, senior, Copper Hills High School

"I don't really dislike any tradition. I don't really have to do anything for anyone because I have never had a girlfriend. I think girls take it a little seriously, though."

-- Tyler Olsen, senior, Juab High School

"The fact that you have to be with someone to get any gifts."

-- Missy Seawright, junior, Bingham High School

"People calling you to baby-sit! Oh yeah, and those nasty chalky- tasting conversation hearts! Yuck!"

-- Susie Woodbury, freshman, Juab

"Instead of getting candy from boys, I wish they'd give me flowers."

-- Bethanie Brown, senior, Copper Hills

"The boy should be more sentimental and considerate of girls. Either that, or we should totally get rid of it!"

-- Amy Worthington, junior, Bingham

"I love Valentine's Day; I wouldn't change a thing!"

-- Imari Pentico, senior, Copper Hills

"Make it not so commercialized. It's too much buying candy and flowers and stuff. It should be more special."

-- Tylor Pilcher, junior, Bingham

"If I could change something about Valentine's Day, I would make them quit mass-producing candy hearts because they're addictive, and I always end up eating millions of them."

-- Melissa Sperry, senior, Copper Hills

"All of the stupid advertisements that go around on either the TV or the radio. I can't believe people actually follow and do them. People make a bigger deal over this holiday than they should."

-- Christina Reynolds, junior, Juab

"All those deliveries to the school."

-- Jessica Green, sophomore, Juab

"All the mushy-gooshy stuff. It's gross! It's not my favorite holiday."

-- Elizabeth Page, junior, Bingham

"It should not be required for the girl to give a present to the guy because there's nothing like flowers, chocolates or fluffy stuffed animals to give a guy for Valentine's Day."

-- Lindsay Hart, senior, Juab

"Valentine's Day should be done away with. People should express their love toward others all the time -- not on designated days during the year."

-- Rocky Keith, senior, Juab

Caitlin Holladay is a senior at Juab High School, Cindy Washburn is a senior at Copper Hills High School and Kristin Nielson is a junior at Bingham High School. All are members of the Deseret Morning News Pulse team of high school writers. If you are a Utah high school student and have a topic you would like to see covered, please e- mail pulse@desnews.com or write to Susan Whitney at the Deseret Morning News.

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