The Student Voice of Chardon High School

The Hilltop Echo

The Student Voice of Chardon High School

The Hilltop Echo

The Student Voice of Chardon High School

The Hilltop Echo

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How Old is Too Old?

How Old is Too Old?

Every year Halloween comes around and there is a hustle and bustle of activities here in Chardon, Ohio. There are costumes to be picked for school and for the game, there is candy to be bought and of course eaten, and there are parties to go to. At the high school age, students are faced with a difficult decision; to trick or treat or not?

When are kids truly too old to trick or treat? Sometimes it is the parents rather than the teens that decide. Not necessarily the child’s parents, but rather the adults that pass out candy. According to junior, Jackie Schlag, “As much as I would like to go trick or treating and think that I’m not too old, a lot of parents think that I am and will refuse candy.”

This year, the decision to go out or not becomes more complicated for Chardon students in particular. Since this year’s Halloween happens to fall on a Friday, there is the boys varsity football team’s last football game away at Lakeside. However, trick or treating will also be taking place from 5 to 7 around the square. Therefore, students have to choose between getting a bag full of free candy and watching their team play in the last game almost an hour away. Even some of the football players are disappointed that they cannot trick or treat. “I am upset that they did not change the trick or treat date to Saturday because many fans and players have to miss out on candy because of the game,” says varsity defensive end, Lucas Lundblad. He; however, may still be trick or treating in Mentor on Saturday night along with some of the other football players.

Many students say that at this age they prefer to just hangout with friends and watch a scary movie or go to a haunted house. Others take their parents’ place giving out candy on the porch and sometimes dress up and scare the kids that dare to go up to their door. Even still, a large portion of the school’s student body does go out on a candy seeking rampage around the neighborhood. “Why not,” says senior, Becca Marra, “If the little kids get to dress up and get free candy once a year, then we should be able to also.”

It seems that most students believe that they can never be too old to trick or treat; however, most juniors and seniors will not be trick or treating this year due to the football game. On the other hand, there are sure to be many students out on the 31st or in other cities on their trick or treat night who could care less what others have to say about their right to be a kid for one night.