Vox pops: Learners reflect on Valentine’s Day
"I think it is very important to show everyone at school and home love on Valentine’s Day, families and friends should also buy one another gifts to remind each other of the importance of love."
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On Tuesday, February 14 Discovery Primary Full-Service School celebrated Valentine’s Day in their beautifully decorated hall where a successful fundraiser was held by the learners.
The Valentine’s Day event was attended by learners and teachers who dressed up in red and white.
The Record interviewed a few Grade 7 learners in an attempt to find out how they will be celebrating the day.
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• Liyana Batchler said, “I think it is very important to show everyone at school and home love on Valentine’s Day, families and friends should also buy one another gifts to remind each other of the importance of love.”
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• Brooklyn Dietrich said, “Valentine’s Day to me is all about family, it’s my grandmother’s birthday today and I will pit my focus mainly on her.”
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• Kaleb Kirsten said, “Valentine’s Day is a day to display unconditional love, it is a day of taking care of one another, it feels that material things do not matter on this day as it is all about the thought.”
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• Caeley Williams said, “The day is about spending time with your loved ones and taking the time out to exchange gifts or have dinner as a family to reflect on good memories of love.”
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• Moegamat Davids said, “My view on Valentine’s Day is to show love to your loved ones and everybody else while reminding them of the importance and the power of love.”