Fake Walkathon Incentives Drive MC Students Into Frenzy

Because of Mount Carmel students’ success in raising money, the school is offering rewards for different school-wide fundraising goals. But if MC students thought that half day Fridays weren’t enough, it is possible the new posters around school have caught their attention.

All around MC fake (presumably student-made) posters have appeared on the bulletin boards showcasing an array of obviously made up Walkathon incentives. While at first these incentives were mildly believable with promises like “$20,000 for a day off of school,” and “$50,000 to get dress downs for free on Fridays," they very quickly evolved into extreme promises that the school administration couldn’t possibly fulfill such as “Get rid of finals.”

No matter how many times these posters are taken down, they seem to grow back like some sort of weed, each time with more and more bizarre incentives. Not to mention that these posters blend in shockingly well with the surrounding advertisements so that they become hard to spot. And even though these posters contain nothing but lies, it seems like some MC students didn’t quite get the memo.

“I got so excited when I saw that we had reached the money goal for free gourmet meals every day,” complained freshman Yahir Garibo,. “just to find out we don't have that or nap time instead of English class.” 

Clearly, if the goal of these posters is to misinform and mislead, they are doing a great job as Garibo is not the first to be fooled by them, and it is doubtful he’ll be the last.

Shockingly the MC student council hasn’t warned students of these fake posters. This has led students to speculate they are trying to squeeze out money from the fake posters before the Walkathon ends. 

“I bet they're the ones who keep putting the posters up to try and trick us,” theorized freshman Brendan Hodges.

Student Council has made no comment on the accusation, which has only led to more hysteria as the claims these posters make get more and more ridiculous to the point where even a rational student would want to believe that they are true.

“I realize in hindsight that donating $200  to try and reach the next fake incentive wasn’t my smartest move,” said sophomore James Weber, “but after I saw one of the posters said that school would be canceled forever I kind of got blinded by hope.” 

One group of students that seems unaffected are the seniors. 

“I’m basically two feet out the door,” said senior Bryce Mason. “I really could care less if the next two weeks are half days or not.”

On the opposite side of the spectrum, freshmen seem to be falling victim the most out of any grade level. After all, they have no idea what’s normal for Walkathon incentives. 

“I had no idea that we could replace biology with extra merchant writing class,” exclaimed freshman Timothy Harrison while jumping for joy. “Walkathon is the best.” 

Hopefully these fake posters are dealt with before students reach the $200,000 goal of having a fight between Shaquille O’Neil and Mr. Baffoe at Fight Night. Mostly for Shaq’s sake.