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You're trying to turn this into a parental responsibility issue when it's not. The school lunch program has existed in some form since the 1940s. A lot of posters on here have eaten school lunches themselves, and bought school lunches for their kids. There have always been nutrition guidelines for the school lunches.
Furthermore, though though this is Michelle Obama's pet issue, she did not make these changes.
If a child goes to school hungry, it's the teachers fault....what the hell kind of thinking is that?...
It is 100% a parental responsibility to take care of that child, just as you stated your parents did, your parents did not lean on the school to feed you.....
^^Oh, come on! This comment, and this whole conversation, shows how the RW just hates Michelle Obama. If Michelle's "cause" were literacy, the RW crowd would be saying the same thing, e.g. literacy is none of her business, who is she to tell people to read, and anyway, she's fat, with lousy arms, blah, blah, blah!
What was Mrs. Obama's social cause before she became First Lady ?
Laura Bush was active in the literacy cause before becoming First Lady.
She used her position to further the cause and make it national.
She continued her cause after leaving the WH.
Mrs. Obama has latched on to food, exercise and obesity.
Did she champion this before her husband became President ?
Does she practice what she preaches ?
This is similar to Nancy Reagan and her "Just Say No" campaign as First Lady.
If a child goes to school hungry, it's the teachers fault....what the hell kind of thinking is that?...
It is 100% a parental responsibility to take care of that child, just as you stated your parents did, your parents did not lean on the school to feed you.....
Feeding a child is now the responsibility of the government.
And when SNAP isn't used to feed them we don't hold the parents responsible.
We bring the food to school now..breakfast, lunch, snack/dinner, bags of food to take home on Friday and the summer food programs in the schools.
Feeding a child is now the responsibility of the government.
And when SNAP isn't used to feed them we don't hold the parents responsible.
We bring the food to school now..breakfast, lunch, snack/dinner, bags of food to take home on Friday and the summer food programs in the schools.
I guess that is great for parents who want no parental responsibility...
If a child goes to school hungry, it's the teachers fault....what the hell kind of thinking is that?...
It is 100% a parental responsibility to take care of that child, just as you stated your parents did, your parents did not lean on the school to feed you.....
Who said that it was the teacher's fault if the child goes to school hungry? Not me.
What was Mrs. Obama's social cause before she became First Lady ?
Laura Bush was active in the literacy cause before becoming First Lady. She used her position to further the cause and make it national.
She continued her cause after leaving the WH.
Mrs. Obama has latched on to food, exercise and obesity.
Did she champion this before her husband became President ?
Does she practice what she preaches ?
This is similar to Nancy Reagan and her "Just Say No" campaign as First Lady.
LB was active in literacy as first lady of TX, I believe. Most all first ladies have a "cause" these days, though I'd be hard put to tell you Pat Nixon's or Hillary Clinton's.
The statement in bold is factually incorrect. Laura didn't "discover" literacy, in fact her MIL championed literacy as well. Literacy has been a big issue for years, supported by many people in addition to Laura Bush. What is LB doing these days about literacy, especially at a national level?
I don't know when Michelle Obama developed her interest in childhood obesity and nutrition. She didn't have a very public position until her husband was a US senator. She did work as a lawyer for a hospital system. She seems to practice what she preaches, though the press is very good about "catching" her when she's eating fries.
Good grief, some conservatives seem to think that being concerned about childhood obesity/nutrition is akin to championing kids doing drugs or something.
Who said that it was the teacher's fault if the child goes to school hungry? Not me.
You need to go back and reread this entire thread.....
Many have said this, because the child is hungry and not fed at the house, the teachers scores will be bad and get a bad report......
In the end, it's the parents responsibility to feed their child...not the schools.
Yes, I also had school lunch, way back in the early 70's....however, I still paid for it...lunch only....no breakfast....no after school snacks...
But guess what, my parents ensured that I was fed before school and after school, if I did not like the school lunch they were serving, I asked my PARENTS to make me a bag lunch....
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