News, O'Doul's non-alcholic beer given to Michigan elementary school students during history lesson. (grade, classroom)

[JD59]

March. 18 (UPI) -- Students at a Michigan elementary school were given O'Doul's beer during a history lesson earlier this month about what things were like during colonial times.

According to district Superintendent Ed Koledo, fifth-grade students at Hyatt Elementary School in Linden were given the non-alcoholic beverage while learning about how colonists often drank ale because there was a lack of clean water.



Read more: O'Doul's beer given to Hyatt Elementary School students during history lesson - UPI.com

[Oldhag1]

Originally Posted by John1960

March. 18 (UPI) -- Students at a Michigan elementary school were given O'Doul's beer during a history lesson earlier this month about what things were like during colonial times.

According to district Superintendent Ed Koledo, fifth-grade students at Hyatt Elementary School in Linden were given the non-alcoholic beverage while learning about how colonists often drank ale because there was a lack of clean water.



Read more: O'Doul's beer given to Hyatt Elementary School students during history lesson - UPI.com

The important thing not to gloss over in this story, which makes it a non-story, is bolded.

[jtab4994]

Right, O'Doul's is not beer.

[JD59]

O'Doul's contains less than 0.5 percent alcohol, according to the Anheuser-Busch website.

Koledo, who declined to identify the teacher, said allowing non-alcoholic beer into the classroom and allowing students to drink it was a mistake.

[NJBest]

Originally Posted by Oldhag1

The important thing not to gloss over in this story, which makes it a non-story, is bolded.

You can get that from just the headline. But the law is the law. Michigan has a zero tolerance law about providing children beverages with alcohol.

[jtab4994]

Originally Posted by John1960

O'Doul's contains less than 0.5 percent alcohol, according to the Anheuser-Busch website.

Koledo, who declined to identify the teacher, said allowing non-alcoholic beer into the classroom and allowing students to drink it was a mistake.

Yeah, it was a mistake to serve it to kids, and there's a mistake in the headline. Also, it's ridiculous that it's a national news story.

[zthatzmanz28]

This is why I drink ALONE...

[citylove101]

No major damage done here IMO, but the teacher still showed poor judgement. You do not seve beer, or something that looks and tastes like beer w/o the alcohol, to fifth graders. You just don't.

[zthatzmanz28]

What about the kid that brought it into the school? How bright were his parents?

[jtab4994]

Originally Posted by zthatzmanz28

What about the kid that brought it into the school? How bright were his parents?

Poor judgment by the (presumably young?) teacher, but also poor judgment by the parents, or the single mom, single dad, or whoever is the child's guardian.