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If Americans cared about their rights, they would eat mounds and mounds of disgusting unhealthy food in protest this assault on freedom.
I mean, on top of the mounds and mounds of disgusting unhealthy food you're already eating.
Love it!
I vividly remember volunteering in the lunchroom at my kids' elementary school and being appalled at the snacks being offered in addition to the regular meal. Kids would walk right by the healthy foods and load up on pre-packaged crap while their parents were blissfully unaware of what their little darlings were spending their lunch money on. And before you counter with how disgusting school lunches are, let me assure you that while I acknowledge that some school lunch programs are horrible, our district offered really great food. So I'm thrilled that the crap is gone. Completely thrilled. I have no problem with a birthday boy bringing in cookies for a class treat, or the student council holding an occasional bake sale in the courtyard after school, but iced sour cream cookies as a regular offering in the cafeteria? No, absolutely not!
Last edited by randomparent; 08-27-2014 at 06:13 AM..
Reason: Edited some awkward language
I remember vividly volunteering in the lunchroom at my kids' elementary school lunch room and being appalled at the snacks being offered in addition to the regular lunch. Kids would walk right by the healthy foods and load up on pre-packaged snacks while their parents were blissfully unaware of what their little darlings spending their lunch money on. And, before you counter with how disgusting school lunches are, let me assure you that while I acknowledge that some school lunch programs are horrible, our district offered really great food. So I'm thrilled that the crap is gone. Completely thrilled. I have no problem with a birthday boy bringing in cookies for a class treat, or the student council holding an occasional bake sale in the courtyard after school, but iced sour cream cookies as a regular offering in the cafeteria? No, absolutely not!
But they are "extremely unhealthy". How can you support giving kids something "extremely unhealthy" at any time?
But they are "extremely unhealthy". How can you support giving kids something "extremely unhealthy" at any time?
It's a red light food. In elementary school parlance, it's a food to be eaten very rarely. If a teacher allows his class to have cookies or cupcakes on the first of the month to celebrate all the month's birthdays, I consider that to comply with the philosophy of red light foods. I'm in favor of teaching kids traffic light eating to help them understand the importance of minimizing consumption of unhealthy snack foods like cookies and chips. When iced cookies are offered every day in the cafeteria, it's very difficult for children to understand the concept of sweets being a rare treat.
I'm not in favor of banning cookies, but I do not think they should be available as part of daily fare in the school lunch program. There is room for it to be a rare classroom treat for special occasions. I'm thrilled to see Elyria schools remove them from the lunch room, because they do not belong there. That's my position. End of story.
I'm not in favor of banning cookies, but I do not think they should be available as part of daily fare in the school lunch program. There is room for it to be a rare classroom treat for special occasions. I'm thrilled to see Elyria schools remove them from the lunch room, because they do not belong there. That's my position. End of story.
A textbook example of double speak if I've ever seen one.
Well, I just came from our cafeteria meeting. We're not allowed to make and sell any more homemade frosted cookies. As well as many other a la carte offerings. I am hesitant to blame Michelle Obama totally, but she's not very popular right now. We are putting in a whole section of salad and vegetables in one of the a la carte tables. I'm honestly hoping the kids will accept it and come to eventually like it, but I have my serious doubts.
It won't surprise me if more kids pack this year. When last year's stringent guidelines came through, our mainline lunch business decreased majorly (except for the kids with free/reduced lunch tickets, that is). Everybody else started buying from a la carte. The kids with money to spend on lunch are going to be sore.
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