does that tinfoil hat get too tight at times? It would be a really good idea to loosen it.
On Fri, Jun 28, 2013 at 12:50 PM, Sam <[email protected]> wrote: > > It's actually a government takeover of our schools. This started with > Common Core by paying the states to relinquish control of education, now > they control what they eat. The conversion won't take as long as we > thought. > > . > > > On Fri, Jun 28, 2013 at 8:07 AM, Bruce Sorge <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > http://www.military.com/daily-news/2013/06/28/retired-general-gets-junk-food-out-of-schools.html?ESRC=eb.nl > > > > My thoughts are this. If a child is eligible for free or reduced-cost > > meals in school, then yes, you can control what they eat in school. > > However, if the school offers an a la carte menu as well, and the kid > has > > the money to buy these items, then they should be free to buy whatever > they > > want. I mean, if a kid wants to have a cup cake in school, they will > either > > buy it or bring one from home. > > > > Now of course I can see the side where you have health conscious parents > > who do not allow junk food in their house, and they send their kid to > > school and don't want them buying junk food. But the temptation is there > > and unless the kid is well disciplined, they just might go ahead and > thumb > > their nose at their parents and eat a bag of Doritos and wash it down > with > > a monster. These are the kind of parents that will welcome this decision. > > But again, I think that kids should be able to eat whatever they want if > > it's offered. I see this as yet another example of lazy parents letting > the > > school raise their kids. > > > > It was really nice back in the stone age when I was in school, and all > the > > school did was educate. They left the raising of the kids to the parents. > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:365026 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
