Oreos Banned from School

[D'Snowth]

Yep.

http://chicksontheright.com/blog/it...-in-your-child-s-lunch-that-you-pack-yourself

Man, this country just keeps getting stricter, meaner, and stupider (yes, I know that's not a word) about trying to curb the childhood obesity epidemic and force kids to eat nothing but fruits and vegies.

 

[mr3urious]

Whether or not you like Oreos, this is a big pile of smoo. Banning certain foods and forcing kale down kids' throats is going to do nothing to stop obesity, and may very well turn it into a forbidden fruit for many kids, potentially getting them "addicted" to them even more. Great work, guys.

Betcha that same district neglects to increase recess and P.E. time because of standardized testing and litigious parents. Now those are the things that needs to be banned from schools.

 

[D'Snowth]

Banning certain foods and forcing kale down kids' throats is going to do nothing to stop obesity, and may very well turn it into a forbidden fruit for many kids, potentially getting them "addicted" to them even more. Great work, guys.

You have a point there, actually. It's been proven that sugar has a very similar effect on people as nicotine does for smokers, once it gets in your system, it's very addictive, that's why people are always craving sweets.

Betcha that same district neglects to increase recess and P.E. time because of standardized testing and litigious parents. Now those are the things that needs to be banned from schools.

Yeah, because pressuring kids to do more testing to bring up their test scores and depriving them of playtime is the best way to go about it. Wasn't that a plot device in the RECESS movie? The bad guy was trying to shift the position of the moon to rid the world of summer vacation, because countries like Canada, Iceland, and Norway have the highest test scores because the kids are always inside studying as opposed to playing outside because it snows all the time.

 

[mr3urious]

You have a point there, actually. It's been proven that sugar has a very similar effect on people as nicotine does for smokers, once it gets in your system, it's very addictive, that's why people are always craving sweets.

Yeah, but people don't get withdrawal symptoms from it like drugs. You don't see people convulsing like crazy and holding up convenience stores for candy and soda, do you? That's why I put "addicted" in quote marks.

Yeah, because pressuring kids to do more testing to bring up their test scores and depriving them of playtime is the best way to go about it. Wasn't that a plot device in the RECESS movie? The bad guy was trying to shift the position of the moon to rid the world of summer vacation, because countries like Canada, Iceland, and Norway have the highest test scores because the kids are always inside studying as opposed to playing outside because it snows all the time.

But don't those kids from other countries have less time devoted to school anyway? I know that in Finland, school starts about a year later for most kids.

 

[D'Snowth]

But don't those kids from other countries have less time devoted to school anyway? I know that in Finland, school starts about a year later for most kids.

I don't know if those reasonings were ever accurate anyway. After, Canada always having snow is something of a stereotype anyway.

 

[CensoredAlso]

force kids to eat nothing but fruits and vegies.

Which they won't, so they'll pretty much starve, lol. Balance, parents!

 

[Collgoff]

Somebody's got to do something to stop this.

 

[Drtooth]

This is one of those both sides are completely freaking idiotic cases.

This is clearly the case of some obnoxious, upper class tattletale of a "concerned" parent (or group of them) that wants the world to bow down to their precious little brats so they can release all parental duties to everyone else. Bored pseudo-activists that see one idiotic web story and think the world's coming to an end, and overreacting to it as poorly and as immaturely and shortsightedly as possible.

YET... Where is this news coming from? Oh. A far right blogger. Yeah. Let's scower the web for some podunk school district doing something dumb so we can trot out the same "BLLLAARRRGGGHHHH!!! Dey takin' away uhr freedomz!" propaganda that runs a movement of even angrier, less mature, and more shortsighted idiots. Essentially the stupid complaining about the stupid. And it doesn't even matter if there's a good point or mature discussion out of this, it turns into "AWWW, dem Limozeeen Libruls are gunner force us to et teh Broccolis and marry gay MexYcans to get a green card ta turk ur jerrrbs."

Here's the thing. Who's reacting to this the worst? People who have been out of school for quite some time. The story isn't about "jeez, look how dumb this is," it's about "AAAAHHH!!! Conspiracy to take away our freedom" from people who this doesn't affect, yet want a big scary monster to blame everything wrong with their lives instead of having an intelligent conversation. As for the school, no freaking diggidy duh this is moronic. This is going to do jack crap to fight the obesity thing that affects poor people the most anyway. It's the same deal. Blame the junk food, not the systematic problems that keep poorer and lower income families buying the huge dollar store cola bottles (the 3 liters of the worst soda there ever was)and low quality foods from gas stations. When it comes to the issue of health, I hear hemming and hawing and a lot of BAD ideas that punish addicts, but no viable, honest, helpful solutions.

Oh... and kids hate freaking health food unless they've been fed nothing but by their parents. And usually those are parents that have nice incomes and can cook vegetables in a way they're edible. So...yeah... there's that. If they can't get their snack cakes at school they sure as heck can get them on the way home. So bad solutions and bad journalism all around.

 

[Harleena]

They're banning Oreos now? Now that's just stupid. *is instantly reminded of the Gumball episode "The Safety"* No, but seriously. That's what it feels like these days. Banning Oreos is only gonna increase obesity. People be like:

 

[mr3urious]

They're banning Oreos now? Now that's just stupid. *is instantly reminded of the Gumball episode "The Safety"*

Or the Kids Next Door episode "Operation: S.A.F.E.T.Y.".