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kidlesskim
WHY are they celebrating students' birthdays at school anyway?
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WHY are they celebrating students' birthdays at school anyway?
I agree with the principle, but still ... I remember my early school days, listening to Mrs. Krabapple droning on and on about the Pilgrims, Christoper Columbus, Our Founding Fathers .... taking 30 minutes out of the last hour on an occasional Friday to pass around cupcakes (without all the paranoia of "I don't eat food made by people I don't know") was a very welcome break (probably because I was ahead of all that stuff anyway by having the library as my second home)
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kidlesskim
"At my kids school, they have kids with allergies and we have to bake only cupcakes that don't have peanuts. That is fine. Now they are thinking to ban cupcakes for the kids birthday and instead send a craft. I am totally against banning cupcakes. Those kids have to learn that they cannot have the world circling around them if they cannot eat a cupcake, don't make the whole class also not have a cupcake. Same with pizza parties. Keep the pizza and cakes! Yum"
WHY are they celebrating students' birthdays at school anyway? If there are 30 kids in a class and 36 weeks of class, that's a birthday party nearly every week! EVEN IF they do a once a month celebration for all birthdays in that month, that's still a party every month and will leave the summer birthday kids out. Birthdays, Christmas and ALL religious holidays, Valentines, St Patty's Day, etc........should be celebrated at home, church, or at a community center or somewhere other than school. WHEN will these people figure out that SCHOOL is for learning the basics and NOT a substitute for home life, church, a place for ALL nutritional needs to be met, a psychiatrist's office, mom and dad, etc......?
Re: Food Fight! February 01, 2011 | Registered: 13 years ago Posts: 8,402 |
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Did you know that bringing pretty cupcakes to share with my classmates on my Birthday was an integral part of growing up!? Now I know what ruined my Childhood: having a Birthday that coincided with school vacation, and thus not being able to celebrate my Birthday in class with cupcakes.
I find both sides stupid in this debate.
Fact: There will always be some kids with health problems which are not their fault: allergies, diabetes, etc. It's mean to force them to observe fun things (in a classroom, where they are meant to be learning, not having a party) when they're not allowed to participate. The parents who so desperately want to bring cupcakes are not thinking at all about the enjoyment of the other kids in the class, they are thinking about their precious shining and being popular due to bringing a treat. The teacher should beat some sympathy into the heads of these parents by mandating that if treats are brought, there also have to be treats suitable for the students who can't have the treats (and carrot sticks are not a fair alternative to cupcakes).
Fact: Allergies are increasing, but the world isn't going to bend over backward for people with allergies. These kids are going to have to learn that people aren't going to avoid eating foods out of solidarity. There will be times when they will be left out by their medical issues, or forced to accept a substitute. Meanwhile, their parents should be thinking: "How did we create a kid with so many health issues? That's a horrible thing for a kid to have to deal with--we really shouldn't have any more kids."
Of course, what I'm really thinking after reading a few of those whines is that the best solution is to shovel all these breeders into a plague pit and bury them under several tons of peanut-filled cupcakes.
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The whole issue is idiotic because every Moo these days thinks HER kid is the most spayshul/most vulnerable/most allergic. Maybe they should limit "treats" to a veggie tray and juice. I haven't heard of any brats being allergic to carrots or celery, but you can bet some Moo would pipe up that hers is, and is being discriminated against.
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The whole issue is idiotic because every Moo these days thinks HER kid is the most spayshul/most vulnerable/most allergic. Maybe they should limit "treats" to a veggie tray and juice. I haven't heard of any brats being allergic to carrots or celery, but you can bet some Moo would pipe up that hers is, and is being discriminated against.
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