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Luigi-San Posts: 1091/1713 |
I'm thankful my school hasn'r succumbed to that kind of BS, though you have to wait 'til after 2:00 to buy stuff from the Coca-Cola machine (seriously). My drink of choice at school would be that, Snpple, or Powerade. For a buck, you can't go wrong |
Ziff Posts: 1155/1800 |
It is pop. It isn't an inalienable right.
Drink it from a trough when you get home, if you're such a pig. |
acillatem98 Posts: 276/387 |
While the food subject in schools isn't dead yet, my school served us green noodles, and no, they weren't supposed to be green.
I go back tomorrow, bright and early. I don't want to go back, like most people, but I'd rather get my last 2 years of high school out of the way and maybe college. |
Shadic Posts: 311/528 |
Luckily for me, school doesn't start for another.. Two weeks...
Ugh, that's for too soon. But to make up for that, Tennis starts.. Technically today.. |
Zer0wned Posts: 91/118 |
Originally posted by Tarale Two things: 1: The rise in obesity isn't a western trend. It's a non third world country thing. European countries are negligible percentages behind in obesity rates, not to mention Greece is actually the leader in this trend 2: Flavored water is generally calorie and artificial sweetener free (not artificial flavoring though), and is vitamin enriched in most cases.
I'd be less surprised if this was yet another gut wrenchingly bad idea by the local parent teacher association (P.T.A.)
As seen here, he's claiming they do. As for the parents... well, the PTA does a looot of things students, teachers, and other parents don't like. |
Tarale Posts: 1515/2713 |
Personally I don't think it's a bad idea to have some kind of a "wellness policy" in schools.
In an age where obesity in western civilisations is on the rise -- especially amongst young people -- we need to be making sure that kids are eating the right thing and learning healthy habits. Drinking soft drink on a regular basis is not a healthy thing, and I'm not convinced that "flavoured water" whatever that entails is necessarily all that good for you. Course, while I'd like to think that your school is doing this purely out of concern for students' health and wellbeing, they're probably really covering their arses from threats by angry parents and such. Really don't know what you're complaining about. It's not like you're not allowed these things outside of school, and I highly doubt they really are going to confiscate things you bring from home anyway -- again they'd be in shit from parents |
Zer0wned Posts: 90/118 |
There were 3 riots my junior year.
1 riot my freshman year. And a gangwar in my sophomore year, knives and many other non-gun illegal weapons were used, along with a few makeshift ones (I wasn't allowed to bring a skateboard anymore, which was annoying because that's how I got to school. I graduated early, so I don't know about senior year. There were close to 50 liasons, and ARMED POLICEMEN on campus. But since we had an aclu (american civil liberties union) club on campus, REAL martial law was never able to be implemented, no metal detectors, etc. But lockers were NOT used. Regardless, we had no school uniforms (but a reasonable but unenforced dress code) and everyone ate whatever the hell they wanted. If you really give such a damn, contact the ACLU and see if they're violating your rights, because I think they are. They can choose to server or not to serve whatever they want, but going so far as to confiscating food you've purchased on the outside to be consumed at a designated time seems to be exceeding the legal control schools have over you (which they do have a considerable amount, I forget the legal term, it's like latin for parental consent). Trust me, schools have done similar things, been challenged, and lost. So give it a shot, but be mature about it or no one will listen to you. But... if you're exaggerating and they don't actually confiscate stuff you've bought, shut up. |
Metal Man88 Posts: 268/701 |
If you think your cafeteria was bad, what about the time there were staples in my spaghetti?
Healthy food my ***. |
emcee Posts: 509/867 |
Originally posted by setz I brought that up because that style actually started in prisons. I won't go into why, but it has to do with why SuperLuigi64 should be very, very happy his school isn't actually like a prison. |
Arwon Posts: 362/631 |
Vincentia High School near my hometown was built by the guy who designed Long Bay Correctional Facility. So it was, actually, quite prison-like.
That is all. |
Ziff Posts: 1149/1800 |
I always hated the fact that my school didn't have uniforms. They always fit me so well, dammit! |
Cynthia Posts: 4108/5814 |
Yes, because uniforms are always great for figuring out that those people smoking dope in the church parking lot are from your old school.
(I didn't have uniforms at high school but they just phased them in this past year. :\) |
Ziff Posts: 1147/1800 |
you have to rebel!
it is only in the plight of the student being destroyed by the evil water mongering oligarchs that we call the liberal teacher that holds our nation back from greatness! slaughter them and become a forever lasting hero! for truly, when they take away soft drinks to benefit the health of the student it is the greatest of all sins! |
Simon Belmont Posts: 735/1773 |
Originally posted by emcee haha, my butt still hangs out back when I was in school kids were getting handed out suspensions for wearing pink [good times]. also, school is a learning process, perhaps you should take this time to learn that in the real world, everything isn't going to go your way, and you're not always going to be able to get what you want, and bitching only makes it worse in the end, because instead of pushing fowards you are halting your progress and wasting time. Spoiler: whiny emo bitch |
Cynthia Posts: 4105/5814 |
Not uncommon but there are some times where the school goes too far. You don't want *nobody* eating in the cafeteria or anything like that. |
Tarale Posts: 1512/2713 |
I know that recently I keep hearing a push locally for bottled water to not be available in schools -- not even flavoured water, just bottled water.
The reason? It doesn't contain fluoride, so there is concern that people aren't getting enough of it for their teeth to stay healthy. I think though if schools do get rid of bottled water brands, they were offering filtered water, which has all the nasties of tap water taken out but the fluoride is still in. But yes, it's not uncommon for schools to remove / ban things for health reasons. Oh well, maybe a few years down the track when you haven't picked up bad habits from now, you'll be thankful. |
Dr_Death16 Posts: 165/970 |
Originally posted by Black Lord + Moreover, they should worry about teaching children how to use (or not use) apostrophes in the correct way. Nonetheless, I'm not so sure NCLB is necessary, but its not really a bad try at trying to help idiots; the real problem is that oblivious and uncaring parents instill attitudes of laziness and apathy in their kids, and that easily leads to kids just not caring about learning a damn thing in school. Nothing has changed, really, because kids who care will try hard on the NCLB tests and score high, and kids who don't care will fail. No Child Left Behind and this removing of certain food from school are just feeble attempts at reforming the behavior of kids in school, when really it starts at home, and with the parents. |
Xkeeper Posts: 3237/5653 |
Originally posted by Black Lord + No Child Left Behind is doing wonders for us, isn't it? |
emcee Posts: 504/867 |
You should be happy it's not actually like a prison, or you'd have to hoof the water to get it in.
As for uniforms, I would've been happy if they had implemented them when I was in school, it would force people to wear pants that fit instead of having their butt hanging out. So actually uniforms would have made it less like a prison. |
SuperLuigi64 Posts: 56/281 |
Okay, smuggle in water. Screw the Rules. |
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