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Mom’s outrage after sporty 11-year-old daughter is sent home with a "fat letter"
The Daily Mail ^ | October 6, 2013 | Ryan Gorman

Posted on 10/08/2013 6:46:15 AM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks

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To: Straight Vermonter
Meanwhile, the educational performance of American students is near the bottom of most surveys of education systems in the Western democracies. On average, American literacy and numeracy skills among age groups from 16 to 65 are well below average, seriously lagging behind Japan and Northern and Central Europe.

Zero tolerance, political correctness, and obsessing over fat kids are symptomatic of the failure of American public education. Granted, violence, drug use, and obesity are serious problems in our society. However, schools are being used for too many things other than education.

21 posted on 10/08/2013 7:05:22 AM PDT by Wallace T.
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To: Straight Vermonter
My school did that back in the 70s. Part of our PE class, followed by units on nutrition and exercise. The "fat letters" are the new part.

I was considered overweight then. I look at my pictures and wish I could get back to that!!

22 posted on 10/08/2013 7:05:47 AM PDT by knittnmom (Save the earth! It's the only planet with chocolate!)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
Flori-duh (and 19 other states) Nanny State PING!

I think more it is the US Dept. of Education at work with guidance / mandates on the schools since schools depend upon federal money. Idiocy trickling down!

23 posted on 10/08/2013 7:06:46 AM PDT by SES1066 (To expect courteous government is insanity!)
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To: Straight Vermonter
“So...why are they measuring the girl’s height and weight in any case? Are they buying her some new clothes?”

We are discussing faculty/administration acts at a Naples, FL POOBKIL SKREWL COLLECTIVE.

As such ‘hives of villainy’, they are much more likely to taking her clothes off.

Just observin’ past behavior, Ya know.

:-(

24 posted on 10/08/2013 7:07:48 AM PDT by GladesGuru (Islam Delenda Est - Because of what Islam is and because of what Muslims do.)
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To: philetus

And every thing else they have going against them- dirty divorces, criminal records, parking tickets, bounced checks,etc.,...

CC the school board in on it as well.


25 posted on 10/08/2013 7:08:14 AM PDT by Cowgirl of Justice
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To: ElkGroveDan

One of my daughters did experience an eating disorder after her idiot teacher showed her class the lunatic documentary “Supersize Me”.

She was not only terrified to eat McDonalds...she was afraid to eat virtually ANYTHING! Had years of issues with her afterwards. In hindsight I should have sued the school AND Morgan Spurlock.

You don’t need a documentary film maker to tell you it’s not good to eat at McDonalds every day. That’s what you have a MOTHER for!!!


26 posted on 10/08/2013 7:08:32 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

The school’s idea of “Overweight” is probably based on an asinine height/weight table, rather than on a body fat measurement. Schools do stupid things like that these days.


27 posted on 10/08/2013 7:09:21 AM PDT by Little Ray (How did I end up in this hand-basket, and why is it getting so hot?)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Schools need to get back to the readin, writin, and rithametic [sic]


28 posted on 10/08/2013 7:11:49 AM PDT by GeronL
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To: TangoLimaSierra

did you see the pic in #19

staff looks like a whale feeding frenzy


29 posted on 10/08/2013 7:14:00 AM PDT by GeronL
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

In what world is 5’5” 124lbs “fat”?

This is the Nanny State running as out of control as we warned you it would get.


30 posted on 10/08/2013 7:17:14 AM PDT by Dead Corpse (I will not comply.)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

I wish more people would realize that their weight is none of the govt’s F’n business.


31 posted on 10/08/2013 7:18:51 AM PDT by Brooklyn Attitude (Things are only going to get worse.)
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To: Lizavetta

Did she send herself a letter?


32 posted on 10/08/2013 7:19:52 AM PDT by Resolute Conservative
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Hey, I thought the world would be a far better place when women ran things.

That’s what they told us in the 1970’s.

Now that they are in charge, when can we start expecting Utopia?


33 posted on 10/08/2013 7:22:38 AM PDT by RinaseaofDs
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

The kid doesn’t look overweight to me.


34 posted on 10/08/2013 7:24:20 AM PDT by Jonty30 (What Islam and secularism have in common is that they are both death cults)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Going to the birthday this weekend of this lady whose child turns 8 and due to all the soda, pigs in a blanket and other hormone infested food is already 5’4” and about 180.

She has a 12 year old brother who is 6’3” and about 340.

The eat the worst food and they struggle to breath.


35 posted on 10/08/2013 7:24:32 AM PDT by A CA Guy ( God Bless America, God Bless and keep safe our fighting men and women.)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Since when have government schools been accurate in anything? Teachers cheat on tests (remark incorrect answers to boost their productivity).


36 posted on 10/08/2013 7:28:38 AM PDT by SkyDancer (Live your life in such a way that the Westboro church will want to picket your funeral)
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To: old and tired
5 foot 5, 124 pounds is actually thin. How can anyone consider that overweight?

I consider that overweight. My last two lady friends were 5'8" and 105 and 110 lbs, and they were NOT anorexic looking.

37 posted on 10/08/2013 7:28:48 AM PDT by Age of Reason
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To: Red Badger
Overweight?: Lilly Grasso was labeled overweight by her Florida school

Overweight?: Lilly Grasso was labeled overweight by her Florida school

Cute girl who looks very much like my oldest granddaughter although at half this girls age. GD is also very athletic and totally fearless.

38 posted on 10/08/2013 7:29:09 AM PDT by Second Amendment First
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

I thought schools were there to teach. I guess not. Obviously they’re there to enforce government decrees and to take away a parent’s rights concerning the child.

Goal of communism: eliminate the family so the government will be the only body that instills values in children.


39 posted on 10/08/2013 7:29:16 AM PDT by I want the USA back (Media: completely irresponsible traitors. Complicit in the destruction of our country.)
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To: AppyPappy

Girls can mature earlier than people think. This one may not add much more weight if she stays active and doesn’t create fat cells from here on out. At 5’5”, she could add another 2” over the next 6-8 years. If she has reached puberty earlier, than the stats don’t apply in her case.


40 posted on 10/08/2013 7:31:31 AM PDT by reformedliberal
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