she and I had a long talk today about smoking...the nurse at her school was telling the students that the tobacco companies will put different labels on the cigarettes they sell to men than the ones they sell to women. Now tell me : is that looney logic or what? Or am I seeing boogey men in that this is a twisted little lie? The nurse has also been telling them that they dont put enough information on the packages about how dangerous it is, and that 30 years ago, people didnt know how bad cigarettes are.
I pay money to this private school!!! Am I silly to think this is the same kind of silliness she'd get in a public school? Or am I just looking for monsters to slay?
Im not defending smoking as a boon to health...just wondering aobut the kinds of things these people are planting into my child's head. Already, she is getting the idea that people in general are too stupid to think for themselves...ARGH!
You know, in many cases she is correct. A lot of people are too stupid to think for themselves because they are lazy and have fallen into the habit of letting others think for them. Those people believe what all the commercials tell them, and they believe the liberal lies the RATS spout.
Parents and teachers (and school nurses) have a lot of power when it comes to brainwashing children. Your daughter is a smart cookie, and you are right to counter what the nurse had to say. She was out of line! It isn't her job to bias your child in such a way.
elf-boy has come home last week and this week with papers and booklets the kids complete in class regarding safety (hot stove, dangerous chemicals, hazards such as toys left out, etc.). Today, the booklet was about drugs and strangers. Yes, taking "street drugs" are bad, but my son was concerned that the medecine he takes every morning, with my supervision, is bad. I had to redirect that his medicine is a prescription from his doctor, and it is not bad to take drugs that you are supposed to take.