Frowning takes 68 muscles.
Smiling takes 6.
Pulling this trigger takes 2.
I'm lazy.
Posted on 11/23/2010 12:41:00 PM PST by Lucky9teen
Many pediatricians feel it is good for children to be somewhat overweight to improve chances of survival in case of an epidemic.
I have one better for you. How many of the teachers, principals, and BOE members are overweight?
Tell them to STFU!
Oh here we go again the old self esteem canard.. What we need is good old Sam Kinison screaming in their face telling how fat they are.
doublefacepalm.jpeg. SRS were did you hear this tripe?
Nope what was normal 30 years ago would be fat to these folks. Think borderline anorexic. Look at all the thin bony actresses on tv, that’s the new ideal image.
Maybe the image, but most people are fat/obese in general and getting fatter. Took the family to Disney World in Feb. Unbelievable.
Instead of a letter just give this to each fat kid.
[img]http://i474.photobucket.com/albums/rr106/ARCHIENUTZ/dr_phil_your_fat.jpg[/img]
Thats exactly what I was thinking.. Step one in getting ready to either charge the parents, or have Child Abductive Services come and take the kids away.
***Check out the teachers and administrators - evaluate their weights and heights and see how they pan out.***
And since they’re adults, FIRE them for not having eaten well as children.
The most the school should be allowed to do is send a SUGGESTED list of foods that are considered healthy.
“Much better measure would be to put all kids through real PE test and send results to parents”
We had to do this when I was in Junior High in the 70’s. We had to reach a minimum number of reps in each category...push ups, pull ups, jumping jacks etc. I was a little overweight then and not very athletic so I was worried I would fail in front of the whole class. Luckily I made it through. I think it was called the Presidents Council on Fitness or something like that. So even back then the government was involved but the empahsis was on fitness. I do remember getting weighed though.
I heard it from my pediatrician when I was little and now my neices pediatrician recommends the same. He like the girls to have an extra 10-15 pounds on them as the skin-and-bones kids don’t fare well with severe prolonged fevers. Makes sense to me...
Now that we have centralized health care, we are quickly aping all the most ugly parts of British elitism. We can’t say “mind your own business” as the government has their hands in our pants and control over our doctors.
When I started high school in 1972, I was 5’2” & 155 lbs. I was one of the fattest kids in a school of 3000. That year I lost 40 lbs on the ‘eat less, move more’ diet.
From WW2 data: “Data compiled for millions of inductees shows the following to be the actual measurements of the “average” newcomer to the Army as he appears at the clothing counter of a reception center: 5’ 8” tall; 144 pounds in weight; 33 ¼” chest measurement; 31” waist measurement. From the tariff tables showing the frequency of size issues it is found that the sizes most frequently issued are a 7 to 7½ hat, number 9 gloves, a 15 shirt with a 33” sleeve, a 36 regular jacket, a pair of trousers with a 32” waist and a 32” leg length, size 11 socks, and size 9-D shoes. These figures may be taken to indicate the size of the “average American young man.”
http://www.qmmuseum.lee.army.mil/WWII/tailor.htm
“The school district just cares about breaking down the resistance of parents to an unsubstantiated authority.”
This sentence nails it.
(*)(*) Going thru puberty.
* * Underdeveloped.
I thought schools were supposed to help kids build a positive self-image.
“Yes, and he’s ugly too.”
Sorry, gang. I have no problems with this. Educating kids and families about a major upcoming health epidemic is going to be an issue.
Fat kids are 9/10 the result of poor parenting. Period. These parents are setting their kids up for health problems down the road.
I’d be for letting administrators and teachers know, as well, if you’re going to be monitoring students. It’s only fair, already.
That said, I see the slippery slope here. I also think it’s a bit hypocritical seeing the crap they serve at most school cafeterias.
Yep, back when I was in elementary school, I do remember doing mile run day in PE, other fitness tests (I was always the best on chin-ups!) and whatnot.. and thats 10-15 years ago, but I went through private schools :p
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