Posted on 02/06/2006 5:53:01 AM PST by Cagey
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- For more than a year, some children at North Side Elementary School learned about the health dangers posed by candy and empty snacks.
So when Monique Manigat's gifted class of fourth- and fifth-graders was asked to sell chocolate bars, potato chips and hard candy to fund class trips, the 19 children decided that would be hypocritical and refused.
"If they tell us to don't eat junk food and then after school we sell it, that disobeys what they said," said Daphnie Auguste, the 10-year-old ringleader. She hasn't raised one dollar toward her personal $455 goal. "I'm happy because people won't get fat. But I'm sad because how are we going to get the money to go on our field trip?"
The school's fifth-graders have until the end of February to raise a remaining $12,000 needed for a weeklong trip in May to Williamsburg, Va., and Washington, D.C. Manigat tried to organize car washes for her pupils but said businesses asked her to pay insurance, something the school can't afford.
Having the children's parents isn't an option, Manigat said. Eighty percent of the school's pupils are eligible for a lunch program for low-income students.
"Parents are contributing as much as they can. They just don't have the means to foot the whole bill," said Manigat.
Manigat, who is also the school's wellness liaison, said she is proud of her students for standing by their principles. None of the students protested the idea to boycott candy sales.
"They brought it up. It was their concern," she said.
Now there's a career opportunity for the 21st Century.
And the demonization of candy begins.
I can just hear that prissy little girl telling everyone how special she is! "Gifted" my eye! Sounds more stupid than gifted to me!
A well indoctrinated student. She'll go far.
How much do you want to bet that their "principles" will allow them to accept donations from some business to pay for their trip?
There are a LOT of projects 5th graders can do between selling candy and washing cars.
Frankly school trips at this age where SCHOOL is missed are a damn waste of time and energy.
They barely spend any time on teaching as it is.
Also many kids get left out for financial reasons and parents who are against school trips for whatever reason.
Yeah - I bet.
Now, now. It's not like the Teachers Union is brainwashing the kids or anything. Well, yeah, I guess that's exactly what it's like.
I say good for the kid for recognizing hypocrisy when she sees it.
She has State Department written all over her.
BOOHOO! You just got your first taste of life's many disappointments... And a lesson in economics; you make a profit only when you can meet the consumer's demand.
Let the little proto-commies undergo a lesson in the free-market system. Let the kids use their own cash for seed money, and let them sell healthy snacks in the school cafeteria! Ummm! Carrots! Celery! Certainly our heavily-coached, high-minted kids will see that the way to make money is to sell what people OUGHT TO BE EATING because we know better than they do!
"I'm happy because people won't get fat. But I'm sad because how are we going to get the money to go on our field trip?"
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Don't fret, Daphnie. I'm certain you'll soon learn from your teachers that the government will provide you with everything they think you need, from cradle to grave. |
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Wow, Florida kids are waaay to easy. NO amount of indoctrination would keep my kids from candy. In fact, before the boys got interested in girls, their pursuits were solely on acquiring candy by ANY means. Later, it was divided between girls AND candy.
btw, my kids never actually "sold" candy either. There was never any left to sell.
It is called regulation and consequences. Like selling "empty calories". They are lucky they skate by without food handling regulation at bake sales (candy is prepackaged and exempt).
I suppose Raffling off a Booze Cart is out of the question. Well kids there's always "canning". Now go stand in traffic. By the way, people actually like to get something for their money when supporting a service organization.
Absolutely! Recognizing hypocrisy at this age is a good thing. But can you imagine chaperoning a WEEK LONG trip of nearly 20 10-yr-olds?! YIKES!!!!
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