Posted on 10/19/2011 10:56:49 AM PDT by IbJensen
(CNSNews.com) - First Lady Michelle Obama said yesterday that the government can affect who kids “will be forever” if it can shape their "habits and preferences" during the large part of the day they are at school.
Mrs. Obama was speaking on the South Lawn of the White House at a reception to honor schools that met the goals of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s HealthierUS School Challenge (HUSSC). The USDA Web site describes HUSSC as “a voluntary initiative established in 2004 to recognize those schools participating in the National School Lunch Program that have created healthier school environments through promotion of nutrition and physical activity.” The program has since been rolled into Mrs. Obama’s “Let’s Move!” initiative.
“When many kids spend half of their waking hours and get up to half their daily calories at school, you know that with the food you serve and, more importantly, the lessons you teach that you're not just shaping their habits and preferences today, you’re affecting the choices they’re going to make for the rest of their lives,” said Mrs. Obama.
“That's why we start with kids, right?” she said. “We can affect who they will be forever.”
At the reception, Mrs. Obama praised the 1,273 schools that have doubled the number of students eating federally subsidized meals that fit the program’s criteria.
Among the schools Mrs. Obama praised was the Burlington Elementary School of North Dakota, where, she said, the teachers eat two USDA-approved meals a day with the students.
“And the teachers eat breakfast and lunch with students every single day,” said Mrs. Obama. “Now, that's a sacrifice. You know it. That's love. They even send out a monthly newsletter called, “Nutrition Notes,” to provide healthy eating tips and recipes for the families.
“You’re affecting not just how these kids feed themselves, but how they’re going to feed their own children,” she said.
“So the beauty is, is that you’re not just making this generation of kids healthier, but the next generation as well. And that is truly, truly powerful stuff,” she said.
Mrs. Obama said that the children trained in these schools may have a trickle-down effect on their families.
“They're changing the way they think about their health and they're trickling that information down to their families,” said the First Lady.
“At the reception, Mrs. Obama praised the 1,273 schools that have doubled the number of students eating federally subsidized meals that fit the program’s criteria.”
So she is happy that the number of welfare kids has doubled? Is this the legacy she is proud of?
Wow. Just wow.
Obama Jugend.
Offers what should be a frightening spectre to 'Reason- capable' citizens. It makes, of course; not even a slight, morally conscious dent in Michelle's brain or any of their like-minded ilk.
These people feed from their neighbor's Freedom.
“Give me four years to teach the children and the seed I have sown will never be uprooted.” - Vladimir Lenin
How right ALL of you are in your comments! The Nobamas need to go immediately!
Remember “The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie?” It was a book, then movie popularized in late 60’s/early 70’s. The teacher/character Brodie’s theory, like MO’s, was ‘give me a child to format his/her mind and s/he is mine for the rest of his/her life.’
These people honestly believe that everyone else should follow their ideology, by whatever means possible. Others’
lives should conform to *their* thoughts. Our parents and grandparents would consider what is happening in real life today to be a psycho-thriller.
That’s what we need - more socialist, racist brainwashing.
Disgusting. I need a shower now.
Otto Von Bismarck, inventor of kindergarten, said (roughly), “Give me a child young enough and I will make of him whatever I want.” His idea was to pull children away from their parents and the church and make them good citizens of the state.
She is merrly stating the original intent of the public school system.
It never was about education.
What is with her and her stupid belt fetish?
...I was in grade school then, loved those guys! Groucho(Julius) is my favorite Comic,,, Oh, sorry, wrong meeting... /sarc
That is why the homosexual rights movement is working on getting pro-homosexual curricula in all US schools.
Thats just freakin scarey
Every now and then their true motives slip out...
That's why we need to shut all Gobmint schools down.
(When Hell freezes over; comes to mind. . .)
Thank you for that information.
I knew there was a reason I didn’t last one day in kindergarten.
I raised such an awful fuss my mom took me out until first grade. I simply did not want to be there
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