“The hammer will really come down after the carrot-tossers figure out how to dispose of the vegetables by other means. “
Indeed. Wrapped up in paper napkin wads, carefully concealed in empty milk containers, surreptitiously thrown under the table, or scrapped onto an unsuspecting, dimwitted classmate’s tray.
I’m all for healthy eating but not if its force-fed by our “betters”. Makes me want to give each of these poor kids a big bag of candy. Kids can sense these bullies. They know they can’t reason with the Mooshill mob, so they’ll have to compensate by creative disposal methods such as you describe.
You know that the students who are budding patriots (and the rightful heirs to America) will be the most creative, even “in your face” about it. Carrots “hiding” in the teachers’ pencil holders... lettuce leaf bookmarks in the teachers’ answer books... attack of the killer tomatoes... celery boats filled with pea-people refugees floating in the teachers’... well you get the idea. :)