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(Message started by: deltadarlin on Mar 13th, 2008, 8:36am)
Title: Buying Skittles a *crime*?
Post by deltadarlin on Mar 13th, 2008, 8:36am
http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/03/12/skittles.suspension.ap/

You know, I can well understand the push for healthy food at school.  However, methinks the punishment for this boy was a tad bit overdone?
Title: Re: Buying Skittles a *crime*?
Post by Mosaicwench on Mar 13th, 2008, 8:58am
(from the article) Michael Sheridan was stripped of his title as class vice president, barred from attending an honors student dinner and suspended for a day after buying a bag of Skittles from a classmate.

School spokeswoman Catherine Sullivan-DeCarlo said the New Haven school system banned candy sales in 2003 as part of a districtwide school wellness policy.

Sigh - just another example of schools taking over where parents should be.  If I allow my child to eat candy, the School District should have nothing to say about it.  And there should be no punishment - especially suspension?

Why is buying/eating candy being put on the same plane as taking a swing at a teacher??

It's the End Days!!!!!
Title: Re: Buying Skittles a *crime*?
Post by brewcrew on Mar 13th, 2008, 9:21am
Psst - Hey, man. Come here. Over here. Shhh.

Hey, you wanna buy some Skittles?
Title: Re: Buying Skittles a *crime*?
Post by Rosybabe on Mar 13th, 2008, 11:07am
my Gosh  ::) but if the teacher beats a child she only gets paid administration leave (aka "paid vacation" )
Title: Re: Buying Skittles a *crime*?
Post by cash5542 on Mar 13th, 2008, 11:18am
Yeah, and yesterday I had a 5th grade student give me the middle finger, refuse to coperate, verablly threaten a student and some other things. When sent to the office (which he refused to do) he was "talked " to and sent back an hour later!! He had just come off of a 5 day suspension from another teacher and administration didn't know what too do so they chose to do NOTHING!The inconsistancy in the schools is so frustrating!!

Charlotte
Title: Re: Buying Skittles a *crime*?
Post by Mosaicwench on Mar 13th, 2008, 11:24am

on 03/13/08 at 09:21:39, brewcrew wrote:
Psst - Hey, man. Come here. Over here. Shhh.

Hey, you wanna buy some Skittles?



LOL - the first bag is free . . . . .
Title: Re: Buying Skittles a *crime*?
Post by sandie99 on Mar 13th, 2008, 11:28am
Makes me wonder what kind of punishment my former classmates would have got when they left the school area to buy candy during their lunch break?

Or what would have happened to my class when we sold candy at school cafeteria one weekend as one of the items at our fund raising for a field trip?

I'm all for healthy eating and all that, but that's ridiculous.

Sanna
Title: Re: Buying Skittles a *crime*?
Post by echo on Mar 13th, 2008, 11:43am
Skittles are extremely dangerous,  you can easily put an eye out with one of those.
Title: Re: Buying Skittles a *crime*?
Post by fubar on Mar 13th, 2008, 11:48am

on 03/13/08 at 11:43:42, echo wrote:
Skittles are extremely dangerous,  you can easily put an eye out with one of those.


I thought only the green ones were dangerous?
Title: Re: Buying Skittles a *crime*?
Post by LeLimey on Mar 13th, 2008, 11:51am
The green ones are my favourites - look what they've done to meeeeeee!!!

Be AFRAID people!
Title: Re: Buying Skittles a *crime*?
Post by sandie99 on Mar 13th, 2008, 12:05pm
I used to like the red ones... :)
Title: Re: Buying Skittles a *crime*?
Post by lashultz on Mar 13th, 2008, 12:15pm
Another example of no common sense. It seems that there is more and more of this everywhere ( lack of it).

               Lee
Title: Re: Buying Skittles a *crime*?
Post by KingOfPain on Mar 13th, 2008, 1:26pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6nDyeV0i6w

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VX32RKuqIVs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nuk3nfiZnfY


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Title: Re: Buying Skittles a *crime*?
Post by LeLimey on Mar 13th, 2008, 2:09pm

on 03/13/08 at 13:26:57, KingOfPain wrote:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6nDyeV0i6w

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VX32RKuqIVs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nuk3nfiZnfY


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Someone please tell me these aren't about illegal aliens force feeding kids sweeties  :o
Title: Re: Buying Skittles a *crime*?
Post by brewcrew on Mar 13th, 2008, 2:20pm

on 03/13/08 at 14:09:59, LeLimey wrote:
Someone please tell me these aren't about illegal aliens force feeding kids sweeties  :o

Can't tell you. I never open links.
Title: Re: Buying Skittles a *crime*?
Post by deltadarlin on Mar 13th, 2008, 7:44pm
Update!

Seems like there was no *rule* like that at all in the school policy.  I watched an interview with the mother and she stated that the ONLY policy she could find dealt with *not* selling candy to raise money for the school.  There was NO policy that prohibited the kids from a)eating candy on school property or b)selling candy on school property.

I like sour skittles, but eat too many and they will blister your tongue.
Title: Re: Buying Skittles a *crime*?
Post by brewcrew on Mar 13th, 2008, 8:11pm

on 03/13/08 at 19:44:27, deltadarlin wrote:
I like sour skittles, but eat too many and they will blister your tongue.

Like licking one of those giant SweetTarts.
Title: Re: Buying Skittles a *crime*?
Post by Becky on Mar 13th, 2008, 8:45pm
Its happening everywhere now, they sent a long list home with my daughter of foods that you cannt send your child in with. these included sweets,chocolate.chrisps.sausage rolls,pies,pasties,rice crackers, the list was nearly endless. But they will give the kids pizza, chips and peanut butter for their dinner. But if you send them with any of the banned items they are taken off them.
Title: Re: Buying Skittles a *crime*?
Post by Charlie on Mar 13th, 2008, 10:27pm
You're supposed to take the Skittles and tell the kid that he's a jerk...nothing more.

Charlie


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