Posted on 09/21/2014 9:54:15 AM PDT by John Semmens
Weaverville Elementary School (Calif) eighth grader Kyle Bradford was sent to detention for sharing his burrito with another student.
Tom Barnett, the Superintendent of the Trinity Alps Unified School District explained that “there is a district wide policy that prohibits students from exchanging the meals that the school provides. In this particular instance Mr. Bradford’s apparent act of kindness was undermining the school’s food allocation decisions.”
The student Bradford gave half of his burrito to had been “allocated” a cheese sandwich that was not to his liking. Bradford was unimpressed by the school’s rationale and undeterred regarding potential future food sharing. “If a friend wants a portion of my meal I would definitely share with him,” he said.
Barnett characterized Bradford’s stance as “an invitation to anarchy. A 13 year old is not qualified to decide who should eat what. That decision is reserved to school nutrition experts. We will not hesitate to use progressively severe sanctions if that is what it takes to attain the compliance we require. If detentions don’t get the message across there is always suspension or expulsion. Students must learn that obedience is not optional.”
In related news, Ramay Junior High School in Fayetteville, Arkansas ordered 13-year-old Chloe Rubiano to remove her “virginity rocks” t-shirt. Principal Matt Saferite, winner of Arkansas’ Principal of the Year for Secondary Schools last year, explained that “the message on the shirt is an implied criticism of students who were unable to attain that goal. It’s a sort of reverse scarlet letter that can harm some students’ self esteem.”
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lol
great point
Why should a school have the right to interfere with what should be an inherently personal decision (whether to eat, throw away, or give away one’s lunch)?
Apparently you are an individual rights extremist who would allow personal eccentricities to thwart the measured decisions and controls the government has put in place to protect our children.
This is the very kind of anarchy school officials are dedicated to suppressing.
Try these linkies.
http://aattp.org/ca-middle-school-gives-boy-detention-for-sharing-lunch-with-hungry-friend-video/
http://elitedaily.com/news/world/13-year-old-given-detention-sharing-food-friend/765645/
individual rights extremist
nice
Gubmint food for everyone. When you expect gubmint food, be prepared to play by their rule, which is about control and social engineering.
I used to think that ‘journalistas’ were the dumbest form of life but I have changed. There can be no question that ‘educators’ are so stupid that to describe their grasp of reality is impossible. My parrots show a higher level of situational awareness. Even the Norwegian Blue.
It IS the government’s burrito and they can tell you what you can and cant’ do with it.
I’m confused on this one John. I just read about this latest episode in the common-sense deficit Government Programming Centers. There is nothing you could add that could possibly be more absurd than what these idiots did.
The age of common sense is dead.
Share your ham sandwich with a member of the ROP and it’s expulsion and jail for you.
Oh beans and sweet baby cheesus...
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