Now schools can tell you how to eat?
This news story is just weird.
A seven year old boy, while eating his (unidentified) lunch with a fork and spoon, was chastised for it. The school won’t apologize and I’m still trying to figure out what went on. The parents say he was single dout for eating in a traditional Filipino way.
It said an “educational intervention” on April 12 was “in no way aimed at the cultural practices of your community. It was very specifically linked to the way your son was ingesting his meal that day and in no way to the method or utensils used to bring his food to his mouth.” (emphasis mine)
So they don’t like how he ate? Je ne comprende pas.
This isn’t the first weird school story to come from Quebec.
Wow, that’s crazy. I am going to have blog about that. I am so glad we homeschool, it’s insane what schools expect of kids (and don’t expect of them as well).
Comment by George — June 14, 2006 @ 1:14 am
Yikes. And he was using a fork? I mean, I’d pay good money to have a school teach my kids how to use forks. Maybe they phased that out with recess, art and handwriting.
Comment by Kim c — June 14, 2006 @ 5:07 pm
That’s crazy.
Of course they could have been eating KFC side dishes without a spork. That is something of a faux pas, I’m told. :^)
Comment by Todd Tyrtle — June 19, 2006 @ 4:08 pm