It didn’t work. I’m a bitter old man. Back in my day…
Archive for January 26th, 2004
Monday, January 26th, 2004
Quick addition to my last post…
Vending machines in schools are not solely to blame here. In order to use a vending machine, one must have money. Parents, if you’re reading this, stop giving your child five dollars a bloody day to purchase ‘crap to bloat their bellies with’ and, instead, earn their love with affection and companionship instead of trying to buy it. And kids? Stop eating, damnit. Display some will power! Excerise! It’s the latest craze! All your friends are doing it! LOL!!1
Monday, January 26th, 2004
This isn’t an update. Rather, it is the product of sheer imagination and, for my part, a lack of anything meaningful to share. Mind, that hasn’t stopped me from updating before…
Truth is, I’ve nothing to say. No wry comments to make on societal expectation in regards to marriage and material possession, no ranting to do about how people are starting to blame our society’s obesity epidemic on schools, or…
Wait. I think I found something to talk about.
Obesity and the relationship it has with schools. Schools are grossly underfunded. They are a public excerise (yes, that is a pun), not private, and often turn to corporate sponsorship (read: vending machines) to make ends meet. This results in children having access to, in so many words, a lot of crap to bloat their bellies with. You cannot blame the schools for this. Blame the public, which consists primarily of parents, stakeholders in public education, for they are stakeholders in the lives of their children. Blame the public for letting things deteriorate to this point.
/this post was greatly edited prior to posting in an effort to remove the taint of bitterness and some rather colourful, though amusingly used, language. Ta.