Why peanuts shouldn't be banned in schools
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ngignac @ Sat Nov 15, 2008 8:10 pm
Brenda Brenda:
EXCUSE ME!!! There are over 400 people in that school. They interact, right? She knows she is allergic, so she has said NO numerous times to kids who wanted to do her a favour and paint her face on a couple occasions.
Shep, ANYTHING with peanuts is banned in our school. Even granolabars that may contain residues of peanuts.
Your child's situation is different than an allergy to peanuts. Most of the time you cannot see peanuts but you can see face paint.
ShepherdsDog @ Sat Nov 15, 2008 8:10 pm
It's interesting that over here you hear diddly squat about peanut allergies or banning peanut products. it would be impossible to eliminate peanut products and by products from the diet here.
ngignac @ Sat Nov 15, 2008 8:11 pm
ShepherdsDog ShepherdsDog:
My point was that eating a granola bar when you know you have a peanut allergy is pretty stupid
Yep realized that, but just made me think of my stance on the topic at high school so I decided to say it.
TattoodGirl @ Sat Nov 15, 2008 8:14 pm
They never had a ban in my kids elementary school. A letter was sent out to all the families, requesting nut products not be sent to school. Also, the kids in that school had their lunches in the classrooms and had a monitor with them. They were also taught about the students' allergy and how important it was not to share food and to clean up after themselves. It was a good learning opportunity as well as life skill building. The reality is, if these kids arent around it and are then in a highschool or real life situation they may not be as knowledgeable about their allergy or others around them.
My question is...why that in the last decade or so has this become a big allergy problem in North America?
Pimpbrewski @ Sat Nov 15, 2008 8:16 pm
ShepherdsDog ShepherdsDog:
It's interesting that over here you hear diddly squat about peanut allergies or banning peanut products. it would be impossible to eliminate peanut products and by products from the diet here.
That's only because you live in some backward ass motha fucking (bleep) place out of civilization.
(it's only a joke, still find it funny for some reason)
Tricks @ Sat Nov 15, 2008 8:18 pm
ShepherdsDog ShepherdsDog:
It's interesting that over here you hear diddly squat about peanut allergies or banning peanut products. it would be impossible to eliminate peanut products and by products from the diet here.
Probably because they are eaten so much that it doesn't do anything, and by banning peanuts we are just perpetuating this allergy.
TattoodGirl @ Sat Nov 15, 2008 8:18 pm
Pimpbrewski Pimpbrewski:
ShepherdsDog ShepherdsDog:
It's interesting that over here you hear diddly squat about peanut allergies or banning peanut products. it would be impossible to eliminate peanut products and by products from the diet here.
That's only because you live in some backward ass motha fucking (bleep) place out of civilization.
Pimp you are supposed to Bleep the (fucking) not bleep after it...put the beer down, its ok, the Habs might win the next one
ngignac @ Sat Nov 15, 2008 8:19 pm
ShepherdsDog ShepherdsDog:
It's interesting that over here you hear diddly squat about peanut allergies or banning peanut products. it would be impossible to eliminate peanut products and by products from the diet here.
Might be on a school by school basis? My old job I used to teach extra-curricular science classes and had a bunch of schools. Every school had their own set of rules regarding banning peanuts and schools without kids with some kind of nut allergies didn't have any obviously.
Brenda @ Sat Nov 15, 2008 8:20 pm
I never heard of it in Holland either...
ShepherdsDog @ Sat Nov 15, 2008 8:21 pm
Pimpbrewski Pimpbrewski:
ShepherdsDog ShepherdsDog:
It's interesting that over here you hear diddly squat about peanut allergies or banning peanut products. it would be impossible to eliminate peanut products and by products from the diet here.
That's only because you live in some backward ass motha fucking (bleep) place out of civilization.
(it's only a joke, still find it funny for some reason)
Sorry Pimp....never been to Quebec.
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ngignac @ Sat Nov 15, 2008 8:24 pm
Well, 8% of kids have some sort of nut allergy, varying in severity. So it's not that small of a minority we are accommodating.
And for Brenda. It's not an issue brought up much in the media but it is discussed a lot in relation to schools, camps and community centers.
Regardless, as educators we are also trying to cover our butts. We get blamed for stuff like these horrible incidents. If people want to blame us for these unfortunate events then we have to do something about it.
Anyways, nice debating everyone. Bond movie marathon is on
Later
ShepherdsDog @ Sat Nov 15, 2008 8:24 pm
ngignac ngignac:
ShepherdsDog ShepherdsDog:
It's interesting that over here you hear diddly squat about peanut allergies or banning peanut products. it would be impossible to eliminate peanut products and by products from the diet here.
Might be on a school by school basis? My old job I used to teach extra-curricular science classes and had a bunch of schools. Every school had their own set of rules regarding banning peanuts and schools without kids with some kind of nut allergies didn't have any obviously.
Kds here all eat food that is either cooked in the school cafeteria or catered. Everyone eats the same.
Brenda @ Sat Nov 15, 2008 8:27 pm
ngignac ngignac:
Well, 8% of kids have some sort of nut allergy, varying in severity. So it's not that small of a minority we are accommodating.
And for Brenda. It's not an issue brought up much in the media but it is discussed a lot in relation to schools, camps and community centers.
Regardless, as educators we are also trying to cover our butts. We get blamed for stuff like these horrible incidents. If people want to blame us for these unfortunate events then we have to do something about it.
Anyways, nice debating everyone. Bond movie marathon is on
Later
And for Brenda. It's not an issue brought up much in the media but it is discussed a lot in relation to schools, camps and community centers.
Regardless, as educators we are also trying to cover our butts. We get blamed for stuff like these horrible incidents. If people want to blame us for these unfortunate events then we have to do something about it.
Anyways, nice debating everyone. Bond movie marathon is on
Later
My kids went to school in Holland too. Dunno how you come up with media... I lived there for 36 years... Can't remember any school banning peanuts or peanutbutter... Or face paint
TattoodGirl @ Sat Nov 15, 2008 8:29 pm
I wonder if all these allergies started coming about after Doctors starting telling pregnant women not to eat nut products during pregnancy and to avoid feeding nut products to babies and toddlers. There is some research out of the UK telling women to eat nut products and disregard previous notions. It is on the basis that avoiding could possibly leave the child open to developing an allergy...it would make total sense as to why there has been so many cases of late. Food for thought I guess...on that note I am going to make a PBJ for dinner
Heres the link to one article I found...
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/artic ... rgies.html
ngignac @ Sat Nov 15, 2008 8:30 pm
I mean where I am from the debating has been done and over with for ages and you don't hear about it in the media anymore.
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