Did you guys have vending machines in elementary school?

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this is only because i am curious how much a new law to disallow vending machine from selling chips and pop to young kids in school is going to affect things.

it's my idea that not much since most schools don't even have vending machines so i don't think it should be made into such a big deal.

and what the fuck happened to parents making a lunch for their kids and since when do kids actually have any money on them when they are in grade 2 or something?

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Originally posted by StereoPrincess and what the fuck happened to parents making a lunch for their kids and since when do kids actually have any money on them when they are in grade 2 or something?

Agreed, the law is bullshit but not very relevant. If they want to look out for the health of kids, they should force them to walk to school instead of letting them ride the bus.

Yeah, we did. There were only the more healthy fruit drinks in them, but even then, kids rarely used them.

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Originally posted by Arbiter Agreed, the law is bullshit but not very relevant. If they want to look out for the health of kids, they should force them to walk to school instead of letting them ride the bus.

Ok, that could be an idea.

i lived like a 2 hour walk from school.

and since they are kids they can't walk alone.

the bus is a safety issue.

food is not.

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Originally posted by StereoPrincess Ok, that could be an idea. i lived like a 2 hour walk from school. and since they are kids they can't walk alone. the bus is a safety issue. food is not.

Four hours of walking a day would do kids a lot of good, and if you can pay someone to drive the bus (not to mention to service it, for gas, and of course the cost of the bus itself), then you can pay someone to walk the bus route and the kids can just follow them.

I love the reasoning behind this law:

Well, kids get up in the morning, sit on the bus and ride to school, and sit on their asses all day in school. But if they get fat, it must be those chips and that soda!

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Originally posted by Nou Some people live out in the country, my friend has to drive 40 minutes to get to class, and its busy roads and across bridges. At our highschool their is a section of kids that live across the tideflats, which is a huge industrial/shipping area on the delta of a river, and it would not be a pleasent walk.

Perhaps it would be fair to give transportation to a small number of students who are more than ten miles from the school. Cutting down on soda and chips however is not a logical solution to the problem. A bunch of frail, skinny children aren't healthier than a bunch of fat ones.

I don't understand the big issue here...

I am currently in grade 12, and our school is implementing a "Healthy Choices" program, which means that instead of selling pizza, chips, and pop, they sell salads and juices. I mean, you'd think my the time someone is in high-school they have enough judgement to know what is healthy for them of not.

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Originally posted by DJ_Bananie I don't understand the big issue here... I am currently in grade 12, and our school is implementing a "Healthy Choices" program, which means that instead of selling pizza, chips, and pop, they sell salads and juices. I mean, you'd think my the time someone is in high-school they have enough judgement to know what is healthy for them of not.

but they don't.

Stand around the cafeteria and watch what people buy.

I see this kid who eats greasy cookies and root beer at 9am.

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No but we had a tuck-shop that sold unhealthy things.

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Originally posted by Arbiter Perhaps it would be fair to give transportation to a small number of students who are more than ten miles from the school. Cutting down on soda and chips however is not a logical solution to the problem. A bunch of frail, skinny children aren't healthier than a bunch of fat ones.

...or you could just make sports mandatory, like a lot of schools do.

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Originally posted by Masonious you win again dude - and nice move shoving the whole i figured out how to order pizza thing in my face. i tried that 4 and a half months ago and woke up with a Taiwanese transvestite but to Ygrene it's just, "anoother day in the life, noooo biggieee".

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Originally posted by Lephaid ...or you could just make sports mandatory, like a lot of schools do.

Exactly, a lot of schools do that and it doesn't work. The reason it doesn't work is because most of the kids don't care so they put in little or no effort and don't get anything out of it. It's also generally no more than 30 minutes of actual exercise, which isn't exactly going to make up for sitting in class using virtually no energy the other eight hours they're at school.