"Sugar Pushers" roaming our halls. Teachers confiscating candy from students. What is happening in our schools. In Connecticut, an eigth grader and vice president of his class was forced to step down when he was apprehended with an illict bag of skittles. Any thoughts?
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If it were my school and a child whined at me for candy, I would throw a sugar packet(preferably Splenda) at the kid and say, "here's some candy."
Just kidding, I would be angered if I was not able to go to the school vending machine and buy a "Whatchamacallit" or a "Snickers." In order to fight child obesity, they have banned candy, but most of those obese kids have become obese from eating a copiousness amount of food at home. How much can they devour within 30 minutes if they are limited on how much they can buy in a long lunch line?
Rationing the amount of candy sold and on certain days would be a plan to take child obesity down, and at the same time not let every child suffer. like candy is only sold on a Thursday or something and children are limited to one candy bar.
I find it funny how kids are selling candy like drugs in school. Imagine seeing two kids dressed like "Jay and Silent Bob" standing outside the lunch line selling candy like drugs.
I've known of people selling candy since 5th grade. I think it's kinda stupid that they would take candy that their mommy buys for them and sells it to other kids.... who are stupid enough to pay ridiculous prices for it. I don't know how schools can go about keeping candy out of their halls... I just know that some of the things they think up are pretty strange. I understand that they're trying to make children not fat anymore... but like Mir said, they eat most of that crap food at home or off of school grounds. No matter what, they will get that chocolate.
It's just candy. That's what officials should just step back and take a look at.... it's just food. Yes, obesity is high as ever, and yes, kids are overweight, but it's going to be a personal choice, not the principal's, on whether or not said child decides to eat less. Whether or not candy is sold at school is not going to make a difference unless the child in particular cares about their health or looks or weight or whatever.
I've been buying candy at school since fifth grade. Selling candy on the underground market is as American as apple pie. And Pye, you should have great respect for these guys because they take candy that they got for FREE and are selling it for 100% profit! Genius! More power to the underground sugar pushers!
VIVA LA REVOLUCION!
not selling candy at school is not going to solve the problem. They got ride of coke and now they think it is the candy, what is it going to be next time....... food in general, gosh this all goes back to the home, the child is just going to to bring the food from home and there will be nothing solved
firstly, if a kid wants candy, hes going to get it. schools cant force people to change their lifestyles, it has to be a personal decision. now that thats out of the way, i think we should applaud the intelligence of the kids who sell the candy to the other children. they are smart enough to go get candy and sell it for a higher price and make some green. i used to sell stuff to people in middle school, and i must say it can be rather lucrative. so more power to the smart people who can sell overpriced items to stupid kids.
Candy is good stuff man..i mean hopefully these kids startin payin their income taxes =)
On a more real note, a kid sells candy in my PE class every single day and he gets a pretty good profit from it. the people who buy it are NOT nesscessarily looking for a sugar rush BUT FOOD! candy in PE class is usually bought out of hunger..consider put a healthy snack machine next to the poweraid machine in the locker room..
i get hungry sometimes but im just not willing to fund an underground candy biz...actually, i jus dont got my money on me in PE. =)
Yes candy OBVIOUSLY is not great for a kids' health, but if you think about it, candy is NOT the only food that can make a child a little chubster...Kids go into the food lines at school with the intentions of grabbing ANYTHING they want...for example CURLY FRIES! YUM! but not so heart healthy for our youth. Kids are not obese just from their chocolate bars or skittles but from the main meals they tend to buy. Seriously i have seen teenagers skip the vending machines but instead head to the food lines coming back with curly fries lasagna and cheese sticks! THAT IS A HEART ATTACK WAITING TO HAPPEN! Adults should open their eyes and stop being so naiive to the fattening foods in the cafeteria...yes candy is unhealthy but the curly fries do not help.
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i like mir's idea of rationing the amount of candy sold...like one candy bar/day. and instead of selling them in vending machines sale them in the actual lunch lines. this way the student's purchases would be regulated and hopefully that would cut down obesity. but i dont think it would be good to get rid of candy completely. a little chocolate now and then is nice.
HA HA HA...
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Now... the reason I laugh is because I know one of the commonly called "candy pushers" at Elkins, and as the article said... the "business" is very lucrative. When will the limiting stop? We as the United States have more obesity than any other nation. Cutting out all candy, sodas, and snacks will and have ultimately resulted to more "drastic" measures. Students will do anything for that sugar rush.
In the end it is not up to the schools. It is the parents. Parents basically when they bare a child, rear something that has no knowledge and it is of the parent's responsibility to raise the child in a way that would prove beneficial. HABITS START YOUNG AND DIE HARD. Eating in that manner is a LEARNED quality, and is often learned young.
In the end, there is only so much that you can do. It is common. Even when I lived in New Orleans at one time... you could count on the candy van that was parked outside of the school maybe a half a block away to supply you with you glucose needs. There are ways people.
People selling candy is nothing new and well even though students arent supposed to do it nothings going to make them stop.... they make money selling the candy because there wll always be some1 that feels like eating candy and its easier to buy at school than stopping by the store to buy it... principals might as well leave it alone .
Candy ban really helps. It causes people to eat a lot less since its a lot of trouble to go out to stock up for the next school day. People, even in high school are selling candy in class to make profits. They actually sell, a lot more than you would think. Sugar pushing is not that big of a deal ne way. Its always ur decision to buy or not. Sugar can brighten up my day when im in a pissed off mood anyway. icecream has a similar effect.
Does it really matter? Younger kids can't get jobs so they have found a way to make profit. It's not the kids selling candy that are making others unhealthy, it's the parents. If you don't want your kid buying candy or if it's such a problem, then put money on their I.D number. Even though the food in the lunch lines are still terrible, they can no longer blame the other kids for influencing their kid to buy candy.
They can put money on their I.D number and then tell them what to buy. The kid may or may not listen, but it is up to the parents to establish authority and make sure their child respects what they say.
I guess if kids are desperate enough to pay the big bucks for a bag of Skittles, they are going to find a way to get their sugar-high no matter what. It is the resposibility of parents to teach their children about self-control and potion awareness, especially in our day and age when eating might as well be recognized as an Olympic event.
I'm typing this as I gobble down handfuls of Goldfish. I guess it figures.
it's just candy, is all I can say. If authorities waste time on cracking down sugar-crazy children, then what's next? Yes, candy is not good for children, but the food our school serves isn't that healthy itself. The mystery meat is truly a mystery. Maybe we should teach children better eating habits, and teach them how to channel their hunger towards healthier food.
I don't see why this is a surprise to people, if they aren't going to sell candy in the cafeteria then kids will find other people to get it from. Its like the Prohibition Act people didn't see alcohol as illegal it was a part of their daily lives just like candy. I do think there should be a limit on candy buying but the also should get mad a the kids for their entrepreneurial skills.
what would I do without my daily dosage of fun dip?? I would have withdraws... and thats y i say, a hustle here and a hustle there Mo City is the place where they say, take a walk on the wildside
America is FAT. deal with it. Candy isnt the issue. Its the dumb, naive parents as well as the kids faults. Oh sure, blame skittles for giving your child the extra poundage they have or blame snickers for their unhealthy living and deteriorating health habits. no. screw that. take responsibility America. take it Now.
You the trend...once you say no, everyone wants it? Well, that's what is happening here. Plus, kids love candy. It's a fact of life. It's always gonna be there, no one can help that.
Yet, if they want to help stop obesity then they need to start encouraging the other aspects of obesity. Encourage the healthy food at home and EXCERCISE!!! That is probably the number one in my book. Too many kids sit at home in front of the tv, xbox/wii, and computer, and the fat accumulates.
and theres also the fact i dont think i could of gotten through school with out the occasional sugar rush to get me through the day.........
This is a perfect example of how ridiculous American schools are becoming. Who cares if children sell candy? Just be glad they're not peddling some sort of illegal drug. We exaggerate everything to the extent that people just don't care anymore, and that's exactly what will happen with this candy issue. Candy is delicious. enough said.
thats what i want to see. we need to crack down on these skittle pushers. "the candy man can". WRONG! If we alloow candy in our schools then the entire system is thrown into a whirlwind of chaos. If a student is found in possesion of candy they should be expelled and fined. Someone has to put their foot down and I will be the hammer of justice that crashes down upon these infidels!
I don't see what the big deal is? I mean these kids probably got the sweets from home, and all they are trying to do is make a little money so they could maybe buy that game they've been wanting all month. I prefer to have people walking around in the hall ways selling sweets its just so conveniant and sometimes its cheaper than the vending machine they also have the best stuff.
To be honest, my views for the underground sale of candy is totally apathetic. If kids want to sell candy for their own profit then thats fine. However, if it interupts the flow of the classroom then maybe it should be confiscated. As for the obesity issue, I feel that it originates in the home. Parents should set a good example and explain why eating healthy is beneficial.
The sale of candy in school is fine by me. So what, some kid is trying to make a quick buck off of the rest of his classmates. And if they are buying from him, how could it possibly be his fault for their obesity. We all went through middle school, it's not like the "candy dealers" force you to buy, he could care less whether you buy or not because he knows some other chump will...
i cant really complain about the whole candy issue in fact im quite an advocate. i have been guilty of selling candy and buying it from those who sell it "illegally". the prices for food at the school have gotten greater and the portions much smaller so why not make it easier for those around us. Obseity is due to family habits not school habits its up to the partn not the school to watch a childs eatin habit.
The fight against obesity is beginning to get ridiculous. School officials need to realize that these children are not going to alter their eating habits outside of school. There is no magic one-step move to reduce obesity among children. It is a reality that cannot be easily prevented.
Recent studies have shown candy is not healthy. However, eating a few candy bars at school isn't the main source for childhood obesity. If authorities don't want this illegal underground ring of candy dealers in their school system then they have to undercut the dealer's prices. Its economics. Sell candy in schools but don't allow students to buy it whenever they're hungry at any time of day.
is this candy confiscation really going to make a difference? whether or not a school policy decides to restrict them, what a child eats ultimately comes down to their choice ...if they can't eat it at school..oh well...they'll find ways to eat it later...the issue isn't really solving obesity
Do teachers and principals really think they will be able to keep kids away from candy. A kid can get candy anyway or anywhere he wants. Honestly, i think it is kinda dumb hat kids are selling candy to other kids, but kids will do whatever it takes to get candy. I can understand some the reasoning behind confiscating candy(the obesity issue), but that will not stop kids and they need to understand that.
first of all the example that was show was ridicuolous, RIDICULOUS I SAY! how can someone who is deemed a leader of the students be forced to step down because he had candy!?!?! thats horrible, (besides skittles are awesome) and that kinda of stuff is what's leading to our education system going down the tubes. Candy is good. therefore it should be allowed in school. besides the sugar in candy is what keeps most of the students awake anyway
Vice president in middle school, first of all thats just not normal. And he got forced to step down for skittles? Now if it was like baby ruth i would understand. But skittles are almost the best. The only candy that can rival it is like sour worms. But anyways why do people think by banning candy that children will be non-obese. No one cares. Having no candy in school/making it illegal to have it is like saying Mario from Mario cart is not italian and dosent go "Mom a MIa!" It just isnt correct or american.
i heard about this story a while back and i had an argument with me bcis teacher about it, she argued that the boy was wrong for buying candy, knowing that it was against the rules. I told her that it would be absurd to just punish a kid for buying somethingin school which he could buy at the corner store if it was drugs or alcohol ok...where do we set the line? eh who knows soon itll be agaisnt the rules to buy anything , like a pencil from someone else. In the end the schools right due to the rule being in place
^^^^^Giorgio Riccio's comment above!!!^^^^
its just candy, which is what some 400 calories. They eat more when they go to lines and buy a double cheesburger with curly fries and two cookies and a powerade.
I think this is absolutely ridiculous. Although I can understnad that childhood obesity is a problem in the United States, it is not ok to keep candy away from children. Does our government have nothing better to do than to take candy away from kids? How about solveing one of the many other issues facing eduation today like dropout rates?
A complete waste of energy and taxpayer dollars.
Stopping kids from selling candy is not going to stop the problem of childhood obesity. I don't mind kids selling candy at school cuz you need a snack now and then.
Ok, seriously, the candy isn't as fattening as the lunches provided. Do we really know what the actual ingrediants are in our school's food? probably not. The meals provided for us are like those for military soliders. They're loaded with simple carbohydrates and things that turn into sugar (the bad kind) quickly. It doesn't matter if we get rid of candy or not, it's not going to change our exercising habits nor our physiques.
i don't see how confiscating candy would really make a difference, kids are always going to find ways around the system. if they want candy, they're going to get it!
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