Another school whine! - Big Big Forums

treasurymae · 08-22-2004, 07:39 PM

My daughter comes home from school the other day talking about how they are no longer allowed to have sweets at school . Cake, candy, coke , etc. Ok i already new they took out the coke and candy machines last yr. But now the caffeteria isnt even allowed to serve them a sweet desert. OK i have no problem with my child eating healthy. At home they do not get very many sweets and are only allowed one coke a day. I told DD that this is good she dosent need alot of sweets and that her sweet could be the snack i send her for the day. Then she tells me ohh no mom we have a list of what we can and cant have for snacks. ok i must admit this kinda ticked me off i mean i dont think they should be able to tell me what i can and cant send with my child .. ( unless it was something unreasonable ) But i'm talking maybe sending her to school with a twinkie , or dingdong. But now it has to be off the list which is like 5 things long. i cant remember maybe 6.. i was mad and threw it away.
it had like Pretzels, fruit, veggie sticks, crackers, peanut butter sandwich, i think thats it. But i told DD this is ok you still have variety. then i get further down in the letter.. They are only allowed to have 3 partys a yr. which they have decided on Christmas, valentines day, and end of yr party. ok no problem . Hum they are celebrating V-day so what am i supposed to buy to put with kids valentines, maybe some carrots? Also no kids bday partys at school anymore. Does it seem to anyone else that they are just making school horribly boring . I mean what do the children have to look forward to? Not only did they already take away games like dodge ball, musical chairs and duck duck goose but now bday parties too. I remember when scool used to be fun and i looked forward to it. but now i see no reason for my children to look forward to it. I know its not about having fun but you have to give little kids time to play and stuff to enjoy so they dont get bored .

one more whine in the notes about classroom rules. The children we are talking about 3rd graders are not allowed to go to the rest room more than twice during class time(unless they have a note saying they have some kind of condition) ok this is where i draw the line. My husband was furious. He told our DD that if she has went twice and still needs to go and the teacher says no just to get up and go. She said no dad because if i get up and go then i will get marks against my name .. He told her not to worry about the marks because if she got them he would talk to her teacher about it.
Both of us know that some kids like to just go to the bathroom and play but Some really do have to go alot . I dont think you should be able to but a limit on how many times a child can go to rest room . When my hubby was in gradeschool it had to use restroom and his teacher just kept telling him no when he couldnt hold it anymore it wet himself and all the kids in the class made fun of him. Neither one of us want this to happen to one of our children .

I just think that in some things the school system has gone to far and i just need to get it out. I havent said anything to the teacher about the b-room rule yet but if it causes a probably i might have to buy some rope to hold hubby back.

no need to reply just letting off some steam TIA

YankeeMary · 08-22-2004, 08:27 PM

*******The children we are talking about 3rd graders are not allowed to go to the rest room more than twice during class time(unless they have a note saying they have some kind of condition) ok this is where i draw the line.

Hmmm the teachers are allowed to go out of the room any time they want to and leave the kids unattended. Good luck!!!

Tasha405 · 08-22-2004, 08:33 PM

Oh I would be mad too, especially with the bathroom situation. My 3 yr old (almost 4) goes 10 times a day if not more it seems like. I mean, if the kids drink stuff for breakfast and lunch and then water breaks during the day... they are going to need to go more often. I think I would be setting up a meeting to talk with someone about that.

I think the snack thing is crazy too. Why can't you send your kid whatever snack you want? Don't get me wrong.. I know some kids are allergic to different things but that snack is for your kid!! Why can't they eat their snack in front of the teacher to make sure no one shares with someone who might be allergic to it.

I was LOL at the carrots for Valentines Day!!

Well, what else could you bring since they can't have sweets, right??

YankeeMary · 08-22-2004, 08:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Tasha405

Oh I would be mad too, especially with the bathroom situation. My 3 yr old (almost 4) goes 10 times a day if not more it seems like. I mean, if the kids drink stuff for breakfast and lunch and then water breaks during the day... they are going to need to go more often. I think I would be setting up a meeting to talk with someone about that.

I think the snack thing is crazy too. Why can't you send your kid whatever snack you want? Don't get me wrong.. I know some kids are allergic to different things but that snack is for your kid!! Why can't they eat their snack in front of the teacher to make sure no one shares with someone who might be allergic to it.

I was LOL at the carrots for Valentines Day!!

Well, what else could you bring since they can't have sweets, right??

I forgot to post this earlier..about the snacks, they always say that at the begininng of the year about healthy snacks...after a month or so everyone starts bringing what they want. But the funny thing is, is that the teacher has a can of coke on her desk...lol.

Pass the carrots...

Tasha405 · 08-22-2004, 09:09 PM

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the teacher has a can of coke on her desk...lol.

Oh that used to make me so mad. We were never allowed to have cokes until later in Jr. High.

treasurymae · 08-22-2004, 09:30 PM

ya i think the bathroom thing is what bothers me the most. I mean they allow the kids to keep sports bottles at there desks of course it says that only water is allowed in them but still water runs through anyone fast. Depending on the size of the sports bottle my daughter can drink alot within the day.

the other allowed snack i forgot was dry cereal. my kids will eat some cereal dry but all be darn if i'm gonna send sugar free dry cereal to school my daughter would starve before she would touch it and i cant blame her. I bought her some of her favorite and thats what i'm gonna send .

gonnascream · 08-22-2004, 09:39 PM

my parents use to tell me the same thing. if you got to go to the bathroom and the teacher says no, just leave the class. We had a kid onetime where out teacher told him he couldn't go, and he started peeing in the potted plant in the corner. told her he knew he had to pee, he wasn't a robot.

queenangie · 08-23-2004, 12:28 AM

One time I sent a baggie of cereal for the AM snack, I'm thinking it was Cheerios, for DS#1. It was the day I needed to get groceries while the boys were in school.
The Cheerios were not for lunch, but for an AM snack.
He had a carton of milk allready paid for for AM snack.
DS#1 was having hot lunch that day.

I got a note saying that I should send more 'nutritious' snacks. :+(

farren · 08-23-2004, 01:10 AM

When my daughter was in third grade, her teacher would eat candy bars, bags of chips and drink soda in front of the kids all day long. This did not sit well with my daughter. lol It was a bit much for me as well.

MsLynn · 08-23-2004, 01:41 AM

good grief, my kids school provides all the snacks. I love their new school

Tasha405 · 08-23-2004, 10:46 AM

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When my daughter was in third grade, her teacher would eat candy bars, bags of chips and drink soda in front of the kids all day long. This did not sit well with my daughter. lol It was a bit much for me as well.

Thats how some of my teachers were too. Oh I would be mad when I got home. lol