Child Suspended for Crisp Dealing

[Insanum]

http://news.uk.msn.com/uk/articles.aspx?cp-documentid=151341050

The basic jist is that a child (aged 12) has been suspended from school for selling crisps to other pupils at a marked up rate (example stated 50p per bag). He was suspended after being caught several times selling crisps over a period of time. The pupil's father was known to sell crisps & other snack foods to pupils outside of the school, which had banned junk foods.

The father says that his son has been picked out & victimised, And the school itself have almost admitted this by saying "We have six to seven regular sellers we pinpoint".

Personally i think this is stupid. Not the fact that child had been suspended, but the fact that the school has banned those foods. At the end of the day if a parent decides their little timmy is to only eat a bag of cheese and onion, two chocolate bars & sausage roll for lunch, Then that is their decision. What right does the school have?

So, People of the escapist - What is your opinion?

(Note: Slight edit on the wording)

Edit 2: A crisp is what we call Potato Chips in the UK

 

[Ryuu Akamatsu]

Me thinks I want some Crisps.

 

[Zacharine]

Schools are supposed to be places of teaching.

Including healthy dietary habits. Suspension was perhaps a tad harsh (unless this wasn't the first or even second offense), but otherwise I see no problems with this.

 

[Jonny49]

Something like this happened at my school. There was a phase where people were selling sweets and stuff because our tuck shop had decided to chuck out all he junk food. Anyone who gets caught selling food now gets isolation I think.
It is stupid though, schools tell kids to think for themselves but then piss their pants when the kid does the opposite of what they want them to do. If you want to eat junk food, go ahead.

 

[GrinningManiac]

I think it's silly that the schools would try to "parent" the children

But then again, I'm reminded of that stupid image of fat, bitchy mums passing hamburgers through to their toddlers through the school fence

Digusting, piggy people

 

[MR T3D]

Schools are supposed to be places of teaching.

Including healthy dietary habits. Suspension was perhaps a tad harsh (unless this wasn't the first or even second offense), but otherwise I see no problems with this.

sir, i disagree. A child should learn about healthy eating, but the choice to have less-healthy foods should not be removed.
and i must say props to the child for being a capitalist!

 

[LoopyDood]

A school? Acting like an authoritarian government? Unjustifiably banning things? Getting children in trouble for astonishingly stupid reasons?

I've never heard of such a thing!

 

[dududf]

Looks to me as if schools are trying to grab as much power of the kids as possible. Sounds like they do it to try to get more parents to send their kids to the school because "It's Best for their child" even though the kid has to get the money from SOME WHERE, and if their parents are health nuts then the kids probably eats Carrots 24/7 as is.

If it's against rules though, and as mentioned in the article it being the Second time he was caught, then it's under standable.

I just disagree with it being a rule in the first place.

*Edit

Another thought, is this not a 'good thing' think about this, The kid is buying his product for a cheap price and reselling it. He is essentially a Business man, doing the same thing as most stores do. And he's 12!

I must say props to the child for being a Capitalist!

Pretty much this.

 

[Kortney]

That actually happened in my school just last week. 2 boys got suspended because they were selling soft drink cans and packets of chips for cheaper than what the school canteen sells them for.

Seems to be the trend.

 

[Smagmuck_]

SELF CONTROL. If todays kids had any self control there wouldn't be any obiese children, there for eleminating the fatty food ban, and making everyone happy...

 

[Hallow'sEve]

whaaa?
This is whats wrong with education nowdays, schools think they're God or something

 

[El Poncho]

Hey, I heard your the guy that sells the goods

Yeah, thats me, what'd you want

...Cheese and Onion...Walkers.

 

[Sir_Tor]

Something like this happened at my school. There was a phase where people were selling sweets and stuff because our tuck shop had decided to chuck out all he junk food. Anyone who gets caught selling food now gets isolation I think.
It is stupid though, schools tell kids to think for themselves but then piss their pants when the kid does the opposite of what they want them to do. If you want to eat junk food, go ahead.

Isolation? xD
Well my previous school banned sweets, but everyone just went to the shop over the street and bought some anyways. And this made me laugh. Maybe a bit to hard with suspension? I mean come on, it's just crisps!!

 

[DragonsAteMyMarbles]

It's no joke, I myself was addicted to crisps. I was robbing houses just to pay for my next hit of Walkers.

Sounds familiar. I'm not allowed to go to the corner shop on my own anymore.
It's just...those Doritos...so crunchy...crunchy...yeeeeAAAAARRRGGGGHHH

 

[Spaghetti]

Clearly this child was an amateur! I remember in my day we had entire smuggling rings for junk food!

Anyway, my dark childhood aside, I'm going with the school on this one. Suspesnions does seem a little over the top, but its one of these things that schools like to clamp down on. It's not like they banned junk food altogether.

 

[Lovelocke]

When I was in school, I would have said "They're just chips man, why don't you patrol for drugs?" - But now that I'm older, wiser, fatter and possibly doomed to a lifetime of poor eating habits in the fattest state (Texas) in the fattest country in the world (USA): I would support the school's rules.

Being thin, or even being "average" sized isn't a fashion statement as I had believed back then, its actually an indicator of good health! There's no reason I can imagine that a parent would come up with that says "My kid eating potato chips is more important than eating an Apple/getting an education".

That said, I'm also the "cool uncle" to my nephews: Anytime I get a chance to hang out with them they get chocolate, ice cream, pizza and all that because I know they GO HOME right as the sugar rush kicks in!

 

[Taawus]

Remember when the ''main problem'' in schools were drug dealers?
...
''Wanna buy some of the good stuff?''
*opens his mantle, revealing bunch of snacks*
''First one is free.''

 

[Soxafloppin]

My school has a ban on foods like this, but you just get them taken off you, not suspended.