Child Suspended for Crisp Dealing

[Atvomat_Nikonov]

My high school had this problem, and I think it was entirely reasonable to suspend that kid. Kid's dealing prohibited food's in a school should be clamped down upon. In my high school junk food wasn't prohibited, but selling it to students was frowned upon. The school itself didn't sell any junk food or fizzy drinks, but like I said bringing your own wasn't allowed. No-one was suspended, but the more the 'sellers' thought they could get away with the more the sold. There was this one kid who sold Cans of fizzy drinks, ice creams in the summer and even paracetemol. Yeah, he was selling fucking drugs(albeit legal ones) on school grounds.

Allowing kids to sell prohibited foods on school grounds will only encourage them to sell prohibited goods for a career (In my experience, only the 'rebellious' kids who were failing classes seemed to sell stuff and I've heard about one or two of them dealing drugs now).

 

[Diablo1099_v1legacy]

.... this is the most retarded reason to get suspended over EVER!!!!

 

[Diablo1099_v1legacy]

He got ya there

 

[Diablo1099_v1legacy]

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

Why would you rob houses to pay for crisps, surely most houses would have crisps in anyway. Why not just take those, would be alot easier.

He got you there

 

[Ph33nix]

hmm i need to think about this while munching on my chips. oh wait i done the same thing selling coffee and monstes at marked up prices. seriously in highschool kids 'll pay up to 5$ a monster.

 

[LogicNProportion]

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.

I could be friends with this kid, honestly. Smart lil bastard, he would probably do wonders in a Civics and Economics class.

I believe schools are starting to get up their own asses about how awesome they think they are, anyway. All this censorship and everything is just plain out wrong, and the more authority they get from parents who are equally short sighted, the more they hide away. Then the cycle continues.

How do they not see that they're actually keeping away information instead of broadening the minds of people, the jobs they're intended to do.

My English teacher, when we were reading Night by Elie Weisel (sp), would not allow us to say (during popcorn reading and discussion) or write (for the essay, study guide, etc) the word Nazi, making us replace it with the word German. I ask you. How is this progressive in any way? =/

 

[Vimbert]

i fucking love the UK *HUGE SARCASM*

but seriously, with the state of this country, why does EVERYONE think this country is the dogs bollocks?

It's not just the UK. Over here in the States, they're going on about healthy food in schools and such as well. I think it's just less widespread here.

 

[Cmwissy]

Me thinks I want some Crisps.

I would rather have some potato chips

Clever.

 

[cartzo]

this sort of thing pisses me off, a friend of mine did this for a while and got three days detention, schools are oppressive enough as it is without telling us what we can and can't eat, can and can't ware. you'll probably be interested in this aswell, my school recently banned the discussion of school uniform in the school debating society, what i do and do not ware does not affect my ability to learn. i've looked this up and my school is already in violation of article 10, article 11, and article 14, of the human rights act.
thats the right to freedom of expresion, the right to assembly and assosiation, and the prohibition on discrimination. now i know that my school does not have to adear to these rules but it really makes me angry to know that to have the right to an education i have to tempirarily forfit three of my other human rights. sorry if i seem a little aggressive.

 

[Insanum]

The local shop next to school sells crisps at 55p...

Am I missing something here? 50 is marked up?

They were discos, Theyre about 25p a bag (or they were). They are awful crisps.

 

[ucciolord1]

What the flying fudge?
That's quite ridiculous. If he were selling cupcakes, I'd understand, but crisps?

 

[rabidmidget]

My god what has the world come to when crisps are being dealt in our schools, surely the age of innocence has come to an end

 

[Cavouku]

Hmm... meh. I think that the action and the punishment fit fine enough. As for the banning of chips, well... I suppose that it's not really the school's job to have to give kids junk food. That's the way I see it; I think that kids should be allowed to bring their chips, and the school can peddle their healthy stuff.

So, although this school is a little harsh on what kids are allowed to bring (I am not currently aware of anyone being allergic to potatoes, but hell, everyone's allergic to everything now), this little act is, I suppose, just worthy of the punishment.

 

[Littlee300]

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

This explains why they banned them

 

[ffxfriek]

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

HA HA HA I've seen that. It is the funniest thing you'll see.

 

[The Heik]

Me thinks I want some Crisps.

I second that

But to stay on topic, while I don't like that they banned it, I can understand why. It's to promote healthy eating within the school, and that age is where a person's primary habits are formed. It's a good move for getting kids ot eat healthy, but I believe that every good kid deserves fudge! At least during recess.

I think we have better things to worry about, and I dont think banning the selling of crisps will stop people from having a bad diet. America at least should worry about its education in general especially in regards to sex, because its really lacking.

While the ban won't prevent a bad diet, it will point kids in the right direction. Anyways the ban make kids eat healthy at school, so that their minds and bodies are better prepared for education, so the school system is actually promoting education as well. As in regards to sex, that is more the fault of society in general, which puts both men and women into stereotypical roles.

That makes sense, although I still think the burden lies with the parents. With society banning spanking and being "hard" to kids it seems like the government feels like it needs to step up in the parents stead.

I agree with you. The parents should really step up to the plate, but the ban could also be to give them a helping hand. If unhealthy foods are banned, the parents are forced to buy healthy food for their kids, and it could affect their diet at home.

And the ban on hitting is isn't quite correct. As far as I remember, while straight off violence is forbidden (like the stuff we see in the news) parents still do have the right to discipline their kids, provided it doesn't cause any lasting physical or psychological damage eg. a light smack upside the head: it doesn't actually damage them, but it's a direct and effective way of telling them what they did was wrong. I might still be wrong about this so if anyone has a correction to make, please do.