NEW HAVEN, Connecticut (AP) -- Contraband candy has led to trouble for an eighth-grade honors student in Connecticut.
Michael Sheridan was stripped of his title as class vice president, barred from attending an honors student dinner and suspended for a day after buying a bag of Skittles from a classmate.
School spokeswoman Catherine Sullivan-DeCarlo said the New Haven school system banned candy sales in 2003 as part of a districtwide school wellness policy.
Michael's suspension was reduced from three days to one, but he has not been reinstated as class vice president.
Superintendent Reginald Mayo said Wednesday the principal was just trying to keep students safe, but he would review the decision to suspend Michael.
Michael says he didn't realize his candy purchase was against the rules, but he did notice the student selling the Skittles February 26 was being secretive.
I`m sorry but what bussiness is it of the school if someone wants to buy and eat candy on campus.How assanine. There wellness policy is a joke since people can eat a crap load of junk outside of school anyway so they should be worried about more important stuff like peer abuse or harrassment.
That is simply ridiculous. I'm sure it'll be overturned, but until then it sucks to be that kid.
W.T.F.?!
Aren't there better things to do than to ban junkfood?! Like uhm...GUNS on CAMPUS?
Really...? We all know how Skittles can fuck up your life and we don't want this kid to end up in rahab over it, right?
Humanity's IQ has just dropped another dozen points, at least.
Coincidentally, while at Six Flags Magic Mountain yesterday, we spotted a $6 bag of Skittles in a vending machine. Granted, it was two or three times the size of a normal bag of Skittles, but still. Anyone who buys that deserves to be suspended.
You are got to be kidding? suspended for buying skittles?
Quote from: punk_parfait on March 18, 2008, 12:00:37 AM
Really...? We all know how Skittles can fuck up your life and we don't want this kid to end up in rahab over it, right?
Hahaha. My thoughts, exactly.
Haha I laugh at this, but in some seriousness. Some school have ban's on selling anything at school. The band on the selling of candy, skittles being one of them, could most possibly in response to fat kids. Thus banning sweets selling so kids dont have them in school. But still so hillarious. Kinda like I laugh when I heard some schools banned dodge ball because it made some kids feel inferior. So funny.
you guys don't even know the half of it, skittles are an addictive, harmful food and give you cancer and kill your brain cells it's a wonder they aren't illegal here their just tryin 2 portect him
Quote from: DemonLordZabuza on March 18, 2008, 01:57:37 PM
Haha I laugh at this, but in some seriousness. Some school have ban's on selling anything at school. The band on the selling of candy, skittles being one of them, could most possibly in response to fat kids. Thus banning sweets selling so kids dont have them in school. But still so hillarious. Kinda like I laugh when I heard some schools banned dodge ball because it made some kids feel inferior. So funny.
I highly doubt they banned it because of ... obesity. They would've changed the entire school menu if that were the case. It's probably because they abused being able to have candy, since these sort of things, candy, chips, snacks in general, are normally banned because of it being a distraction in class. (ie, eating during class)
THE SKITTLZ ARE TEH AIDZ
Still, that's frickin' ridiculous.
But they are crazy good!
Some school districts choose to have rules agains the sale of candy and soda. There's a lot of hoopla about it at my district. What it basically comes down to is that there is a lot of Grant money available to schools from different groups if they can show that they are working to help students stick to the Dietary Guidelines and to be proactive against childhood illnesses, including obesity. Here's the kicker (for my district at least) we have balanced meals that no one in their right mind would eat (seriously I think the Fiesta Nada is something straight out of Hell's Vending Machine) and we've completely eliminated any kind of Physical Education. ::)
I'm not trying to pass judgement on the school for banning the sale of candy. If you want candy that bad during the day, bring it from home. It's the school's loss if they don't want to sell candy. My problem is that the punishment doesn't fit the crime. This punishment is much too severe. Take his candy away. Give him a detention. That's all fine. However, to strip him of his elected post and suspend him? That's going too far.
you can eat anything in class though.
you might as well just ban food if that's the case.
Quote from: cappeh on March 19, 2008, 08:39:16 AM
you can eat anything in class though.
you might as well just ban food if that's the case.
All schools are different. Mine had a rule against eating in class, especially chips and candy, but they were okay with it outside of class. The thing with chips and candy is that they're easy to sneak around, which is why they went to such measures as banning.
i read this on my wii news like 6 days ago.
Quote from: Jun-Watarase on March 19, 2008, 10:06:23 AM
Quote from: cappeh on March 19, 2008, 08:39:16 AM
you can eat anything in class though.
you might as well just ban food if that's the case.
All schools are different. Mine had a rule against eating in class, especially chips and candy, but they were okay with it outside of class. The thing with chips and candy is that they're easy to sneak around, which is why they went to such measures as banning.
i just don't get why they would only ban chips and candy and not just any kind of food you could snack on during class if that was the problem. @~@
unless they'd rather have kids sneaking healthier food into class lol. but who knows maybe they think kids are too much of junk food monglers to consider that.
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Quote from: cappeh on March 19, 2008, 12:00:44 PM
Quote from: Jun-Watarase on March 19, 2008, 10:06:23 AM
Quote from: cappeh on March 19, 2008, 08:39:16 AM
you can eat anything in class though.
you might as well just ban food if that's the case.
All schools are different. Mine had a rule against eating in class, especially chips and candy, but they were okay with it outside of class. The thing with chips and candy is that they're easy to sneak around, which is why they went to such measures as banning.
i just don't get why they would only ban chips and candy and not just any kind of food you could snack on during class if that was the problem. @~@
unless they'd rather have kids sneaking healthier food into class lol. but who knows maybe they think kids are too much of junk food monglers to consider that.
All food are banned from our classrooms. If kids snuck around snacks in classrooms at all, what would they most likely be? Chips and candy. Can you sneak a sandwich, burrito, or slice of pizza? Not very likely. That's the logic behind that.
Candy is removed mostly at least from one of two reasons: it being a distraction in the classroom, or a health concern. If it's a distraction, they normally ban that one type of food specifically or anything similar. If it's a health concern, they normally change the entire menu to healthier options.
i wasn't really thinking of meals though lol. like crackers or snackable veggies. basically anything you could stuff in a ziplock bag and take out pieces at a time.
but either way i'm so glad i'm not in k-12 anymore. the rules are getting crazy weird dude. no dodgeball? dodgeball was like the best part of PE and now they wanna take it away from our children really now how are we supposed to have successful future leaders without them ever playing dodgeball >:(
you have to watch out for those skittles.. If you start using them they can lead to Harder candy like M&M's....... Here comes the swat team.. "watch out he has a Reese's". "put down the chocolate and walk away. your still young kid! don't throw away your life for a quick fix. Look out he ate it. GO GO GO." The boy dashes into a class room with chairs stacked high. the candy melting in his mouth as the Swat team make there way to the door. The boy thinks of what's to become of his life, due to his thrust of such sweets. Quickly he takes a hand full of skittles and throws them at the door, just as armed men start to enter in. " My mouth.. It went in my mouth.." One Cop said as he fell on to the ground stunned by its taste. " Hang in there Man." his partner yelled as he held his friend while the candy took him. with the confused team not knowing what happened, the boy made his way out and down the hallway. He walked for just mere feet, but his trip seemed like miles. As he looked up to the end of the hall, he was facing the One and only school principle. There eyes where fixed on each other. " You can still walk away with your life, but you must give up your sweets." the Principle said with a smirk on his face. the boy raised up his arm pointing to the Man. "to live in a world with out sweets, is to live in a world with out life." then he quickly took a Reese's and said "Principle. how do you eat a Reese's." a vain popped up on the aged forehead. "why you". but before he could rush the child he had eaten around the Reese's in such a way to make it a ninja star. With his aim clear he fired off his Reese's star right into is foes mouth. escaping the hall way he found him self in the office of his defeated principle. quickly searching around he found nothing he can use to aid him. Glancing out the window he perceived a huge crowd waiting to find out whats going on. Looking like there was no hope for himself, he looked over to the book shelf to only see Math,reading,spelling, books all around. but then one book got his attention, "Forbidden Taste". His hands reached out to take the book down griping the book he pulled on it and discovered it opened a hidden door.
If you like Ill write more tomorrow, If not oh well....
Quote from: Akito Starwind on March 21, 2008, 06:00:18 AM
you have to watch out for those skittles.. If you start using them they can lead to Harder candy like M&M's....... Here comes the swat team.. "watch out he has a Reese's". "put down the chocolate and walk away. your still young kid! don't throw away your life for a quick fix. Look out he ate it. GO GO GO." The boy dashes into a class room with chairs stacked high. the candy melting in his mouth as the Swat team make there way to the door. The boy thinks of what's to become of his life, due to his thrust of such sweets. Quickly he takes a hand full of skittles and throws them at the door, just as armed men start to enter in. " My mouth.. It went in my mouth.." One Cop said as he fell on to the ground stunned by its taste. " Hang in there Man." his partner yelled as he held his friend while the candy took him. with the confused team not knowing what happened, the boy made his way out and down the hallway. He walked for just mere feet, but his trip seemed like miles. As he looked up to the end of the hall, he was facing the One and only school principle. There eyes where fixed on each other. " You can still walk away with your life, but you must give up your sweets." the Principle said with a smirk on his face. the boy raised up his arm pointing to the Man. "to live in a world with out sweets, is to live in a world with out life." then he quickly took a Reese's and said "Principle. how do you eat a Reese's." a vain popped up on the aged forehead. "why you". but before he could rush the child he had eaten around the Reese's in such a way to make it a ninja star. With his aim clear he fired off his Reese's star right into is foes mouth. escaping the hall way he found him self in the office of his defeated principle. quickly searching around he found nothing he can use to aid him. Glancing out the window he perceived a huge crowd waiting to find out whats going on. Looking like there was no hope for himself, he looked over to the book shelf to only see Math,reading,spelling, books all around. but then one book got his attention, "Forbidden Taste". His hands reached out to take the book down griping the book he pulled on it and discovered it opened a hidden door.
If you like Ill write more tomorrow, If not oh well....
... ... ... um.... yeah... that was creative. ???
ya i got board ;D
Quote from: Steve.Young on March 18, 2008, 12:06:15 AM
Humanity's IQ has just dropped another dozen points, at least.
higher than that, way higher.