On 10/30/2020 7:17 AM, Dave Smith wrote:
> On 2020-10-30 9:52 a.m., Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>> On Friday, October 30, 2020 at 9:48:54 AM UTC-4, Dave Smith wrote:
>>> On 2020-10-30 5:22 a.m., Julie Bove wrote:
>>>>
>>>> beyond the 9th grade. It wasn't required in High School.
>>>>
>>>>> We studied that stuff in a subject/class called "Health" in the late
>>>>> 70's/early 80's.
>>>>
>>>> I took that in combination with Sex Ed. Again, more warnings about
>>>> drugs. We learned first aid as well.
>>>>
>>>> Angela's health class involved a diet section. She had to list her meals
>>>> and snacks for two weeks. She also had to go through the kitchen and
>>>> look for offensive items like things with HFCS. The teacher did not
>>>> believe her report. The only offensive foods she found were molasses,
>>>> corn syrup and various forms of sugar. Her breakfast at the time was
>>>> usually raw baby carrots or an apple. She waited until she got home to
>>>> eat lunch because her assigned lunch time was 2:00 pm.
>>>>
>>>> When I went to the parent's night, the teacher lit into me. She couldn't
>>>> believe that I didn't have things like cake mix in the house. *shrug*
>>> A teacher lit into you because you didn't have things like cake mix???
>>>
>>> BULLSHIT !!!
>>
>> Although Julie writes poorly, my takeaway was that the teacher thought
>> Julie was lying when she stated she did not have cake mix in her house.
>
> In that case, I will have to assume she had experienced dealing with
> Julie and knew that she is factually challenged.
>
> FWIW. I do not have a cake mix in the house. There has not been one here
> for more than 10 years, and not many before that. We really do not eat
> much in the line of process or prepared foods. We used to have the odd
> jar of pasta sauce or can of soup or baked beans. Even those were rarely
> used.
>


How would the topic of cake mix even come up?