On Fri, 30 Oct 2020 07:17:46 -0700, Taxed and Spent wrote:

> 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?

Because her teacher didn't believe that she just ate carrots and apples.