On 10/30/2020 7:27 AM, Graham wrote:
> 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.
>


And how would THAT even come up?