I dropped my son off at high school this morning, and as I was leaving, I came upon an accident that had just happened at the crosswalk. A driver had struck a student, and the boy was on the ground with his ankle at an awkward angle. I stopped, asked if there had been an accident, and asked if they needed a first aid kit. The driver, who was very upset, and trying desperately to tell 911 where he was, said yes they needed help. I told my toddler where I was going, turned off the car and turned on my hazard lights. I got my first aid kit and went to the boy, determined that he was lucid, not bleeding or in shock, not cold, etc. A school bus driver stopped to check on us. Teachers stopped and helped. Some parents stopped, but only one or two. Then a friend of the boy walked by and asked the boy if he was hit. The boy said yes, and his friend replied, "Man, you got to get some money!" And walked off. Just last night I heard a talk on NPR where they were explaining that teenager's brains are not really developed fully and things like empathy work slowly. I guess that is what that comment was, but I still don't like it. Nor do I care for all of the parents that just drove by. I guess that it is good that it isn't their son in the street. Anyway, the fire department is only a few blocks away and all kinds of aid was there in a couple of minutes.
If you are a parent of a child who attends public school in Washington, and if you have even a vague recollection of the food pyramid , you probably will have noticed that the lunches that are served in school cafeterias are frequently at odds with the rules of good nutrition. The school is not wrong, however. They have just re-defined words and you are not keeping up. Pop quiz: Cheese belongs to what food group? *bzzz* - wrong. You said that cheese was in the diary food group , right? No! Pbth! How boringly accurate of you. Cheese magically transforms into a protein when it is served on pizza or in a bread stick! I know that you may be dubious, but I contacted Wendy Barkley, RD, who is the Acting Supervisor of School Nutrition Programs in the State of Washington Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction and she assured me that it is so. To quote her email to me: " Pizza remains an option for schools for their menus. The cheese on pizza is counted as a protein in t
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