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Eat Right, Earn an iPod
TheMster writes "The BBC is reporting on the UK government's latest policy to tackle obesity - through offering iPods and XBoxes to pupils. The lucky lads and lasses of 29 Glasgow secondary schools will be part of the pioneering scheme, which utilises the newly introduced swipe-card canteens to create a system of the 'better you eat, the bigger the treat'."
lol! Ill feed the little b******* deep fried ipods and play halloween dunk with the cds for the xbox, in the deep fat fryer.... dare yas all.... run away! oh forgot, ya cant....
I think you are onto something.
When I was in school, we had competitions for everything. The kid who ran the fastes got a ribbon. Believe it or not, but everyone wanted to compete. It did not matter if you were 20th out of 30, you wanted to be 19th next time. Everyone tried.
Today, you can't be 20th out of 30, it will hurt your ego. It will cripple you for life.
Instead of giving Ipods, how about they teach these kids it is time for the gonads to descend?
Kids have leared it does not matter at all what they do. They go at it half assed. They know that there are two America's. One for the rich, and one for the poor. If you can't get into Harvard, you might as well say fuck it and know the community college will accept anyone. So why bust the ass running, or playing sports, or getting the resume ready for college.
Plus, most poor families can no longer survive on one paycheck. 30 years ago, the wife did not have to work. Today, the wife MUST work to feed the family and pay rent. So the kid comes home and watches TV, gets to see Janet Jacksons tit, the whore from Desperate Houswifes get bannged by a black, and every nutjob with a gripe a venue on TV.
Hmmm... Poor me too!!! Fuck school, I can't win, so I won't try, or I'll give such a lame effort so I can't be punished.
Lets bring back corporal punishment and see how quickly things change. If a kid does not try his best, break out the bamboo stick and give him two across the back of his thighs. Forget the out of school detention, make him spend his day walking with the janator, cleaning toilets after the honors students take a nice, healthy dump. They will learn what foreshadowing means.
Rosco: "If brains were gunpowder, Enos couldn't blow his nose."
That's the difference between "fruit drink" and "fruit juice". If it says "drink" anywhere in the title, it means water, sugar, 8% orange juice from concentrate and you'd be just as well off drinking soda.
"Nectar" means the same as "drink", only it sounds cuter.
I read the labels on everything now, and boy have I been ripped off in the past.