crazy messy event at my daughter's school (parent, boy, smart)
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It sounds horrible to me. I don't like to get food on me, and more than that, I think that these days, with all the information we get daily about hunger in the US, wasting food like that just disgusts me. Can't they do something more productive with cans of baked beans? Like give them to someone who needs food to survive? I would be mad if this happened in my school district.
It sounds horrible to me. I don't like to get food on me, and more than that, I think that these days, with all the information we get daily about hunger in the US, wasting food like that just disgusts me. Can't they do something more productive with cans of baked beans? Like give them to someone who needs food to survive? I would be mad if this happened in my school district.
There is not a shortage of food in the US...hunger is not caused by lack of food here.... if people have money. ... they can get food.. no one will go hungry because of the money spent on baked beans to go this instead of using mud. Not only that the OP later said that it is also a fund raiser for the local food pantry.
Let go of your anxiety. It's not an event for YOU and I'm assuming it's entirely optional for your kid. If she wants to do it let her. You probably don't even need to be there if you don't want to.
Pieing is an old comedic act that started with the Keystone cops. laurel and Hardy, Charlie Chaplin, and soupy sales got in on the act too. it's classic for a reason...it's funny.
What a fun memory to have.
I am sure no one forces the kids to so it and they love it. This is just like Nickelodeon and their game shows. My nine year old said that she would pay to do this, and she might answer wrong on purpose.
OP- if your child doesn't want to do it then have her opt out.
Last year my friend’s daughter got an entire 117 ounce can of baked beans dumped over her head. Other students were getting covered in Spaghetti-O’s, chocolate syrup and raw eggs. One boy got an entire bottle of mustard squirted in his hair. At the end of MAC the students have an all out pie fight and then get hosed down for a picnic dinner.
On the positive side, both schools enthusiastically compete to see how many canned goods they can bring to MAC to donate to a local food pantry.
This is supposed to be a charity event to bring canned good for a local food pantry, but they are wasting the food by throwing it on each other? That is ridiculous!
I think the concept is good but the execution bad. I can see an injury happening because when the adults lose sight of the goal and become as immature as the kids the priority is skewed.
For example what if the kid who was dumping the can of baked beans dropped it and fractured the skull of the kid? This event needs to be streamlined and made safer by using approved foods and by someone with a physics background reviewing the dangerous possibilities and eliminating them.
The waste is a problem for me too! Maybe make it more simple like do not use more than about 6 cans of whipped topping in the whole vent or something at the end on the losers?
Sounds like a really stupid way to celebrate the end of school. Not to mention the waste of food, which is ironic since the whole purpose is to get donations to the food pantry. If they like the idea of pelting each other with something why not shaving cream or soapy bubbles?
Food waste in this country is a huge issue, but a few cans of beans and pies is not that big of a deal. If you are that worried about food waste, you should not be supporting the new federal guidelines for school lunch. The trash cans are full of uneaten and untouched food by the barrel full.
Restaurants and grocery stores throw away massive amounts of food on a daily basis. They will throw away perfectly good food that isn't even spoiled just because it is close to expiration or a bit of dented fruit and veg. They should donate it to food banks. ( I used to work at a grocery store and a restaurant so I know how much they toss.)
Check your own trash out too. I bet you throw out the same amount of food stuff in a month or two at least.
It's a silly event that is fun for kids. That's all it is.
Thank you for all of your thoughts so far. I'm not 100% sure but I think some of the food they use is either past expiration or almost there. Somehow they get it in incredible bulk and a lot of volunteers go to a lot of effort just preparing that many pies, which are chocolate pudding and whipped cream on a paper plate. The participants are also really really good kids and I think for the parents and school there is a novelty value in letting them just go crazy and do something totally outrageous one day of the year. I guess the correct perspective is important and I'm still trying to get there. I know that as children get older you can't always protect them. One of the camera shots that sticks in my mind from last year's MAC was the look of shock, confusion and horror on the face of a little 4 year old boy as he watched his sister get a bucket of Spaghetti-O's dumped over her head. We don't have that problem. Emily's 9 year old brother can't wait to see his big sister get trashed!
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