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Jun. 12th, 2012 04:13 pmsix bags of outgrown and sloughed off (like snakeskin?) clothes and shoes out the door and off to goodwill
short shopping list accomplished for Haystack
I was sitting and listening to Michelle Obama on Talk of the Nation, talking about changing family food habits and fighting childhood obesity, and I was appalled at how banal we force her to be - she's not allowed to say one arm of the government forces schools to buy particular foods, and those are not the healthiest foods, that local governments conspire in this by starving local schools of funds to do better, she's not allowed to criticize advertising, only praise Disney's decision to change what they'll accept for ads in three years, can't modify the food pyramid but can plant a vegetable garden in the back yard of the White House and write a book about it.
I felt bad that I dislike gardening and vegetables with grit in them, and then I felt even guiltier that what I really wanted for lunch was pizza.
She had a different complaint that no one does gym class anymore, to which I can only breathe a heartfelt amen. Gym was nothing but torture for me, and had nothing to do with self care, nutrition or learning to exercise regularly. I think mine was not an uncommon experience. I'm pleased gym has become wellness for our high school, which IS about self care, nutrition, avoiding major health pitfalls, sleep, hygiene. The basics, the stuff that parents preach but can get reinforced externally. Also it is over in a semester.
The middle school still has a gym program but it is focused on showing kids fun stuff to do to stay active, so there is mountain biking, cross-country skiing, swimming and kayaking (in the pool, still) and some basic games - nothing too strenuous, and nothing too competitive. That's what the extracurricular sports are for. Getting more serious about different sports.
anyhow. She's a fine intellect and there she is hobbling along in the footsteps of previous first ladies. I felt bad.
short shopping list accomplished for Haystack
I was sitting and listening to Michelle Obama on Talk of the Nation, talking about changing family food habits and fighting childhood obesity, and I was appalled at how banal we force her to be - she's not allowed to say one arm of the government forces schools to buy particular foods, and those are not the healthiest foods, that local governments conspire in this by starving local schools of funds to do better, she's not allowed to criticize advertising, only praise Disney's decision to change what they'll accept for ads in three years, can't modify the food pyramid but can plant a vegetable garden in the back yard of the White House and write a book about it.
I felt bad that I dislike gardening and vegetables with grit in them, and then I felt even guiltier that what I really wanted for lunch was pizza.
She had a different complaint that no one does gym class anymore, to which I can only breathe a heartfelt amen. Gym was nothing but torture for me, and had nothing to do with self care, nutrition or learning to exercise regularly. I think mine was not an uncommon experience. I'm pleased gym has become wellness for our high school, which IS about self care, nutrition, avoiding major health pitfalls, sleep, hygiene. The basics, the stuff that parents preach but can get reinforced externally. Also it is over in a semester.
The middle school still has a gym program but it is focused on showing kids fun stuff to do to stay active, so there is mountain biking, cross-country skiing, swimming and kayaking (in the pool, still) and some basic games - nothing too strenuous, and nothing too competitive. That's what the extracurricular sports are for. Getting more serious about different sports.
anyhow. She's a fine intellect and there she is hobbling along in the footsteps of previous first ladies. I felt bad.
