tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7256615271055737327.post8341278037294104717..comments2024-03-03T18:22:58.844-05:00Comments on On Aunt Mildred's Porch: Can You Get Dysentery From A Christmas Cookie?JoAnnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10548653968066971599noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7256615271055737327.post-65828116799381039942012-12-13T17:17:41.221-05:002012-12-13T17:17:41.221-05:00Believe me when I say I absolutely know that these...Believe me when I say I absolutely know that these kids have a lack of parenting at home. We a serious amount of mental illness around here and plenty of kids are totally suffering neglect. REcently, I had to move a mountain to get glasses for a kid who could not see and whose mother refused to take him to get glasses. Glasses which were free because the school had intervened. This kid now won't wear the glasses that he was so excited to get because his mother told them they are a women's style. We had a long discussion about the need to be able to see.<br /><br />I disagree about the sweatshirt thing though. We have kids who come from phenomenal homes that insist on wearing the same sweatshirt for the whole year. It's something I cannot quite grasp, this need to wear the same thing every, single day but it's really prevalent in our school! Is this a nationwide thing with adolescents?JoAnnahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10548653968066971599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7256615271055737327.post-87491205548581052262012-12-13T11:29:15.090-05:002012-12-13T11:29:15.090-05:00Your blog is hilarious and I TOTALLY agree with no...Your blog is hilarious and I TOTALLY agree with not eating food from kids. Gross. However, most of the kids I knew who were dirty, or smelly, or wore the same sweatshirt all the time didn't want to be the dirty, smelly kid who wore the same sweatshirt all the time. Usually they came from a rough background with abusive parents, or drunk parents, or absent parents who couldn't care less about whether their kid was dirty, smelly, wearing the same clothes all the time. Those kids have enough other kids picking on them for being the way they are. They don't need their teacher thinking horrible things about them too. Take a step back and maybe take a step in their shoes.cabram015https://www.blogger.com/profile/08010106494005190272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7256615271055737327.post-3507323916122993132011-12-22T00:45:38.346-05:002011-12-22T00:45:38.346-05:00Wow, you're so right. I usually just buy thin...Wow, you're so right. I usually just buy things from stores for teachers. I haven't had to deal with lots and lots of teachers yet, so I haven't been getting very frugal. I'll remember your words, though! Even though I have a clean kitchen, the teacher doesn't know that. So, I won't even go through the trouble to bake anything. Good points!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10860394940190403196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7256615271055737327.post-89488367677296482602011-12-21T21:08:27.503-05:002011-12-21T21:08:27.503-05:00interesting about the food presents. And you know...interesting about the food presents. And you know, I was so proud to finally deliver homebaked goods to the teachers this year. I felt like it was so personal, really a gift of love....didn't really look at it from your germ vantage point... thanks for making me see the other side. If you knew I cooked the peppermint bark alone, without my kids, would that win you over?Shari Brookshttp://www.myjudythefoodie.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7256615271055737327.post-51969297398508395232011-12-20T10:29:28.508-05:002011-12-20T10:29:28.508-05:00Gross! Now I am questioning what people do when I ...Gross! Now I am questioning what people do when I give them cookies! I'd like to think they ate them since I did it more before the kid arrived.AudreyNhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11625977577413531221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7256615271055737327.post-1161536391728094502011-12-19T20:46:17.597-05:002011-12-19T20:46:17.597-05:00Ooof, I don't think I could eat those cookies ...Ooof, I don't think I could eat those cookies either.Frogs in my formulahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15588651443689809504noreply@blogger.com