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The school posters spoilers

posted 11 years ago by goatbut29
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When the older daughter is asking her daddy which poster is better, the 'Meat is Murder', or the 'omg dont eat meat!' (paraphrasing of course), I couldn't help but wonder about that school she belongs to.

Since we're lagging behind everyone besides Sudan (im guessing on that one), would it be too much trouble to just teach those little sheep the basics like Math, Science, and Language, rather than how to become a good little vegan who MUST preach the gospel to everyone?

We get hit over the head with it by mom with the 'OMG no MEAT!' rant on the way to the car as dad is picking up his children, I think we've got it! You can stop preaching now!

I just felt sorry for the kids.
I know the lunacy never ends in public schools these days, but I hope this is just a movie and not based on anything real.

I guess they fit it in between the diversity training, homosexual acceptance studies, and white privilege seminars.

[–] masuka-fan 11 years ago

It was probably for social studies, or health, both standard courses.

"Passion is just insanity in a cashmere sweater!"

[–] meridithc 10 years ago

I know, right? It's almost as annoying as all those "Got Milk" posters hanging all over schools these days..........

Someone pass me the asparagus.

[–] Roddenhyzer 10 years ago

I think you're reading too much into this. I didn't assume that the kid had been specifically instructed to make anti-meat posters, but merely any poster with a message that's important to them. The mother mentions that Emily is still doing the "vegan thing", implying that this is more of a personal interest than something propagated by the school.

[–] Angel_Of_My_Heart 9 years ago

Ok firstly that was the younger daughter Emily making the posters, she chooses to be a vegetarian/vegan, she is making the posters to get signatures for a petition to try to get the school cafeteria to do meat free mondays, it's not the school pushing the vegetarian/vegan thing its Emily.
The mother was telling the father no pizza as the older daughter has allergies though its never mentioned what the allergies are.