In the area
of education one would think that thought and reason would abound
But in the
case of Stuart Draft Elementary it is the other around
A fifth
grader Grace Karaffa who suffers from lips so dry they crack and bleed
Has been
banned since the second grade from using Chapstick which her lips need
Finally fed
up with bleeding in class and with the wisdom only a fifth grader can possess
She decided at
the next School Board to that learned body address
Bringing
with her a petition signed by 300 to this inane policy reassess
Along with a
carefully crafted speech of her need that was meant to impress
Chapstick
has been used safely for over a hundred years
So there
could be no product safety fears
She was
cross examined by the Board, one member concerned that using Chap Stick would
the teaching distract
Replying “much
less than bleeding from my lips”—the end of that
The Board
tried to the reasons for its policy explain
Sharing lip
balm would spread disease should be viewed with disdain
Simple to ban
the share; don’t ban a safe product that her lips desperately need
How can a young
girl learn when her lips crack and bleed?
The Board’s
decision has not yet been handed down
If the
policy remains, the Board is a bunch of idiotic clowns
©
September 13, 2014 Michael P. Ridley aka the Alaskanpoet
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