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This conflict has sparked and international protest over whether little Luc should be forced to "adjust to the Canadian way of eating. The school board claims that this is a matter of etiquette, not culture, while people on the other side of the issue are calling it "an affront to Filipino culture" and outright racism. Cultural sensitivity needs to be taught to educators, say anti-racism groups, so that discrimination - even if it is unintentional - can be avoided.
What utensils do the school officials expect small children to use during lunch? The majority of schools seem to provive no more than sporks to students - would such a fusion be more or less acceptable than separate use of the spoon and fork?
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5-07-2006 @1:11AM Brenda said... Ok, somebody please, please go smack some sense into these people. Its a spoon get over it!!! I worked with some Sri Lankens who ate with their hands; no problem. Failing to get the food to your mouth and making a mess, thats a problem. Talking with your mouth full, that's a problem. Eating with a fork and spoon, who cares?
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5-07-2006 @9:23AM Mrs. H said... At least they are provided with food that can be eaten with a fork. While teaching in Texas, I was appalled to see the children spearing the what-passed-for-meat with the plastic "spork" and eating it as a "meat-cicle"! It was so hard and dry it couldn't be cut. There was a white sauce that went with it, but it was so heavily peppered that it burnt the mouths of the younger children and they begged the cafeteria workers not to put it on their tray. The school food was truly disgusting.
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5-07-2006 @9:25AM Hawk said... Now wait one minute here. Did you just say someone was chastised for using a fork and spoon to eat lunch?
DID YOU JUST SAY SOMEONE WAS CHASTISED FOR USING A FORK AND SPOON TO EAT LUNCH?
This principal needs to be fired immediately for demeaning and inappropriate behavior.
What's he supposed to do, eat with his bare effing hands or something?
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5-07-2006 @10:14AM Alice said... I find this very sad. I try to think about it from all angles. Perhaps it wasn't the use of utensils, but rather, which utensils? I don't know. I don't think any of that can make you a pig. Poor kid ..
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5-07-2006 @1:06PM Paul said... Acutally, Filipinos traditionally eat with their hands not with utencils. I had a Filipino roommate that couldn't use chopsticks very well because he grew up eating with his hands.
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5-10-2006 @10:37PM SF said... WTF? i thought i was seeing things i had to read this entry three times.
Eating with a fork and spoon means eating like a pig? Great! Then the world is flooded with pigs. SHEESH.
the principal needs to be fired for his utter stupidity.
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5-27-2006 @1:41PM mar said... Poor child in his young mind is being bullied by educators themselves. And why are these utensils made if we can't use them. Who cares if you use chopstick or fork or spoon or hands as long as the food goes into your mouth. In the Filipines they generally use fork and spoon, where is rice without spoon?
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