WVA Assistant Principal Dresses like a box of candy for back to school

[hexola]

So much wrong here - I can't even believe this is real!!!



http://www.heraldmailmedia.com/news/tri_state/west_virginia/back-to-school-in-the-eastern-panhandle/article_8775ee72-92f1-5f94-a9ec-d9ca7fa31abb.html

Willie Wonka & the Chocolate Factory is the theme of Eagle School Intermediate’s Back to School night Wednesday and Assistant Principal Kathy Wright, left, is dressed up like a box of candy while talking to Erica Williams, right, of Martinsburg, W.Va., and her daughter, Cadence Jardine, 8, who will be going into the fourth grade this year.

In a state where...

http://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/199798-mississippi-west-virginia-top-the-list-for

For reference:

[sharp_stick]

1. She's having fun with the kids

as far as I can tell. Not much to get angry about.

[Adsos Letter]

2. This^

[hexola]

4. So you favor public schools/employees being sold as billboards to coroprate America?

Promoting candy - in a state that leads the nation in obesity?

[sharp_stick]

7. Yes

that is exactly what I mean, how did you figure it out.

It wouldn't work if we, the candy and fried food cartel of making people fat (CFFCMPF - we're working on a catchier acronym), tried this underhanded and fully thought out plan in a healthy State like Vermont but when we approached the vice-principal of a school in West Virginia we knew that we found our mark.

There are so many things that deservedly piss people off then there are people that go out of their way to find something to be pissed off about. Maybe she didn't have time to find an apple costume and this was all that she had.

[yeoman6987]

12. 100 percent yes

What a fun and caring Assistant Principal.

[hexola]

6. She's promoting a disgusting, unhealthy product to children!

Would you think she was "having fun" if she was dressed as a pack of cigarettes?

[theHandpuppet]

10. I'm sure she would have dressed as an artichoke if a costume had been available

But that might have scared some of the kids.

[sharp_stick]

11. Yes!!!

Holy shit why didn't we think of that before...

What a waste to lock ourselves up with just the CFFCMPF when we could have been the CFFCMPF&S (for and smokes). Maybe we could have the teachers aids dress up as heroin filled syringes and oxycontin tablets.

[leftyohiolib]

24. a pack of smokes would bother me but this doesnt

[oldandhappy]

3. I am missing why your are angry.

Looks as if everyone is having fun -- a good reintroduction to school. Both teachers and kids will have plenty of time soon enough for the serious focus.

[Skidmore]

5. What's the problem?

Willy Wonka went to school for Back to School night. It was a social event for kids and parents to meet each other and the teachers and to find their desks. Last time I checked Willy Wonka was still in the realm of children's entertainment and books.

[hexola]

9. WRONG! Its a brand of candy...has been for years...

Most 4th graders probably dont know about the Gene Wilder movie...

[Skidmore]

17. Really?

Fourth graders never watch Willy Wonka? I'll have to cleanse my grandchildren's minds of their memories of watching that film and destroy the DVD.

The Willy Wonka candies, I recall, came out after the movie was made and was popular. I have no problem with the woman trying to wear a costume for this event. Nowhere can I discern that this event was sponsored by the manufacturer.

[theHandpuppet]

8. Believe me, the teachers here are the only salvation for many of these kids

The vast majority are good eggs, good Democrats and really care for the children.

[FSogol]

13. Outrage! Oh noes! A principal is acting goofy to interest students in reading!

What joyless lives some people must live?

[hexola]

16. Whats the connection to reading? "Wonka" is brand of candy she is promoting

This isnt about a book or a movie...

[FSogol]

18. LOL

[Orrex]

20. She probably receives funding from the Oompa Loompa cartel

[raging moderate]

14. The school has to start with the kids where the kids are.

This is all part of the affective element in education. You pair education with some strong positive association they already have, which decreases any fear and/or resistance to the situation, and then you gradually introduce what they need to learn.

[Brickbat]

15. ROFLMAO.

[theHandpuppet]

19. By the way...

The schools in Berkeley County serve free meals to needy children throughout the summer. This is an invaluable service because for many poor kids, the meals they receive at school may be the only meals they have every day. This results in a huge problem when school is out for the summer, so this program assures that kids can still eat when school is not in session. I've had kids knock at my door because they are hungry and I've fed them. I also raise organic produce in my modest garden and pass out fresh, nutritious food for free to neighbors who are scrabbling to get by. Other than complain about a teacher wearing a silly costume, what've you got?

http://www.berkeleycountyschools.org/Page/4824

[theHandpuppet]

21. Some information for anyone wishing to help out

Below is a list of the summer feeding programs available in Appalachia. If you would like to help in any way, please refer to the links provided in the thread.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1272429

[gollygee]

22. Sometimes you have to reach people where they are

Kids like candy, so it gets their attention. Did they hand out a bunch of candy to the kids, or was it just about the book? The book is about candy.

[leftyohiolib]

23. don quixote comes to mind for some reason