Educating my school cafeteria about milk?!
Educating my school cafeteria about milk?
i'm 14 and in the 8th grade. i've officaly became a vegetarian 2 months ago. i've been lactose and tolerant sense...um....who knows when, so i don't drink milk and after being exposed to what happens to dairy cows i don't think i'm gonna, but my whole family does and so does everyone at my school that i know (besides a guy and two girls who are vegetarians also). anyway, in my school's cafeteria they have those "Got Milk? banners hung up everywhere. i'm dissucsted by it. i want them down and in the dumpters replaced by somthing like, "Got Soy?", ya know? i'm going back to school in a few days off of christmas break. i really want to write an essay about why milk is bad for us and send it to the head of the cafeteria (if all else fails, my english teacher can write a pretty convencing essay and help me out). i need some sources and facts that i can cite in the essay. can y'all help me out?
THANKS BUNCHES!!!!!!!
~taters
6 months ago
please people, i'm just 14, be a little considerate. it woudn't hurt to be nice would it? i am sensitive. and i do know how to write an essay, i'm top of my english class. i know they won't automaticly stop selling milk but i just want the school to have a new insite on what they are feeding us.
6 months ago
andy b. : away from school or somthing important i could really careless about using enghlish/grammer. i do know my grammer, trust me, as strict as my english teacher is (2nd year i've had her, she moved up a grade this year).
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6 months ago
please people, i'm just 14, be a little considerate. it woudn't hurt to be nice would it? i am sensitive. and i do know how to write an essay, i'm top of my english class. i know they won't automaticly stop selling milk but i just want the school to have a new insite on what they are feeding us.
6 months ago
andy b. : away from school or somthing important i could really careless about using enghlish/grammer. i do know my grammer, trust me, as strict as my english teacher is (2nd year i've had her, she moved up a grade this year).
This would be a good idea if not for a few problems:
1. The dairy industry, schools, and the government all have ties to each other, your school would lose funding if it stopped selling milk.
2. People think milk is good for them. The dairy industry has campains in schools to make kids think they need milk. Those banners are not there for no reason.
The PCRM has a campaign going, advocating the removal or milk for school cafeterias because besides the fact that it is truly unhealthy, it also discriminates against ethnic groups that largely cannot digest milk proteins.
This PCRM site is a good place to start for more information on this topic, http://www.healthyschoollunches.org/back...
I found some sites that could help you (although I love milk)
Please stay away from that PETA-for-children garbage. What you're thinking about doing is just a fantastic way to irritate people, and make vegetarians thoroughly unpopular.
You'll need to learn to write, first, before you can be persuasive about anything. If you're genuinely committed -- or, rather, think you will be; sorry, but nobody is going to take a "I've been vegetarian for two months!" over-enthusiastic grade eight kid too seriously -- then think about signing up for some creative writing classes (those'll help even with factual essays) after school. As it is, just buying a dictionary would be a good start.
But.
"The daily intake of low-fat dairy foods such as milk, yogurt and cheese is proving to be an important aid in reducing the risk of colon cancer. A study conducted by The Journal of the American Medical Association on 70 people with a history of colon polyps showed that increasing one's daily calcium intake using low-fat dairy products reduced the number of colon cells indicating early signs of cancer and also turned around the precancerous state of other colon cells."
http://www.supermarketguru.com/page.cfm/...
"As the dentists (and the dairy board) never tire of repeating, milk is good for you. It contains complete proteins (and the right balance of amino acids), healthy fats (both saturated and unsaturated), and many essential vitamins and minerals, including B12 (essential for vegetarians), phosphorous, and calcium. The calcium in dairy foods may aid weight loss through its effects on hormones and fat storage."
http://www.ninaplanck.com/index.php?arti...
Etc, etc, etc. Sure, there're a lot of 'milk is bad for you' folks on the internet. But there're also a lot of people on the internet who like to have sex with dogs. Be careful about who you ally yourself with -- PETA et al are really not that well-regarded in the real world.
Your school cafeteria is not going to stop selling milk anytime soon. If you really want to do something productive, see about encouraging them to provide more vegetarian options, and tasty vegetarian options. Do that _without_ haranguing others about their choices -- which aren't your business at all -- and you might actually do some good.
have you been crazy or nuts longer
so the school should cater to you only
your father didn't beat you enough
You are on a path to have everyone hate your guts. Very few people buy into your whole "milk is bad for you" (even a lot of vegans don't buy it) and all you are going to do is make everyone mad.
Most of your sources will just be people's stories. From a scientific point of view, they are worthless. Little true research has demonstrated any negative impacts from drinking milk in moderation, but don't forget those that show it has many benefits too.
The thing is milk ISN'T bad for you. Milk, as you all know, is one of the only foods we eat that is intended for consumption. Meat isn't, and most plants (except fruits) aren't. OK, so cow's milk isn't intended for *our* consumption, but unless you're talking ethics that's besides the point.
Cow's milk, like human's milk, are intended for their young, who have no other source of nutrition when new born. As such it is the single mot nutritious food you will find, with most essential nutrients. It stands to reason if an animal is going to make a food to feed it's young, it isn't going to make it unhealthy.
I know, cow's milk isn't made for us, but it has the same nutrients as our milk, just different proportions, and nothing makes cow's milk inherently more harmful than human's.
And yes I know we're not infants, and no we don't need it, but that doesn't mean it still isn't an excellent source of nutrition.
It contains, many beneficial nutrients, to quote wikipedia it has:
"Vitamins D and K are essential for bone health.
Iodine is a mineral essential for thyroid function.
Vitamin B12 and riboflavin are necessary for cardiovascular health and energy production.
Biotin and pantothenic acid are B vitamins important for energy production.
Vitamin A is critical for immune function.
Potassium and magnesium are for cardiovascular health.
Selenium is a cancer-preventive trace mineral.
Thiamine is a B-vitamin important for cognitive function, especially memory
Conjugated linoleic acid is a beneficial fatty acid that inhibits several types of cancer in mice, it has been shown to kill human skin cancer, colorectal cancer and breast cancer cells in vitro studies, and may help lower cholesterol and prevent atherosclerosis; only available in milk from grass-fed cows."
Oh, and for someone who is top of their English class you don't use capital letters at all, and your punctuation is incorrect all the way through. If I were to write like that my English teacher'd not be very pleased at all, and I'm only a few years older than you, and I know I could use a comma when I was 14.
In the original message the grammar and spelling is poor too: ' I've officaly became a vegetarian 2 months ago' for instance.
And no, I don't do sensitivity.