Post #11 34 days 19 h 51 m 37 s

While I’m on a rant, it’s necessary that I make an additional comment regarding the litter on my street in Brooklyn. As on the country roads, the litter on my block consists of particular, recognizable items that speak of the users and litterers of my neighborhood. There is a middle and grade school down the street. After the morning rush to beat the school bell the street is littered with soda bottles and chip bags. As much as the kids need to be taught about conscientious garbage disposal, it is perhaps of greater importance that they be taught proper dietary principles. What are parents thinking to send their kids to school without breakfast and give them the money for fried, salty snacks to be washed down with high fructose corn syrup?
In the afternoon after the boisterous throngs of pent up energy have passed on their way home, the street is littered with cardboard take-out containers with the leftovers of greasy fries smothered in ketchup. What are our educational institutions thinking that it’s all right to teach grade school kids that greasy processed starch covered in tomato salt is an acceptable diet for growing minds and bodies. People wake-up. Is America aware of its health and weight problem? Is it turning to local produce, balanced diets and healthy foods? Are we saying enough junk food, and grounding our youth in healthy food habits? Sadly I think not.