In the case on raverly, the person in question was comparing bringing a peanut butter sandwhich in with bringing a gun to school. Everyone called her out on it. Can everyone afford to homeschool, no. But to ask a large public school, the students, and the parents of those students, all look out and make sure nothing they send in has peanuts is really demanding your entire neighborhood to take responsibility for your kid...to me, it just doesn't make sense. Instead, if the child is so allergic that they cannot be in the same room with the peanuts, why not just have them eat in their classroom rather than in the lunch hall? Why not have all the kids put their lunchboxes in lockers in the lunchhall so that the one child doesn't get ill since they wouldn't be allowed in there in the first place. If they are so sick that they can't even go into the building that has had one peanut in it, well, the child shouldn't be outside. It might be easier for a private school (ie, smaller) to accomidate the needs of one severely allergic child. Latex is also a very common allergy but I don't think we've seen widespread banning of latex gloves/balloons/ect.
If it has a slight "smell" to it still, probably. But don't worry about it. I'll smell it long before a reaction. I'll probably just stand a good few feet away and that's normally okay. The silk one is if I'm dumb, put it up to my nose, and smell it (or if I'm really dumb and try to wear it!). If I'm just around it, it will make me itch if I get too close. As long as I stay about 5 feet away, I'm okay.
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Date: 2008-05-20 06:12 pm (UTC)Can everyone afford to homeschool, no. But to ask a large public school, the students, and the parents of those students, all look out and make sure nothing they send in has peanuts is really demanding your entire neighborhood to take responsibility for your kid...to me, it just doesn't make sense.
Instead, if the child is so allergic that they cannot be in the same room with the peanuts, why not just have them eat in their classroom rather than in the lunch hall? Why not have all the kids put their lunchboxes in lockers in the lunchhall so that the one child doesn't get ill since they wouldn't be allowed in there in the first place. If they are so sick that they can't even go into the building that has had one peanut in it, well, the child shouldn't be outside.
It might be easier for a private school (ie, smaller) to accomidate the needs of one severely allergic child. Latex is also a very common allergy but I don't think we've seen widespread banning of latex gloves/balloons/ect.
If it has a slight "smell" to it still, probably. But don't worry about it. I'll smell it long before a reaction. I'll probably just stand a good few feet away and that's normally okay. The silk one is if I'm dumb, put it up to my nose, and smell it (or if I'm really dumb and try to wear it!). If I'm just around it, it will make me itch if I get too close. As long as I stay about 5 feet away, I'm okay.