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Right. So maybe explain to your kid why the yogurt is shitty food and why it would be healthier to avoid it, or at least consume it minimally. Then let them choose what to do. Or will you also be checking the nutritional content in their college cafeteria one day? [/quote]

I don't know anything about the Trix yogurt episode, but it does seem to me that "MCPS should offer better food to all children" is a valid issue to be an advocate about. It might even be a down-to-earth issue! It's not my issue, b[b]ut that's how advocacy works; everybody picks their own issues[/b].[/quote]

NO!!!  That is my WHOLE point!  I DO NOT WANT to be at a school community where everyone feels the need to advocate for the issue of their choosing, just as a way of marking their imprint on the school.  [/quote]

That's what you don't get. It's not about marking their imprint on the school -- it's about the issue. You cannot fathom that what is important to you may not be important to others and vice versa. What is your beef, anyway -- you don't want to be around those parents? You don't want their kids around your kids? How does their advocacy affect you at all -- you never know when there will be Trix in the cafeteria and when it will be yanked away? What?[/quote]

Yes.  yes.  My beef is that I do not want to be around people who, for whatever reason, are in a setting that induces the anxious need to find and advocate for issues.  Whether this is because they are anxious DC parents, or because the school legitimately needs that much attention, I don't want to be around it.  I just want to be able to take the school for granted, basically, within reason, like many other public services I use and enjoy.  [/quote]

Are you planning on spending much time at the school yourself? Because I don't understand why you are so agitated. I already posted upthread that i don't advocate for anything at my DC's MCPS schools (but would be fine with someone getting junk like Trix out of the cafeteria. I'm not even aware if it's an option for them.) I have only been to my older DC's school twice -- once to walk him around, and once for the open house in the fall. I could not care less what the parents advocate or if they want to make their imprint on the school. Doesn't affect my mental state at all.[/quote]

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