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Sofia Hibbs, 8th Grade English |
Topic of the Week
Who is responsible for children's health? Target Words |
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[clip length—10:08] TEACHER: Um, let’s talk about what you came up with. I wanna make a list up her on the board. Who— again, the question is, Who is responsible for kids’ health, for children’s health? Whose responsibility is their health? Okay? And before I have you answer it— I’m gonna go right here first, second, third, fourth. Before I have you answer, I wanna say some of the information that we’re looking for, some of those points of view are in here, and some of them I heard you come up with on your own, which is fantastic. That’s what we want. I want you to develop your own opinions based on what you read, but also what you think. Okay? So let’s start off. Les? STUDENT: You want me to say what we wrote? TEACHER: Yeah. Tell me what— well, I want you to tell me what you think here. And that can be what you wrote or not. STUDENT: I think we’re responsible for our health. TEACHER: I think— Say it again. STUDENT: I think we’re responsible for our health. TEACHER: We’re responsible for our health. So you’re saying, who is responsible for kids’ health? Kids. Kids are responsible for kids health. Okay. Who did I say was next? Nancy. STUDENT: I think it depends. If it’s, like, a little kid, then the parents are responsible. But if the kid is older, then he or she should be responsible for, like, him- or herself. TEACHER: Okay. There’s that idea again. It depends. If a kid is three years old and the mom’s feeding it sugar water in the bottle, does the kid have the ability to say, Hey, that’s not very good for me? No, but you know what I’m saying? STUDENT: They can talk back to their parents. TEACHER: Right? Okay, let’s say one. But do you get the point that I’m trying to make? If a child doesn’t have the ability to say, Hey wait a second, or they don’t know, Hey, this isn’t good for me, then maybe it is the parents. So kids. And then I’m gonna say parents and kids, depending on age. Good. Okay, Karina, I believe you were next. And we’re all gonna give her our attention. STUDENT 1: I agree with Nancy, but at the same time, it— it doesn’t depend, really, on the age, because if your parents see you eating something that’s not healthy, they should also try to stop you from doing that. STUDENT 2: Even if you’re old enough. STUDENT: Even if you are. TEACHER: Okay. So even if you are older and old enough to make decisions for yourself, your parents should still correct you, maybe? STUDENT 2: Yeah. TEACHER: Okay. So you’re saying parents. STUDENT 1: Bo— both. Nan— I agree with Nancy, TEACHER: Okay, so you say parents and kids, but not necessarily depending on age. Okay. Good. I like the way you used that phrase, too, “I agree with…” Or I disagree with… Okay? Good. Next it was Claudia and then Estefania. STUDENT: I think it depends on our— how the— on the school, because they give us lunch and they— they offer P.E. They should make us exercise a lot. TEACHER: Okay. So she’s saying it’s… STUDENT: I agree with that. TEACHER: …responsible— the school is responsible for kids’ health. And something she said, I really like because she went beyond the conversation— You guys. Thank you. She went beyond the conversation of food, which is all we’ve talked about so far. But she also brought up P.E. And in this article, we have an instance where if somebody has diabetes— But how often do they get P.E.? STUDENT: Once a week. TEACHER: Once a week. How often do you guys get P.E.? Twice a week, if you have another elective, or four times. So some of you are getting a more healthy, um, regimen, more healthy exercise than others. Okay? Now, that’s not to say you don’t exercise after school—I know a lot of you play sports and stuff—but it’s something to consider. And you said the school gives us lunch—something I wanna point out for us. What else does our school give us? STUDENT: Organic food. STUDENT: Ugh! TEACHER: Okay. I know you guys don’t love organic food. But my point was, breakfast, snack, and lunch, right? STUDENT 1: But— but you know how they give us lunch, and then won’t eat. And then… STUDENT: We wait until— STUDENT 2: …and then when we eat at, like, dinner or something, we eat more than we’re supposed to eat, because we didn’t get what we'll eat. TEACHER: So sometimes healthy food can not be— I’m gonna wait till we have everybody’s focus. I know this is kind of a hot topic. Especially when it comes up to— STUDENT: Food. TEACHER: Well, not just food, but I know that the food here at school, you guys aren’t thrilled with right now. We have organic food ’cause as a school, we’re concerned about your health. However, what they were just saying is, we don’t like the food. So if we don’t eat it, then we go home and at dinner time, we’re gonna eat a lot more, which isn’t healthy, to eat too much. But because we’re hungry ’cause we didn’t eat the lunch, because it was too healthy of a lunch. STUDENT: No, because it’s too nasty. STUDENT: And then after school, we... TEACHER: [over student] Okay, well, it’s too nasty of a lunch that’s trying to be healthy. Okay. Uh, Estefania was next, and then Sam. And again, I know it’s hard not to start the side conversations, ’cause this is a hot topic, but we’re gonna stay over here with these guys. STUDENT: I think for all three of those, it depends, ’cause if the kid— What if the kid doesn’t know any better, or they don’t care? Therefore, the parents— what if they were raised… they were raised like that, and they don’t know how to change? TEACHER: Okay. STUDENT: And for school… TEACHER: Okay. Ssh, ssh. STUDENT: …it depends, too. TEACHER: Go on. How does it depend for school? STUDENT: What if they don’t have enough money or enough equipment to give more P.E. or change their food? TEACHER: Okay. So you’re kind of agreeing with all of these points—kids, parents and schools. But it depends. It depends on whether or not the parents have the same education or if they— what experiences they’ve had, how they were raised; depends on whether or not the school has money or facilities. Okay. So I appreciate that perspective. Um, Sam, and then Juan. STUDENT: Um, ’cause some kids don’t eat breakfast and then they don’t lunch here after too, and then they, like, chow down. TEACHER: Chow down at home? STUDENT: Yeah. TEACHER: Okay. When you’re really, really, really, really hungry, is it easier to eat stuff you probably shouldn’t? STUDENTS: Yeah. TEACHER: Yeah. The times that I skip meals ’cause I’m busy, I don’t eat, that’s the times that I’m more tempted to go and grab a quick bite at Taco Bell or something like that than when I eat throughout the day, I don’t feel the need to go and do that. So I appreciate that perspective, as well. Um, Juan. STUDENT: I say the school school, like, should know what the kids like. Like, when they’re not into, like, um, maybe some kids are, like, vegetarian and like that, or like um, like, kinda food. TEACHER: Okay. But are you saying that the schools are responsible for kids’ health? STUDENT: Yeah. TEACHER: Yeah? You think so? So what should they do to find out what the kids like? STUDENT: Serve ’em. TEACHER: Serve different foods? Okay. I want you to keep thinking about that idea, ’cause I think we can develop that. I think it’s a good one. STUDENT: I think it’s the parents because they’re— mostly the mom. Because she’s the one that’s cooks for you and when you're away and come back. TEACHER: Okay. So you’re gonna say mostly the mom. Uh, and that may be the case in your family. So depending on the person who does the cooking— That’s who we’re gonna put up here, the person who cooks for your family. So for some of us, it may be the mom; for some of us it may be the dad; for some of us, it may be Grandma or Grandpa or Auntie, okay? Whoever is responsible for doing the cooking. Sometimes that responsibility is shared. Okay, raise your hand if you help do the cooking sometimes. Or if you have a night where you’re responsible for cooking. Right? STUDENT: Yeah, I’ll make cereal. TEACHER: So— Okay, if that’s all you can make, that’s fine. Every once in a while, breakfast for dinner’s not that bad. But the point is, I wanna take us back to this one word. Okay? And the one word is responsible. Who is responsible? Okay? At your house, there may be four different people responsible for making the food. So does that mean that four different people are responsible for the health of the kids in the household? STUDENTS: No. TEACHER: Something to think about. I love the fact that there are so many hands up. We’re gonna do one, two, three, and then we’re gonna stop for today. STUDENT: I think that maybe the doctors could be responsible for us, because, like, they could tell our parents that we need— They could tell our parents, like, right here it says that the doctors says exercise will help for controlling disease. So if you’re sick or something, the doctor will be telling you what to do. TEACHER: Okay. So maybe doctors can tell you and your—? STUDENT: Parents. TEACHER: Parents. Okay? So doctors can be responsible for educating kids and parents. Okay? Yes. STUDENT: I think it’s your parents and the school, ’cause you’re mostly with them all the time. TEACHER: Who? STUDENT: Eh, your parents and the school. TEACHER: Okay, so your parents and the school, ’cause those are the people that you’re with the most? STUDENT: Yeah. TEACHER: Okay. And last but not least. STUDENT: Um, I think the parents, because they’re mostly in charge of what goes in the kids’ mouths. TEACHER: The parents are mostly responsible for what goes in their kid’s mouth. Okay. Alright, you guys. Fantastic discussion. Tomorrow, we are going to continue looking at our vocabulary words. We’re gonna take a deeper look—CJ—at the definitions. And we will continue to discuss this issue. It’s a hot issue. Right now I’m gonna give you one minute—actually, I’ll give you two on the timer—two minutes to put away your Word Generation notebook and take out your writer’s notebook.
- The controversial topic of the school's policy on organic food emerges. - Class discussion raises issues of resources and parent education. - Some students offer that schools should work to find out what students will eat. - Class discusses responsibility of cooking within families. - Teacher emphasizes the issue of responsibility. - Class questions responsibility of doctors. - Teacher announces tomorrow's Word Generation activity. |
