It has happened in the Canadian city of Ottawa, at school l'enfant aux 4 Vents It has one of the strictest rules about bringing food to class that I have ever seen. If you bring food they kick you out three days and if that food contains peanuts, then you can go looking for another school.
I still remember in my time when school rules began to change and many teachers and parents protested that class students could no longer be expelled, or at least not as easily as in previous times, and thus all the class had to endure the pranks of a few. It seems that in Canada they don't have that problem and A two-year-old girl has been expelled for introducing a sandwich in class.
The facts
One morning like any other Faith Murray did not want to take her breakfast sandwich, so her father, as I had done, realizing that there was no time to convince the little girl to have her breakfast, she let her He will take it with him on the way to school, hoping it will be finished before he arrives.
The problem is that in a hurry, the father did not realize that the girl had put the sandwich in her backpack. I do not think that Randy, who is called the father of the girl, never imagined the mess that was going to be mounted due to her small mistake and because her daughter behaved like a good ordained girl. It would not have happened to me, because the sandwich would have ended up in the seat or in the car mats.
Upon arrival to class one of the teachers discovered the sandwich (I would like to know the smell detection system they have mounted at that school). "As soon as one of the teachers entered, he returned it to me telling me that I was expelled, I thought it was a joke." Randy told CBC News.
The caretakers of the center told him that he could leave his other 4-year-old son in the center but that little Faith had to go home. "Why would I take one of my children and leave the other in class?" So without further ado, he took his two children home, "so at least we will spend a day together," Randy said.
The father is so offended by what he sees an error without intention that could have been managed in another way equally effective and more respectful of the mistake made, which has definitely taken his two children from the center.
The center director justifies these measures because they have several children with different types of food allergies. "Parents leave us with their children in peace of mind because they know they exist and we apply these protective measures," says Ducharme. There is also a warning sign at the entrance of the center, the problem is that it is in French, a language that Murray does not know very well and therefore could not understand what he put on the poster.
From my point of view it seems to me an excessive reaction to a fortuitous event. We agree that a center should take precautions and avoid, as far as possible, allergic reactions in children. I don't know how the center's internal functioning is, but based on what I know, that sandwich could remain inside the backpack at least until the summer or until its smell betrays it. What's more, in the case of my little son I still find the birthday candies months after they were celebrated.
I suppose that if they have measures like that for home-based smugglers, what other measures will they have when it's time to eat? Do you call the Mounted Police when you take the child with otitis (which certainly would not hurt to be done here)? We all know that an anaphylactic attack is very dangerous, but I think it would be enough to register the backpacks and give a warning to the parents. Apart from being very clear that everyone has read and understood the notices.
What do you think about the measure, excessive or justified?
