When it comes to Teacher-for-a-Day, our final activity of the year where the students plan and implement a lesson for their peers, I'm usually quite liberal about approving the students' activity proposals; ownership is the foundation of the project.
Today was an exception. I just could not say yes to a lesson about healthy eating that involved decorating cupcakes.
"We're going to have them calculate the calories after they decorate them," the student told me earnestly.
"Why?" I asked, bewildered.
"So they know how bad they are while they are eating them," she informed me.
In the end? It was a lesson on decorating techniques; no nutritional awareness involved.
Today was an exception. I just could not say yes to a lesson about healthy eating that involved decorating cupcakes.
"We're going to have them calculate the calories after they decorate them," the student told me earnestly.
"Why?" I asked, bewildered.
"So they know how bad they are while they are eating them," she informed me.
In the end? It was a lesson on decorating techniques; no nutritional awareness involved.
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