BMI on your report card?
Summer M from the Mom is teaching 451press blog posted me a link and I thought it would be an interesting follow up to the previous posts this week. I remember the time when we used to get our report cards; there was no grading back then and we all looked to see who got the ‘highest’ marks. We’d argue over decimal points and look smug as we argued. To have your BMI on that report card would be really embarrassing if you are a student and ridiculous to a parent who already knows that his/her child is bordering on obese or already obese. Suddenly the teacher knows that personal number that you don’t want the whole world to know. And your peers in school have another thing to make fun off.
While doctors insist that more and more children are ‘gaining’ from this weight loss idea as they are forced to do something about the problem now that it’s in the open, others protest that peer pressure is leading to a more depressed bunch of over weight children. It’s up to the doctors to fix the problem, the parents to provide nutritious meals and the students to become nutritionally sensible. The Thinking Mother puts it so well in her post My Thoughts About Child’s BMI On School Report Cards:
“The report card is a scoring of the child’s academic progress as a measurement of the content taught at that school. The child’s weight status is none of the school’s business.”
Absolutely true. No one is perfect and school shouldn’t turn into some kind of continuous judgment day where you are judged on the base of your grades, communication skills, sports abilities and now your BMI. If the BMI has to be discussed at all it has to be a deal between the student, parents and physician. Getting the school authorities involved might just lead to resentment on the student’s and parent’s part. You have two kinds of parents: one kind take criticism in a better light and try to make a difference, the others get insulted,outraged and either brave their children to a life of proud obesity or a series of eating disorders.
Read As Obesity Fight Hits Cafeteria, Many Fear a Note From School
public school health, obesity, BMI, overweight children, report card
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