You know I have to laugh at my class on Contemporary Issues in the Food Service Industry. All we do in class is give presentations on different issues and write article reviews. The first two presentations have gone already and they were about Going Green and Organics. I have to laugh though at some of the things that these students say. In the Going Green group they talked about Composting and the girl said that it sounds confusing when you hear it, but when you know what it is it's not. Now I was sitting there wondering how the word Compost sounds confusing. Anybody know? The other thing that I have to laugh at, and I don't mean to offend anyone, but it's funny how all these students and people think that recycling is this new thing and how it's amazing and the same with composting. Europeans have been doing it for years. Ever since I remember I grew up composting and recycling. It's so funny how a country that is meant to be up in the world is just starting these new concepts.
Today was the kicker though out of all this stuff. Today was about Organics. I had found this article the other day about how organics really aren't that much healthier for you and the only way to eat healthier is to add more fruits and veggies to your diet and less animal products. The group today kind of said the same thing, and the fact that there aren't any pesticides on the products to make you get sick. But that's not the kicker. The kicker is what my teacher said in reference to a girl's comment. The girl mentioned how they have linked growth hormones given to chickens and cows to the sudden growth and earlier puberty of children. Then my teacher said that it's true and they have discovered that the hormones given to cows to produce more milk has caused people to grow taller or just grow more in general. Now this was about 10 years ago when they started all this stuff with hormones and I drink milk everyday; not organic and it's not straight from a cow, so why am I still 5'2"? Shouldn't I be a couple inches taller? I just had to sit there and laugh to myself because I am pretty sure that it is mostly genetics that affects how tall you are, as well as how you carry yourself.
It's funny how we can get caught up in the topic and so want to say something that we don't even realize if what we are saying is true or not.
All 5 feet and .5 inch of me agrees with you. I'm a product of regular grocery store milk. Wonder when those hormones are going to kick in?
ReplyDeleteMy kids all drink it too and they average/below average for height but a friend of mine buys her milk from the dairy. Her daughter is above average for height. :)
haha!
ReplyDeleteI love contemporary issues classes. My tourism class had to do a presentation on different topics and basically one group presented on sex tourism and how its this up and coming trend, and all they talked about was human trafficking (sp?) and I just wanted to smack them in the face and say thats its been going on for centuries.
We used to do composting at my house too. Come on people, get with the times!