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bossradio93 · 12-11-2004, 03:15 PM

Wash. Preschoolers Given Dog Food to Eat

Fri Dec 10,11:02 PM ET

TACOMA, Wash. - A teaching assistant gave some preschoolers dog food to eat during a play-acting exercise at Northeast Tacoma Elementary School. A Tacoma School District spokeswoman said the children spat out the dry dog food and no one suffered any ill effects.

The teaching assistant has been placed on paid leave pending an investigation.

District spokeswoman Patti Holmgren said it happened Monday in an early education class while the supervisor was out of the room.

When a few of the students pretended to be puppies, getting down on their hands and knees and barking, the assistant attempted to encourage their playacting. She fetched a packet of dry dog food from another room and placed bits on paper plates on the floor.

The dog food came from a display intended to teach the preschoolers what not to eat, Holmgren said.

School Principal Pat Flores learned about the incident Tuesday after a parent complained. In a letter sent Wednesday to parents, Flores called the event "unfortunate."

Yahoo! News/AP-December 11, 2004

Kristina · 12-11-2004, 03:17 PM

LOL

EmoJoe · 12-11-2004, 03:33 PM

Thats just evil

Cashodeen · 12-11-2004, 05:20 PM

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The teaching assistant has been placed on paid leave pending an investigation.

Since this article was printed, the assistant has quit. I got this from KOMO 4 News. They kept making such a big deal about it on the commercials for the 11 o'clock news like the assistant was forcing them and being cruel. But it was playacting that got stupid. Anyways, she's a dumbass. Glad she quit.

RoryGilmore · 12-11-2004, 05:22 PM

Thats just awful!!!

crystals · 12-11-2004, 06:27 PM

Dogfood. Yeah, that sounds like something to eat for lunch.

Reminds me of when I bet my mother to eat some wet catfood and she did and then I didn't pay the one dollar I bet her.

That's a stupid way to teach kids what not to eat. What's next? Some teacher teaching kids not to eat food out of the garbage cans by giving them some food out of the garbage can in class sometime? Here kids, a rotten banana peel. Enjoy.

AKA · 12-11-2004, 06:58 PM

They're mistaken. It wasn't dog food; it was the new Purina Toddler Chow.

ThirteenInchEscape · 12-11-2004, 06:59 PM

"have you ever had dogfood kids? It tastes just like it smells...delicious!"

Cashodeen · 12-11-2004, 08:00 PM

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Originally posted by webwarrior762004
Originally posted by ThirteenInchEscape:
"have you ever had dogfood kids? It tastes just like it smells...delicious!"

Your sense of humor leaves me cold, thirteen.

I'm laughing AT you webwarrior right now. Why don't you get a sense of humor, or I'll show you what a "tirade" really is.

*Pleasant Tomorrow* · 12-11-2004, 08:00 PM

Since when is dogfood REALLY bad for people? I wouldn't eat it, but that's because of the taste.

EmoJoe · 12-11-2004, 09:41 PM

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Originally posted by webwarrior762004
Give the woman a break. It was play acting-no one got hurt!

Mmmm. Dogfood is what I want to have every day for lunch. Who DOESN'T like dog food?

Do you know what is IN dog food?

EmoJoe · 12-11-2004, 09:42 PM

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Originally posted by *Pleasant Tomorrow*
Since when is dogfood REALLY bad for people? I wouldn't eat it, but that's because of the taste.

Well my puppy eats the mushy kind and it has like..all kind of stuff in it that dogs can digest but people can't.

I ate a dog treat once though

Michael [hXc] · 12-11-2004, 09:43 PM

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Originally posted by webwarrior762004
Your sense of humor leaves me cold, thirteen.

you shouldn't be talking about anyone elses sense of humor when you don't even have one.

*Pleasant Tomorrow* · 12-12-2004, 12:44 AM

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Originally posted by *AgEnT FaLLoN*
you shouldn't be talking about anyone elses sense of humor when you don't even have one.

Oh, snap!

*Pleasant Tomorrow* · 12-12-2004, 01:34 AM

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Originally posted by RurryJoeMicelli
Well my puppy eats the mushy kind and it has like..all kind of stuff in it that dogs can digest but people can't.

I ate a dog treat once though

Yeah, well...three year olds throw up all the time anyway.

12-11-2004, 03:15 PM	#1
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crystals Member Senior Member Join Date: Feb 02, 2004 Location: Canada Posts: 1,829	Dogfood. Yeah, that sounds like something to eat for lunch. Reminds me of when I bet my mother to eat some wet catfood and she did and then I didn't pay the one dollar I bet her. That's a stupid way to teach kids what not to eat. What's next? Some teacher teaching kids not to eat food out of the garbage cans by giving them some food out of the garbage can in class sometime? Here kids, a rotten banana peel. Enjoy.
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AKA Member Forum Star Join Date: Dec 17, 2001 Posts: 15,746	They're mistaken. It wasn't dog food; it was the new Purina Toddler Chow.

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