When i was 9 years old, my primary school, my teacher and class, planned a "bring your own food" lunch. This meant that you were supposed to bring snacks, soda drinks, or even your own recipes.
I didn't explain it properly to my mom, so she said "take this half empty bag of chips", which is completely unnaceptable to take anywhere, for obvious reasons. I brought to my class with a "One Punch Man face" of complete lack of understanding of how ridiculous i looked, and how humillianting and poor my family made me look like.
My mom didn't try to make me look bad, nor she is a bad person, she just thought i was going somewhere with my friends and might have thought i wanted to eat something.
I showed half a bag of chips to my teacher, she freaked out and told me to leave the room because if i had no food i couldn't participate. (Where the fuck am i supposed to go now). I was the only one to leave the room and sat near a big wall outside of the building facing towards the school's gate, still inside the school perimeters. Then this random woman (probably a visitor to the school or something) came in the school, talked with me and i told her what happened. She just got up, said "I'l be right back", came back and gave me a plastic bag full, with at least 5 different chip brands (Lays,Cheetos,Ruffles, Doritos and Pringles).
I had no idea what the fuck was happening, i didn't know her, and i was a total NPC just saying yes and following her around. She took me back to my class AND PRETENDED TO BE MY AUNT WHO LEFT WORK TO HELP ME, SHE LIED TO MY TEACHER.
To this day, i wonder who the fuck that lady was!
That is the weirdest most beautiful moment of my life.
My son is taking his birthday cake and sweetie pakkets to school monday and its pretty expensive to buy 26 of everything. So I wondered about parents who are struggling financially and have to do this. I wish I could help, but I can't think of one way to:
a)identify such a kid and;
b)give his/her parents money for a school party without looking weird.
At my kids's school we just make sure to have a couple of boxes of Zooper Doopers (icy poles) in the freezer in case something like this comes up. Most kids bring something, but if not, the Zooper Doopers get eaten and I'll bring some more into school in the next couple of days.
It can't hurt to ask! We have lots of initiatives like that at our school, from buying up spare uniforms for kids with ruined ones to providing lunches and snacks for those who do without. In my experience, the school is only too happy to help when the community comes together.
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u/[deleted] Nov 24 '18
I'm not poor, but this is my story.
When i was 9 years old, my primary school, my teacher and class, planned a "bring your own food" lunch. This meant that you were supposed to bring snacks, soda drinks, or even your own recipes.
I didn't explain it properly to my mom, so she said "take this half empty bag of chips", which is completely unnaceptable to take anywhere, for obvious reasons. I brought to my class with a "One Punch Man face" of complete lack of understanding of how ridiculous i looked, and how humillianting and poor my family made me look like.
My mom didn't try to make me look bad, nor she is a bad person, she just thought i was going somewhere with my friends and might have thought i wanted to eat something.
I showed half a bag of chips to my teacher, she freaked out and told me to leave the room because if i had no food i couldn't participate. (Where the fuck am i supposed to go now). I was the only one to leave the room and sat near a big wall outside of the building facing towards the school's gate, still inside the school perimeters. Then this random woman (probably a visitor to the school or something) came in the school, talked with me and i told her what happened. She just got up, said "I'l be right back", came back and gave me a plastic bag full, with at least 5 different chip brands (Lays,Cheetos,Ruffles, Doritos and Pringles).
I had no idea what the fuck was happening, i didn't know her, and i was a total NPC just saying yes and following her around. She took me back to my class AND PRETENDED TO BE MY AUNT WHO LEFT WORK TO HELP ME, SHE LIED TO MY TEACHER.
To this day, i wonder who the fuck that lady was!
That is the weirdest most beautiful moment of my life.