Letters to the editor 11-5
Letters to the editor 11-5Staff Writer Teacher not taking allergies seriously enoughKudos to the person that wrote about kids and peanut allergies. The ignorance of some people that do not take this condition seriously, or are merely not concerned about a child, because it is not their own, is appalling to me.A Carson High School teacher had the audacity to put up the argument that she deals with children daily with food allergy conditions, and that it is the teacher's responsibility to make sure a child does not ingest foods that contain peanuts. She was comparing this to a facility where the oldest child is 4. Apples and oranges, my friend.And the argument that a child that does not eat meat has to have peanut butter throughout the day is absurd, as there are alternate forms of protein out there.I agree that it is the teachers' and childcare givers' responsibility to keep the children safe, but young children are always putting things into their mouths. What if a child who has had peanut butter p