This evening’s “healthy eating and meal planning class” exposed my role as teacher and activist. I now know that the fine line between these two identities is constructed. I cannot deny that teachers are activists.
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The Fine Line of Preachiness
Cooking Class Conundrum
In the past I ranted on the inefficiencies of non-profit organizations. Today I encountered a situation that reminded me of this “do-good polemic.” When I realized we do not have unlimited funds and certain choices must be made.
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Session 1 Complete!
Last night ended the first 4-week “Healthy Eating and Meal Planning” class and it was a grand success! The lesson focused on meal planning strategies and the meal was pizza – always a favorite dish to make. For our first class we served 5 families from the community surrounding Floyd Light Middle School. Throughout the past four weeks I spoke with different families to glean their thoughts on the class as a whole. Some people really enjoyed the critical food literacy and others (especially younger participants) loved cooking dinner. Aside from my own goals I set for the class, there were a number of unexpected results.
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A Future Food Project (or) An Idea is Born
Since the blog began, the incentive for “food thought” has increased exponentially. This blog fuels many outlets of my growing passion for food and its discontents. Yesterday afternoon I felt like I “hit the big one.” Which is to say a new idea was born, a really big idea.
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