Grace Karaffa, an 11 year old student at Stuarts Draft Elementary School in Augusta County, Va., was forced to say "No more!" after being denied Chapstick in school. Board officials in her district have labeled Chapstick as a health hazard and a source for the spread of disease. Karaffa, who suffers from chronic dry and bleeding lips, has finally become fed up with this unnecessary rule. She recounts times in her education where her lips would start bleeding in the middle of class and her teachers would refuse to give her lip balm, but instead, send her to the restroom to get a wet paper towel to attempt to soothe her cracked skin. After reaching the fifth grade, Grace has decided enough is enough. She has decided to appeal to her school board to get this ban changed and save all victims of extremely chapped lips.
A teenage entrepreneur, who created her own lip balm line with her younger sister, has reached out to Grace and sent her and her school 1000 packaged lip balms to support the stand Grace has made.
A story like this is so empowering. It takes a special person to stand up for what they believe in. For someone so young to take such a big step is truly remarkable. If an 11 year old girl can take a stand and make her voice heard concerning an issue that is bothering her, what is stopping us?
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2014/09/15/teenage-entrepreneur-who-created-lip-balm-brand-lends-support-to-girl-banned/?intcmp=trending
I can see where the school board could come from by not wanting to spread disease, but they can't micromanage thinks like Chapstick. Of course no one wants to get sick, but some people need lip balm for medical reasons. It should be common sense to not use someone's chapstick if you or the person are sick.
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this is amazing!
ReplyDeleteThis is crazy. Students should be able to do basic things and express themselves. Quentin Noble
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