It is all very interesting, Judy. My letter was published in the paper,
and it comes out tomorrow, ...I hoep it works to at least make him face
his own perceptions. Kathleen, in tree hugging, clove?smoking Vermont?
What's up with smoking clove? No clue.
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Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2003 3:43 PM
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I thought this might be Vermont. My (breastfed) son just graduated from
Univ.of Vermont (UVM) in Burlington, a wonderful university town on
beautiful Lake Champlain.Church St.is the main shopping/social
plaza.Folks with different socio-economic ideologies mix there.UVM was
described on the front page of the local paper last summer as "#1 in
birkenstock wearing, clove smoking, tree hugging vegetarians."There is a
music/arts culture of "progressive" families there, too. There may be
more to this than we can see from the article. Perhaps the student is
voicing his discomfort with people who are different from
himself.Perhaps he has a different world view from some folks he sees on
Church Street.(There is also a Take Back Vermont Movement.)Of course,
breastfeeding is becoming universal,and kindly responding will help
bridge alot of gaps.Trends that change society have fore runners and
those who follow. Maybe the health teachers need some resources. My
other son is a junior at UVM,and my daughter will likely follow (what
does that say about our family?) so I could help out on visits, if
needed.Could he relate to the suggestion that he take his meals in a
washroom? How healthy, etc does he want his children to be? It's a
golden oppurtunity to reach out to the whole school district. I saw a
healthy school lunch/recycling project underway in the paper there last
month. Networking with those folks might be good. Vermonters love
locally grown milk!:) Judy
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