I fainted in science class while we were watching a video. The first question they asked me when I woke up was, “Did you eat breakfast today?” Before I could answer, the school Vice Principal spoke up and said, “Of course she did – she’s our Ambassador for Fuel Up to Play 60!” Yes, I had eaten breakfast and could honestly answer, “I had oatmeal, fresh pineapple, and milk.”
As I was resting in the Nurse’s Office, I realized there were several kids sitting around. They didn’t look sick, just tired and out of it. It was only 8:40am, school had just started. I was told that many kids faint each day or feel bad in the morning because they don’t eat breakfast. How can this happen? Our school serves breakfast every day. I don’t know anyone that doesn’t have some food in their home to eat. After discussing this with my friend, I found out she doesn’t eat breakfast!
The first thing I do after I roll out of bed is eat breakfast. I’m hungry! I can’t imagine not eating breakfast. This was why the It Starts With School Breakfast Campaign was so important to me. Even though the campaign is over, I want to continue to encourage all the kids at school to eat breakfast every day. After working with our Nutrition Manager and Program Advisor, I helped pick out new breakfast foods to try, made posters, and made announcements each morning to promote eating breakfast to keep students interested. The Nutrition Manager told me that we had 100 more kids eat breakfast in a week!
Besides suffering embarrassment, I did learn two important lessons after fainting in class:
1. It’s important for everyone to eat breakfast so that they have the energy they need to start their day and be ready to learn.
2. I have an issue with watching videos where kids are getting shots with needles!
I didn’t realize I would learn lessons from falling out of my chair!
Kylie
Fuel Up to Play 60 Team Member
Minnesota
7th Grade
I hope this will make me skinner and heather
A very wise 7th grader.
I hope this will improve my running!!!
waz yp
its great for pepole
cool
I now its great. My P.E. told my class about it
keep eating and have your body ready to exercise