Passing grades with a MultiCultClassics Monologue…
• Mickey D’s restaurants in Seminole County, Florida, are rewarding students for good report cards with Happy Meals. Report cards will include messages from the fast feeder announcing the prizes. Of course, advocacy groups are not thrilled. “Turning report cards into ads for McDonald’s undermines parents’ efforts to encourage healthy eating,” said the director of the Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood, an advocacy organization in Boston. “It’s a terribly troubling trend [because] it really, clearly links doing well in school with getting a Happy Meal.” The penalty for a bad report card? A Super-Sized Triple Cheeseburger Extra Value Meal.
• “24” star Kiefer Sutherland started serving a 48-day prison sentence for a drunk driving charge. His sentence included five years’ probation and 50 hours of community service. That’s a lot of program episodes.
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