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“You Want To Call My Mom Because I Don’t Want To Die? OK, Call Her”
We spend our entire lives learning new things. But while Reddit user SocialUnavailibe was still a student, one of their teachers had forgotten this.
In a post on ‘Malicious Compliance,’ they described a lesson they had in grade school when the teacher took out a bag of candy to reward the kids, and dismissed the Redditor’s allergy concerns, thinking she knew better.
Now whether or not that was some sort of ego thing, we can only guess. Luckily, the lady got schooled before any real harm was done.
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This teacher tried to convince a kid with nut allergies to have some M&M’s
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And got really defensive when the student raised concerns about their health
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Image credits: SocialUnavailibe
Food allergies are no joke
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In plain language, a food allergy is a phenomenon when a person’s immune system overreacts to something in a certain food. This part of the food that the body reacts to (which is usually a protein) is called an allergen. The immune system thinks the allergen is a threat and tries to attack it. This response causes a range of symptoms, known as allergic reactions.
In the United States, 1-in-10 adults and 1-13 children have a food allergy. This equates to around 33 million people. Furthermore, 51% of grown-ups and 42% of kids suffering from one have had a severe reaction.
More than 170 foods have been reported to cause food allergic reactions in the country. In 2004, eight major food allergens—milk, egg, peanut, tree nuts, wheat, soy, fish, and crustacean shellfish—were identified as responsible for at least 90 percent of serious cases. In 2021, the U.S. also added sesame as the ninth major food allergen.
About one in three children with food allergies reported being bullied due to it. Moreover, among children with allergies to more than two foods, over half said they were being bullied due to them.
And the troubles don’t end there. According to a 2011–2012 analysis, caring for children with food allergies costs U.S. families nearly $25 billion annually. In CPI-adjusted dollars, this comes to $33 billion in 2024.
It’s very good that the author of the post understood the severity of her condition at a young age. Over 15 percent of school-aged children with food allergies have had a reaction in school, and approximately 20–25 percent of epinephrine administrations in schools involve individuals whose allergy was unknown at the time of the reaction.
Allergies to milk, egg, wheat, and soy can resolve in childhood, but children may outgrow at least some of these food sensitivities more slowly than was found in previous decades, with many children still allergic beyond age 5.
Allergies to peanuts, tree nuts, and shellfish, however, are generally lifelong.
As people reacted to the story, its author joined the discussion in the comment section
And some folks even shared their own similar experiences
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cerinamroth 4 months ago
What teacher makes a kid eat *anything* sweet if they don't want to? How hard would it have been to say "OK, here are some colourful buttons you can use for counting instead". We should be encouraging kids to eat less sugar anyway! As someone with a peanut and tree nut allergy that is thankfully a lot milder, I am so glad you are OK and you have a mum who sticks up for you. Mine would have been hopeless.
AK to LV 2 months ago
You didn't grow up before the 90's. My brother remembers getting smacked on the hand with a ruler in 1980. I think paddling was still okay until '86 or so. You didn't argue or question teachers. If you did, it could get much worse. Then, you hoped your old school parents believed you or stuck up for you. It was rough. I remember a substitute calling on a kid to read out loud. The kid had a bad stammer and tried to tell her. The Sub got mad and said he was making it up. That made his stammer worse! All of us tried to tell her but she still didn't believe. She got tired of the back talk and, finally, skipped the kid. Not as serious as not believing a nut allergy but I tell that story to young parents now and they get upset.
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catastrophegirl 4 months ago
contact allergens remaining on surfaces is a thing that most people don't pay attention to. mine is uncommon: mangoes give me a rash. the inside and the outside. if mangoes are next to melons at the store, i cannot have melons because invariably someone (the produce stocker, or customers) touched the mangoes and then touched the melons. handling a melon from that stack will now give me a rash. i handle shopping carts with my wrists and forearms so if the cart has been handled by someone who touched a mango, i won't get mango oil on my fingertips (cart wipes don't eliminate the oil). i once leaned on the breakroom countertop at work with my forearms. two minutes later i had a rash and asking around i found out one of my coworkers used the countertop to slice up a mango. another workplace, a coworker had a mango tree and brought in a big box to share, but everyone hid it from me because they knew of my allergy. but they all touched the doorknobs & shared keyboard so i got several rashes
Loch Ness Monster 4 months ago
I'm like that with bananas and cantaloupe. I once had a colleague bring cake to work for my birthday. She brought a banana cake! My in-laws were the worst though. They would ALWAYS bring cantaloupe when they came to visit and would get all offended when I told them off, to the point where I could no longer let them stay with us. They never bothered to try to remember which fruits I'm allergic to and were so pleased with themselves for cutting up each fruit into separate bowls so I could create my own fruit salad. I simply asked if the knife and chopping board had been thoroughly cleaned between each fruit, it had not been, so I stuck with the chocolate cake and they once again acted like I was just being difficult. I confirmed to myself that I definitely wasn't over-reacting when I rested my hand on the back of a chair that a child had touched after eating cantaloupe... tingly, numb fingers and an extremely panicked and guilty host!
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arthbach 4 months ago
Wow! In my country, schools have had a 'no nuts' rule for at least 25 years. People are not allowed to bring nuts (ground nuts, not tree nuts) onto school grounds. The rule is there to preserve human life.
Hmmm hmmmm 4 months ago
That's true , but they don't ban M&Ms because they only contain traces of nuts. I mean the teacher is still obviously in the wrong
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cerinamroth 4 months ago
What teacher makes a kid eat *anything* sweet if they don't want to? How hard would it have been to say "OK, here are some colourful buttons you can use for counting instead". We should be encouraging kids to eat less sugar anyway! As someone with a peanut and tree nut allergy that is thankfully a lot milder, I am so glad you are OK and you have a mum who sticks up for you. Mine would have been hopeless.
AK to LV 2 months ago
You didn't grow up before the 90's. My brother remembers getting smacked on the hand with a ruler in 1980. I think paddling was still okay until '86 or so. You didn't argue or question teachers. If you did, it could get much worse. Then, you hoped your old school parents believed you or stuck up for you. It was rough. I remember a substitute calling on a kid to read out loud. The kid had a bad stammer and tried to tell her. The Sub got mad and said he was making it up. That made his stammer worse! All of us tried to tell her but she still didn't believe. She got tired of the back talk and, finally, skipped the kid. Not as serious as not believing a nut allergy but I tell that story to young parents now and they get upset.
Load More Replies... catastrophegirl 4 months ago
contact allergens remaining on surfaces is a thing that most people don't pay attention to. mine is uncommon: mangoes give me a rash. the inside and the outside. if mangoes are next to melons at the store, i cannot have melons because invariably someone (the produce stocker, or customers) touched the mangoes and then touched the melons. handling a melon from that stack will now give me a rash. i handle shopping carts with my wrists and forearms so if the cart has been handled by someone who touched a mango, i won't get mango oil on my fingertips (cart wipes don't eliminate the oil). i once leaned on the breakroom countertop at work with my forearms. two minutes later i had a rash and asking around i found out one of my coworkers used the countertop to slice up a mango. another workplace, a coworker had a mango tree and brought in a big box to share, but everyone hid it from me because they knew of my allergy. but they all touched the doorknobs & shared keyboard so i got several rashes
Loch Ness Monster 4 months ago
I'm like that with bananas and cantaloupe. I once had a colleague bring cake to work for my birthday. She brought a banana cake! My in-laws were the worst though. They would ALWAYS bring cantaloupe when they came to visit and would get all offended when I told them off, to the point where I could no longer let them stay with us. They never bothered to try to remember which fruits I'm allergic to and were so pleased with themselves for cutting up each fruit into separate bowls so I could create my own fruit salad. I simply asked if the knife and chopping board had been thoroughly cleaned between each fruit, it had not been, so I stuck with the chocolate cake and they once again acted like I was just being difficult. I confirmed to myself that I definitely wasn't over-reacting when I rested my hand on the back of a chair that a child had touched after eating cantaloupe... tingly, numb fingers and an extremely panicked and guilty host!
Load More Replies... arthbach 4 months ago
Wow! In my country, schools have had a 'no nuts' rule for at least 25 years. People are not allowed to bring nuts (ground nuts, not tree nuts) onto school grounds. The rule is there to preserve human life.
Hmmm hmmmm 4 months ago
That's true , but they don't ban M&Ms because they only contain traces of nuts. I mean the teacher is still obviously in the wrong
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