sugar

standardized tests were coming up and i was reminding the students of the importance of eating a good breakfast on test days. because my idea of a good breakfast differs from that of most third graders we named some examples of good breakfast foods: pancakes, bacon, eggs, oatmeal, fruit, toast, juice, milk. when caleb suggested cap'n crunch i told him that some cereals are good, but cap'n crunch has a lot of sugar in it. undaunted, he tried again several times: trix, fruit loops ("they have fruit in them," he said.), lucky charms, and so forth. the class and i tried to explain that all these cereals have a lot of sugar and aren't the healthiest choices. convinced that his breakfast favorites were nutritious, caleb finally exclaimed, "sugar CAN'T be bad. i eat tons of it!!"