I’ve thought for years it’s easier to eat using two utensils, one to put food onto the other, is a much neater and therefore more polite way to eat. But whacky Quebec l’ecole food police have managed to “mange” their way into an international incident.
Luc Cagadoc’s table behavior is traditionally Filipino; he fills his spoon by pushing the food on his plate with a fork, his mother, Maria Theresa Gallardo, said.
I don’t understand what’s wrong with how the kid is eating. I eat that way sometimes. This lady reporter seems to think that the “other side” is important. It isn’t if the other side is actually the culturally inept bafoons they come across as.
I wrote about this a few days ago, and have emailed my friend Alvil, but he’s in Korea teaching english right now so it might be a few days until I glean some insight into the Filipino heritage.
UPDATE: Here’s a well written rebuke for the school administrators over their manners comment not being a cultural slur.
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I’m back from Winnipeg. I’ll be posting pictures later. I spent yesterday in Langbank, SK, crashing a wedding there with my brother and his girlfriend. I was sorta invited, just not by the groom or bride, so that still counts as a “crashing” right?
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