School Withdrawal Form Sample: Fill & Download for Free

Rapid-onset gender dysphoria (ROGD) has been making circles in anti-trans groups for quite a while now; it was what my own parents, who frequent those websites, used against me even before this study came out.Essentially, it claims that many transgender youth are being influenced into being trans by social media and friend groups, and that those youth did not display any signs that would indicate that they were trans prior to coming out. Being trans is something that “came out of the blue,” hence “rapid onset.”This is being touted as a new form of gender dysphoria, one that is purely social contagion and as such cannot be treated with the usual medical and social transition.There’s just one slight problem with this theory.I’m apparently a case of ROGD.And yet, I told my best friend in middle school that I wanted to be a girl, “crossdressed” enough to get in trouble with my parents multiple times, had my parents complaining that I never made any male friends, had to be bribed or dragged into having haircuts, and was constantly forced to quit activities and unlearn mannerisms that my dad considered unbecoming of a “man.”When I came out to my parents, I’d already come out to just about everyone else for more than a year. I had new names picked out and everything two years before that, and not only had I known that I was trans, I had already made my peace with it.I’d spent my entire adolescence freaking out about this. This wasn’t new to me.To my parents?“But you never showed any signs!”I think coming out gave my parents amnesia.And frankly, I’m not the only one.Lisa Littman’s study draws its sample from the very biased websites that invented the phrase “rapid-onset gender dysphoria” in the first place, it’s starved of critical information by not interviewing the trans youth it purports to study, and as such it comes to this conclusion that social contagion is responsible for this phenomenon solely from the testimonials of the people who barely know their own kids.Sample bias, terrible design, huge logical leaps…. it’s junk science, plain and simple.As such, Brown University took the press release down. The study is still on the PLOS One journal, although it is being reviewed; it will always be available, but it can be discredited and disavowed.And I think this is as good as it gets. Junk science like this is extremely damaging, and by withdrawing support for it, it will be less likely to be picked up by a politician or insurance company to prevent trans people from transitioning. But once an article like this is released, it will always be damaging, even long after it has been debunked.

Forcing its belief?That entire “article”, if you could call it that, is a piss poor excuse for a journalistic piece. The Hindu and its allied liberal brigades have been after Akshaya Patra Foundation (APF) for some time now solely because it is run by ISKCON which is a Hindu organization. Now I have zero affinity towards the latter, by APF in itself is one of those handfuls of NGOs that are actually having a positive impact on the society.They serve a friggin 1.7 million schoolkids in India every day. And yet, have they ever tried to convert those kids to the Krishna mission? Or coerce their parents into joining? NO!The Hindu article quotes 4 kids out of those 1.7 million and makes a sweeping statement that “Karnataka’s schoolchildren unhappy with the mid-day meal”. 4 out of 1.7 million is a trend now.And you know what the kids’ objections were? “too bland”, “not tasty”, “too pheeka”. Since when have kids become the rightful judges of what is good for them? I used to hate tomatoes and spinach and karela when I was a kid. For a kid, anything sugar is good. Anything with a lot of tang. Is that fucking healthy? Do the people who wrote this allow their kids to pick their own meal?The foundation has made it clear that they do not serve food with onion and garlic because it is against their beliefs. When the organization was targeted by local activists and the Karnataka Food Commission, it duly complied and sent samples for quality and nutritional checks to the National Institute of Nutrition (NIN).Last December, when the food commission learnt of APF’s refusal to follow the ingredient list, it asked the government to send a notice to APF. “We pulled them up for disregarding the MOU,” a government official said on condition of anonymity. “We asked them, when every other NGO is following the menu, why can’t you. They then submitted documents that said the ingredients they used in the preparation of the food do not compromise on the nutritional requirements of the meal and that there are adequate substitutes for both onion and garlic in their meals.”The State Government sent these documents and APF’s menu for a review by the National Institute of Nutrition (NIN) and the Central Food Technological Research Institute (CFTRI) — which brings us to the present day.In February 2019, NIN gave its formal nod to APF’s menu and said: “The nutritive values of menus with ingredients used in the mentioned amounts certainly meet and often exceed the prescribed energy (Kcal) and protein requirements prescribed by MHRD (Ministry of Human Resource Development) for the MDM.”Should have been the end of the discussion, right?Nope.They called upon some “experts” to sign a petition (which is how things are done now, I guess). And then called upon NIN to withdraw its report.Think about how fucking devastated and morally bankrupt one has to be. You go to the authorities and when they clear charges against your target you go back and get a bunch of your equally jobless friends and sign a piece of paper and ask the authority to withdraw its comments because they did not fit your fucking agenda.Experts ask NIN to withdraw report favouring Akshay Patra“The National Institute of Nutrition, to our utter shock and dismay, has made sweeping statements praising Akshaya Patra Foundation, without carrying out any systematic scientific study. No empirical data was collected on the quantity and quality of ingredients used or amount consumed and amount wasted by children to certify food supplied by APF as nutritionally adequate,” says the letter signed by 10 organisations and 94 individuals.“You know, I am the omniscient, omnipotent deity that you all so love. So, I can’t be wrong. Hence, the NIN is wrong because their conclusions did not match mine. QED!”If you think their is no ulterior agenda here, think again.APF hurts one group the most — the Christian missionaries. They can now no longer lure people to their side with a couple of bags of rice.See this “health expert”.Even sterilised gowns and instruments are 'hygienic and clean" - why doesnt everyone just eat those? https://t.co/cjaGIV5ePa— Dr. Sylvia Karpagam (@sakie339) June 3, 2019Started off with a tongue-in-cheek comment on the hygiene part.Actually the Church is one of the few institutions that REALLY DOES charity in India. They dont take tax payers money from the government & pretend its all charity so that their followers will donate in lakhs and crores. Hats off to the Church for its service to the poor in India https://t.co/eZ2l6JsZZU— Dr. Sylvia Karpagam (@sakie339) June 5, 2019Ended up praising the Church since they are “one of the few truly charitable institutes in the nation”.A similar incident had happened late last year when the Government of Odisha had requested APF to include eggs in their mid-day meals.The Foundation declined citing the same reasons — it did not fit in with their beliefs. But later they all came to a mutually beneficial arrangement. APF will bear the cost of the eggs but it would be the duty of the State government to procure and prepare and deliver them.Odisha finds a way to serve children eggs at mid-day meals catered by ISKCON-linked NGOBut in an order dated November 11, 2018, Odisha’s school and mass education department said that Akshaya Patra has agreed to include two eggs per week per student in their mid-day meal in all schools under its service area. The order specifies that the NGO will not supply boiled eggs to schools directly. Instead, school managements will ensure that eggs are procured and boiled and Akshaya Patra will bear the cost.District Education Officers have been directed to deduct the costs of the eggs from the cooking allotment paid to Akshaya Patra.Karnataka could have done the same.But they chose not to. And instead malign a foundation that is feeding millions of hungry kids every day. The government itself said that they don’t have the budget to include eggs in the menu.Umashankar, however, said the government has no budget in the scheme to provide eggs. “The money we get is barely enough to sustain the existing scheme. There’s no talk of eggs as of now. The State Government is providing hot milk as part of its scheme. That’ll have to do for now.”APF runs a fiscally very tight ship. Of every 100 rupees donated to them, 92 is spent on the program, and only 8 is management expense. That is 92% utilization.[1][1][1][1]Also, they are able to feed one kid for an entire year on just 2800 rupees a year, of which half is through donations and half through government grants.Compare this to an org like PETA that many celebrities endorse.[2][2][2][2]They get about $50–60 million in donations every year, but spend only a small fraction actually doing what they claim to be doing.This is their 2015 Financial Statement.Of the $45 milion in expenses, $16 mn (35.5%) was for professional services and consultants (the celebrities they rope in from time to time), another $10 mn (22.2%) was for salary and other staff costs.$7.5 mn (16.7%) was for media and promotional activities (the useless campaigns they run, the shock-value protests they carry out). $3 mn for media (6.7%). All of this amounts to 81%.The overall expense that pertains to actually rescuing and caring for the animals or to further the cause of animal rights is very low (a part of operating expenses and donations to charities - about $4mn in total) which comes to about 6–8%.The Foundation has recently partnered with the Michel and Susan Dell Foundation[3][3][3][3] to provide safe drinking water and regular health checkups to school kids. The recently served their 3 billionth meal.[4][4][4][4] That is three meals for every Indian alive right now. It took them twelve years to serve their first billion, four for the next, and three for the latest. At this rate, they might serve another three billion meals before 2025. And more power to them!Independent studies by AC Nielsen and Harvard have concluded that the foundation has had an amazing positive impact on the Indian society.[5][5][5][5] [6][6][6][6]When AC Nielsen performed an impact assessment, they found increased enrollment, better health, and improved performance among students who received school lunches, especially among the female students. For example, the report showed a 13.8 percent and 34.2 percent improvement in enrollment for boys and girls, respectively, in participating Bangalore schools.I am actually glad that these dimwits, self-proclaimed saviors of the masses have started this campaign to malign the foundation. Of course, their fragile egos are chinking away. What will they do one day when there remains no hungry kid to feed, no naked poor soul to photograph, no penurious Indian to lure to their side with the promise of food and salvation.But their actions have brought spotlight on the foundation.Do you know that the foundation could do with more donations? And that those donations are tax-exempt under 80G?Yep. You can support 3 kids per year by donating 3300.Let’s make this happen folks!Footnotes[1] How your Donated Money to Akshaya Patra is Spent?[1] How your Donated Money to Akshaya Patra is Spent?[1] How your Donated Money to Akshaya Patra is Spent?[1] How your Donated Money to Akshaya Patra is Spent?[2] Deepak Mehta (दीपक मेहता)'s answer to What do you think of PETA's tweet to stop the use of anti-animal words?[2] Deepak Mehta (दीपक मेहता)'s answer to What do you think of PETA's tweet to stop the use of anti-animal words?[2] Deepak Mehta (दीपक मेहता)'s answer to What do you think of PETA's tweet to stop the use of anti-animal words?[2] Deepak Mehta (दीपक मेहता)'s answer to What do you think of PETA's tweet to stop the use of anti-animal words?[3] Water ATMs: A 15-school pilot could pave the way for sustainable solutions[3] Water ATMs: A 15-school pilot could pave the way for sustainable solutions[3] Water ATMs: A 15-school pilot could pave the way for sustainable solutions[3] Water ATMs: A 15-school pilot could pave the way for sustainable solutions[4] PM Modi Serves 3 Billionth Akshaya Patra Meal to Children in Vrindavan[4] PM Modi Serves 3 Billionth Akshaya Patra Meal to Children in Vrindavan[4] PM Modi Serves 3 Billionth Akshaya Patra Meal to Children in Vrindavan[4] PM Modi Serves 3 Billionth Akshaya Patra Meal to Children in Vrindavan[5] AC Nielson Case Study[5] AC Nielson Case Study[5] AC Nielson Case Study[5] AC Nielson Case Study[6] Affordable School Lunches: Breakthrough Innovation, Measurable Impact[6] Affordable School Lunches: Breakthrough Innovation, Measurable Impact[6] Affordable School Lunches: Breakthrough Innovation, Measurable Impact[6] Affordable School Lunches: Breakthrough Innovation, Measurable Impact

That experiment was first done on a human in the 1820s to ‘30s. The human subject was a Canadian voyageur—a guide for fur trappers—named Alexis St. Martin. The researcher was a frontier Army doctor named William Beaumont, posted on Mackinac Island, Michigan.In 1822, St. Martin was hit by an accidental shotgun blast at close range, blowing a hole in his side through which part of his stomach protruded and his breakfast that day emerged onto his clothing. Beaumont was called to the scene and cleaned up the wound with little expectation that St. Martin would live. But he did. The hole in the stomach fused with the hole in his abdominal wall, leaving a permanent opening (fistula) from body surface to stomach interior.Beaumont began years of experiments on a cantankerous and reluctant St. Martin, introducing food on a string through the hole and withdrawing it after various time intervals to observe and describe the progress of digestion. He was able to peer into St. Martin’s stomach directly to watch digestion in progress and draw out samples of semi-digested food with a spoon. Beaumont even stuck his tongue through the hole to taste St. Martin’s stomach lining both during digestion and at calm times between meals. With the help of European chemists, he was first to identify the stomach acid as hydrochloric acid (HCl).Here are Beaumont’s own words describing an 1825 experiment with food on a string:[At noon], I introduced through the perforation, into the stomach, the following articles of diet, suspended by a silk string: …a piece of high seasoned à la mode beef; a piece of raw salted fat pork; a piece of raw salted lean beef; …a piece of stale bread; and a bunch of raw sliced cabbage. …[The] lad continued his usual employment about the house. [At] 2 p.m. [I] found the cabbage, bread, pork, and boiled beef all cleanly digested and gone from the string.” (Mary Roach, Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal, W. W. Norton, 2013), pp. 89–90)Dr. Beaumont died in 1853. St. Martin lived another 28 years, living in wretched poverty in a Canadian shack with his wife and several children. He hired out to submit to experiments by other researchers and be taken on tours for exhibition at various medical schools. Ivan Pavlov built upon Beaumont’s findings and received the 1904 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for it.William Beaumont (L) and Alexis St. MartinThe fistula leading into St. Martin’s stomachThe elderly St. Martin and his wifeA comment on another one of my posts made me think some might like the Beaumont–St. Martin story as I wrote it in one of my textbook chapter endings—not terribly repetitious of the short version above. Probably more readable if you click or tap to enlarge it.