Indlela yokuphila ekhathazayo iyaqhubeka phakathi kwentsha yase-Alexander City. Phakathi nomhlangano ohleliwe webhodi lezemfundo ngoLwesine, Novemba 17, uSuperintendent wezikole zase-Alexander City uDkt. Beverly Price umemezele esidlangalaleni abafundi bevuka kanye nemikhuba yokubhema ehambisana nayo ibe yinto ekhathaza kakhulu.
"Sibone ukwanda okukhulu kwe-vaping esikoleni sethu samabanga aphezulu ngonyaka odlule." "Sinenkinga," kusho uPrice, eveza isibalo esiphezulu sezigameko ezibikiwe.
Ngenxa yalokho, ibhodi lesikole ligunyaze ukusebenzisana neKinderVision Foundation ngesonto eledlule ukusiza ukulwa e-ugwayi ukusetshenziswa ezikoleni zasendaweni.
UDkt. Marilyn Lewis ukhulume nebhodi labaqondisi ngesonto eledlule njengesikhulu senhlangano esiza abantulayo. U-Lewis wayengumqondisi wezemfundo, ukuvimbela, kanye nokweseka kwangaphambili eMnyangweni Wezemfundo Wesifunda sase-Alabama.
U-Lewis uveze ukuthi i-KinderVision Foundation ihlose ukuqala umkhankaso wokuqwashisa ngezinhlelo zezikole ezinhlanu kulo lonke izwe, okuhlanganisa i-Alexander City Schools, isebenzisa isibonelelo esinikezwa uMnyango Wezempilo Yomphakathi wase-Alabama.
Noma kunjalo, ngaphambi kokuba aqhubekele phambili, uLewis waphenya ubukhulu benkinga phakathi kwentsha. U-Lewis uveze ukuthi bangu-3.6 million abafundi base-US abaye baphuma emanzini ezinsukwini ezingu-30 ezedlule, cishe u-20% waleso silinganiso cishe ngabafundi basesikoleni esiphakeme.
Naphezu kokuthandwa kwabo, uLewis wabhekisela ku-e-cigarettes kanye ne-vaping njengezimpahla "ezifihliwe."
"I-Vaping inqubo yokusebenzisa igajethi ye-electronic nicotine, futhi lapho sihogela i-vape, siphefumula izinhlanganisela esazi manje ukuthi ziyingozi." “Lokhu akuthathi indawo yokubhema,” echaza.
Ngokwesethulo sikaLewis, ugwayi we-elekthronikhi uqukethe izakhi ze-carcinogenic ezingaphefumula abantu abangasebenzisi, okubeka engcupheni yokubhema ugwayi. Ngaphezu kwalokho, u-Lewis uveze ukuthi, ngaphandle kwezinto ezinobuthi, i-vaping ingaba umlutha.
Isibonelo, u-Lewis waphawula ukuthi eyodwa i-e-liquid I-pod iqukethe inani elifanayo le-nicotine njengephakethe likagwayi. Noma kunjalo, u-Lewis uthi ukuvelela kwamakhemikhali ku-flavour yayo ekhangayo kanye namathini ahlukile. Abakhiqizi bakagwayi, ngokusho kukaLewis, baklama imishini yokuphefumula ngokuyimfihlo ukuze ifihleke kalula.
“Sinemikhiqizo elingisa ama-juice boxer, ama-lollipop, kanye ne-Sour Patch [Izingane].” Imikhiqizo efihlelwe intsha yethu,” kusho uLewis. “Ngakho-ke kunemakethe enkulu yentsha, kodwa ngokufundisa izingane, sisiza ekwehliseni amathuba okuthi izingane ezifunda isikole ziqale ukusebenzisa.”
U-Lewis ufisa ukubhekana nale nkinga futhi anikeze izingane zesikole uhlelo olufanele lokuvimbela ngokusebenzisa ubambiswano lwesikole.
“Lolu xhaso luzosenza sikwazi ukuhlola inqubomgomo kagwayi yase-Alexander City futhi sinikeze iziphakamiso ezizohlomulisa abafundi,” echaza. “Kukhona nohlelo lokufunda olusivumela ukuthi singene ebangeni lesishiyagalolunye kuya kweleshumi nambili futhi sifundise abafundi ngemikhiqizo kagwayi ne-vaping.”
UPrice uwutuse kakhulu lo mkhankaso wanxusa isigungu sezemfundo esifundeni ukuthi siqhubekele phambili nalolu hlelo.
“Ngicabanga ukuthi kubaluleke kakhulu njengoba sifisa ukufundisa kunokujezisa, futhi singathanda ukuba nolaka,” kusho uPrice.
