Students at Utah school encouraged to eat insects

Controversy struck at a Utah elementary school after students were encouraged to eat insects in a class on climate change. According to Fox News, the class consisted of eating insects and accusing cows of destroying the environment.

Amanda Wright, the mother of one of the students, complained that the children were "indoctrinaton" into a "dark climate change religion." The mother claimed that her daughter felt dissatisfied and uncomfortable with the school activity proposed by an English teacher.

According to Fox News, the assignment was to write a persuasive essay on climate change, but they were not allowed to share an opinion that went against regulatory policies on this issue. According to the news channel, the only valid answer for the project was to accept that eating insects instead of cows for protein is necessary to save the planet, as, according to the teacher, cows are to blame for the destruction of the ozone layer due to the high methane gas emissions they produce.

Wright had a recorded meeting with Alison Hansen, principal of the school. In the recordings, Wright and the educational team discussed the assignment and how having only "one correct answer" to the exercise represents indoctrinating practices.

According to Wright's recording, the exercise turned out to be the result of a course provided by the school district to which the school belongs. After a meeting with all the parents, the English teacher ended up apologizing.