thats not the reality of the story. this is the reality of the story.
this story was here about a month ago, they werent selling the food to their kids, and its not junk food,not all of it, its food thats better than school dinners
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,8122-2364180.html
For the past two weeks, Julie Critchlow and Sam Walker have been taking orders for up to 60 meals in defiance of the school’s decision to ban pupils from leaving the premises during the lunch break
On each side, the battle lines are firmly drawn. Mrs Critchlow and Mrs Walker have cast themselves as standard-bearers for freedom of choice in an age of food fascism. Their bête noire is Jamie Oliver, whose high-profile television campaign to improve the quality of food served in school canteens has resulted, they claim, in their children being forced to eat “disgusting, over-priced, low-fat rubbish
Mr Beaumont said he could accept that some local residents were unimpressed by the mothers’ decision to stand each day in the grounds of the cemetery which adjoins the school to take and deliver orders for pupils. But he added that this did not justify the actions of one woman who pulled her car alongside a female member of his staff before accusing her of “taking blood money” and “demanding to know how she could sleep at night”.
He said: “It’s all got out of hand. There’s people dying on the front line in Iraq, yet people are going crazy because of two ladies passing sandwiches through the school railings.”
and this
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-2360040.html
and this the kids themselves decided and told their parents the food was vile.
does this matter or are kids just stupid and should be forced to eat thing that they find disgusting
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2092-2371819.html
The trouble began at the start of term when Rawmarsh community school in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, banned pupils from leaving the premises during their lunch break. Even more incendiary, the school then started peddling a Jamie Oliver-inspired school dinner menu of “healthy” fare, such as ratatouille pancakes and salad.
Unlike the grateful urchins who feature on Jamie’s School Dinners (Oliver’s fiercely popular television crusade for better food in schools), the Rawmarsh children came home complaining of overpriced baked potatoes, yucky tomatoes and not enough chips. Some of the mothers began delivering them fast food in the lunch hour, first to their own children, then to 60 or more of their friends. The school freaked out and tried to ban the mums. The mums screamed bloody murder. The police were called and, last Monday, a very uneasy peace was reached
“None of this would have happened if he hadn’t locked these kids up,” she says. “I don’t have a problem with the school not selling them fatty food. My problem is that some of these kids are 16 and they’re not allowed to choose what they eat for lunch.”
“Next they’ll be going through our cupboards telling us what we can feed them at home,” says Hamshaw, who has two children, aged 13 and 16, at the school. “But we know how to give our children a proper meal better than any school.”
Er, weren’t you taking them chips every day for lunch? “That is such a lie,” says Critchlow. “We were taking all sorts — baked potatoes, salads, tuna sandwiches. You try getting teenage girls to eat a hamburger every day. Most of them won’t touch the things.”
“There were a few chips,” admits Walker, mother of an 11-year-old and 16-year-old, “but any nutritionist will say that a little bit of fat now and then isn’t the end of the world.”
In fact, they say, the school’s food laws are promoting bad habits. “All kids are fussy eaters,” continues Hamshaw. “If they don’t like something they won’t eat it, so lots of the kids take one look at what’s on offer at lunch and then eat crisps.
“Every mother knows that it’s an art to get your kids to eat good food, like I know my Gary won’t eat greens but will eat carrots. This ‘we know best’, one-size-fits-all attitude they’ve got at the school definitely means he ends up eating more rubbish.”
Sonia Sharp, of Rotherham council, insisted that the food at the school is very nice and cheaper than anything else on offer, and pointed out that uptake of school meals has risen from 350 to 600. She conceded that this might have something to do with the fact that the school has now got a captive audience.
More than food, what grates upon the Rawmarsh mums is the feeling that their choices as parents are being undermined by their government. “This country is turning into big brother,” sighs Hamshaw, “and it’s not like we need a nanny state. We nanny our kids quite enough on our own
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