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Six-year-old schoolboy suspended for having Mini Cheddars in his lunchbox
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Originally posted by zeitghostA nice carrot.
Except there's sugar in those as well.
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Originally posted by d000hg View PostThere's a lot of sugar in an apple.
Cue someone blithering on about it being "natural" sugar in 3..2..1...
fruit/vegetables/salad = good
processed crisps/biscuits/cake/chocolate = bad
...is worth getting your knickers in a twist for. As they get older, the teaching of nutrition should (I hope) be tailored to a more advanced level.Leave a comment:
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There's a lot of sugar in an apple.
Cue someone blithering on about it being "natural" sugar in 3..2..1...Leave a comment:
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They're teachers, not nutritionists. They've implemented a policy of healthy eating, and the children/parents should stick to it.
Sure, you may be able to pick holes in their policy, but if the parents follow it reasonably, the kids will get a balanced lunch, which was the original goal.
Replace the mini-chedders with an apple. Probably the same cost and no additional effort.
The parents are making an issue out of somthing trivial, and the lad is paying the price.Leave a comment:
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How boring this thread is becoming.
You know, mini-cheddars are all well and good but I much prefer
I really liked the crinkle-cut mini-cheddars, but I haven't seen them for ages.Leave a comment:
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Originally posted by doodab View PostThey had a meeting with the teachers. According to the schools own procedure there would have been several such attempts at contact.
If I tell my children not to do something or there will be a punishment involved, and they continue to do the same thing, they get punished. There is clearly an asymmetry of power here, but if there is no punishment, there is no incentive to do the right thing in the future. The only difference here is that the parents in the news have the ability to take their child out of that environment and move him anywhere else that will take him.Leave a comment:
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Originally posted by doodab View PostThat is pure straw man. Those are all reasonable policies. Banning arbitrary foodstuffs on "health" grounds without reference to their nutritional value isn't reasonable, especially when the school is required to teach about nutrition. If they had a no parents in jeans policy, that would be unreasonable too and I'd expect parents to tell them where to stick it.
Obviously most of the parents think that the new policy is reasonable, or there would be more than one family complaining about it.
The parents are free to tell the school to stick it. I absolutely agree with their rights to do that. However, to tell the school to stick it and not expect any repercussions of that is foolhardy.Leave a comment:
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Originally posted by mudskipper View PostFrom the article:
"The school, near Slough, had implemented a healthy eating plan from the beginning of term, which asked parents to provide a balanced meal and refrain from giving their children chocolate, sweets, crisps and fizzy drinks."
I haven't personally verified the facts.Leave a comment:
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Originally posted by mudskipper View PostHe's not the most attractive kid. I've changed my mind - guilty as charged. Throw him out of mainstream schooling and give him an early leg up for the life of delinquency that his visage promises.Leave a comment:
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