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Six-year-old schoolboy suspended for having Mini Cheddars in his lunchbox

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    #11
    Originally posted by scooterscot View Post
    Parents in Bavaria don't overfeed their children. They also get healthy amount of outdoors, some of which I find a little disturbing.
    You find the outdoors disturbing? That explains a lot....
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      #12
      Originally posted by doodab View Post
      You find the outdoors disturbing? That explains a lot....
      Yes I'm Scottish. I drink litres of beer and gorge my way through deep fried mars bars.
      "Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience". Mark Twain

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        #13
        I have an urge for some mini cheddars now. Or at least a jaffa cake.
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          #14
          Originally posted by scooterscot View Post
          Yes I'm Scottish. I drink litres of buckfast and gorge my way through deep fried mars bars.
          FTFY
          Socialism is inseparably interwoven with totalitarianism and the abject worship of the state.

          No Socialist Government conducting the entire life and industry of the country could afford to allow free, sharp, or violently-worded expressions of public discontent.

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            #15
            Originally posted by MicrosoftBob View Post
            FTFY
            Buckfast, beer, petrol, does it make any difference? As long as it gets the job done to help me forget.
            "Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience". Mark Twain

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              #16
              Wasn't the child suspended for repeatedly breaking school rules rather than just having minichedders?

              If you keep breaking rules you will be suspended, this is not unusual or new is it?
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                #17
                In my mind the issue is more that the child was punished.

                At his age it is extremely likely that it is his parents who are packing his lunch and ignoring the repeated requests / warnings over the contents. To exclude the child and mess up his learning seems wrong - I'd understand more if they decided to fine the parents or something.

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                  #18
                  Promoting healthy eating - and pushing it strongly - is one thing. Making it a school rule that you're not allowed a snack seems ludicrous. The school should be able to do what they want in the food they provide though.
                  Originally posted by MaryPoppins
                  I'd still not breastfeed a nazi
                  Originally posted by vetran
                  Urine is quite nourishing

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                    #19
                    My daughter's school does not allow sweets etc. in lunchboxes or for snacks. I think it is a good thing. Otherwise some parents will put in whatever is easiest to hand so sweets, cakes and other treats will be put in because it keeps the peace and is easy and cheap.

                    Ignoring the health issues, the sugar high kids then disrupt the class for everyone.

                    More and more children would then want to bring in packed lunch rather than have a school dinner because they can have cakes etc. then so the problem spirals.

                    Refusing this lazy get out causes the parents to think about healthy eating and gets them and their children into the habit of eating well which will help them for life.

                    So the benefits are a less disrupted classes so the education is more effective, healthier children which become healthier adults.

                    However, once these rules are in place they become rules so disobeying them will be treated the same way as disobeying any other rule.

                    The parents would have been told about these policies and are free to remove their child from the school if they object that strongly.
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                      #20
                      Originally posted by MyUserName View Post
                      My daughter's school does not allow sweets etc. in lunchboxes or for snacks. I think it is a good thing. Otherwise some parents will put in whatever is easiest to hand so sweets, cakes and other treats will be put in because it keeps the peace and is easy and cheap.

                      Ignoring the health issues, the sugar high kids then disrupt the class for everyone.

                      More and more children would then want to bring in packed lunch rather than have a school dinner because they can have cakes etc. then so the problem spirals.

                      Refusing this lazy get out causes the parents to think about healthy eating and gets them and their children into the habit of eating well which will help them for life.

                      So the benefits are a less disrupted classes so the education is more effective, healthier children which become healthier adults.

                      However, once these rules are in place they become rules so disobeying them will be treated the same way as disobeying any other rule.

                      The parents would have been told about these policies and are free to remove their child from the school if they object that strongly.
                      Aside from the fact that the whole "sugar high" thing is a myth with no scientific evidence that it actually exists (and quite a lot that it's bollocks), we're talking about mini cheddars, which are savoury cheese flavoured biscuits, not sweets or cakes. They are no more unhealthy than having mayonnaise or butter in a sandwich, or a pepperami or similar meat snack or those squeezy yogurts targeted at kids. Banning them is ******* ridiculous, and suspending a kid for 4 days because of it even more so.
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