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pmsumner at 11:17pm on 18/09/2006
pmsumner at 11:17pm on 18/09/2006I'm really impressed with the 'return to' program I just watched. It seems like the man is truly bothered by the state of school food and genuinely is putting his own time, money and effort into resolving it.
I worry. I worry simply that although 100% of the parents at the Lincolnshire school pledged to pay for school dinners, I know as well all of us that a pledge to pay is very different from money in your hand.
IO unrelated N, today's been a crap day. It started out badly when I woke at 0850, having said i'd turn up before 0830. Not good really. Traffic was evil - despite being 15 miles less than before, it still took as long... It got worse too, busy as hell and an idiot making trouble despite having called previously about the same issue and having been told he's an idiot.
I stayed until 1745 asking if there was anything else that needed doing, I felt really bad! Absolutely nothing, how bloody disappointing.
Tonight I have beer, hence life is good.
I worry. I worry simply that although 100% of the parents at the Lincolnshire school pledged to pay for school dinners, I know as well all of us that a pledge to pay is very different from money in your hand.
IO unrelated N, today's been a crap day. It started out badly when I woke at 0850, having said i'd turn up before 0830. Not good really. Traffic was evil - despite being 15 miles less than before, it still took as long... It got worse too, busy as hell and an idiot making trouble despite having called previously about the same issue and having been told he's an idiot.
I stayed until 1745 asking if there was anything else that needed doing, I felt really bad! Absolutely nothing, how bloody disappointing.
Tonight I have beer, hence life is good.
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For Morgan, school lunch wasn't that bad the first two years for her. There was always a vegetarian option or a chef salad option for the kids. Then she switched schools. Lunch is frequently chicken nuggest, salisbury dippers and corn as a vegetable. Which frankly, isn't good enough. I'd love for her to get better options there.
Of course, then you have parents like this (http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/article/ds37145.html) who think what Jamie Oliver is doing is atrocious. I'm afraid I just can't follow their logic.
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The people who have been feeding "through the school gates", I actually kindof agree with. The kids there aren't being given a choice. They aren't allowed out during the daytime so can't go and buy lunch from somewhere, and the kids don't feel that the food they're being given is what they want, so the parents are responding in the only way they feel that they can.
In an ideal world, they would be able to talk to the school and tell them that something's wrong, instead of this. I'm sure that the food the school is providing is fine, but there's always an initial backlash against change - I'm sure it'll settle down in a few weeks time.