Sum Dum Gai
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Post by Sum Dum Gai on Apr 12, 2011 16:03:27 GMT -5
Please. The whole race thing is so last millennium. This is a class issue if anything. Middle class and above folks thinking they know what's best for poor people.
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Post by thyme4change on Apr 12, 2011 16:44:32 GMT -5
I had a flaming progressive say this to me almost exactly. I think he said "We know what is best for those less fortunate. That is why they need us to educate our children in elite schools. We need to create the leaders who can solve their problems." Or something like that. It made my skin crawl.
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Post by cronewitch on Apr 12, 2011 17:16:50 GMT -5
If I had a kid in that school who was willing to fight I would make them a huge breakfast then send them to school with no lunch and no lunch money. Then after they didn't have lunch they would go tell the teacher they felt faint from hunger. Then I would go pick them up and take them to lunch. If my little darling was a drama queen she could make a scene crying because she was hungry and the school wouldn't let her bring lunch. The kid would explain they couldn't eat school lunch because the food was not organically grown, had food dyes they were afraid to eat and too many carbs.
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Post by Poppet on Apr 12, 2011 18:11:24 GMT -5
"Middle class and above folks thinking they know what's best for poor people."
It doubt this is the reason. My thought is that this is about dollars.
Again, there's money to be had when a kid gets on a free lunch program.
Lawndale is rough and poor. The majority of families cannot afford to buy a school lunch. They qualify for free lunch. Ban the brown bag and get as many kids on the program, get as much funding as possible.
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Post by thyme4change on Apr 12, 2011 18:30:57 GMT -5
Yes, and the 14% of the families there that don't qualify for the free lunch are forced to purchase their lunch. I'm sure those families are seriously wealthy and just choose to live in a poor, rough area - so the $2.25 per day shouldn't hurt them at all.
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Post by Sum Dum Gai on Apr 12, 2011 18:44:34 GMT -5
If it was all about the money the school would find some way to disqualify their single most disabled student from attending. They'd save a lot more doing that than they'll make off of having to provide a lot more school lunches.
I really think the principal here thinks she's doing something good. I believe her when she says she's just trying to provide the best nutrition possible for the students. Unfortunately, that means she's part of the problem in this country since she thinks of school cafeteria food as healthy. It's the problem that's plagued socialism and communism for decades. The elites at the top making all the decisions can't be morons. If they were truly super wise, super intelligent, and honestly looking out for everyone's best interests, it would work as a political system. Unfortunately the last known perfect human to walk the planet was crucified a few thousand years ago. All we have left are these morons who want to feed our kids a bunch of processed crap so they can be healthy, and truly think they're making the right call when they do it.
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Post by Loopdilou on Apr 12, 2011 18:47:36 GMT -5
Has anyone actually seen what the lunches are? Or are we just guessing they they're feeding them crap? The comments seem to be more oriented towards, "The kids don't like the food." Usually if a kid doesn't like food, it's because it's healthy
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Post by whoisjohngalt on Apr 12, 2011 18:55:25 GMT -5
I don't know about others, but I don't think I could care any less what is served. I don't care if it's all organic grown and home cooked by principal herself. I don't care if it's prepared by the best chefs either.
I am not (well, not yet) sending my children to school for someone to monitor their food intake and nutrition. I am sending them there to learn about math and reading and may be music and sports, etc.
If she is THAT concerned, she can teach a class on nutrition or have a field trip to the fat clinic or suggest whatever else she wants to suggest. She has ZERO right to dictate what my children are eating for lunch. None!
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Post by Sum Dum Gai on Apr 12, 2011 19:01:25 GMT -5
In the picture on the original Chicago Tribune article the healthy school lunch appears to be lasagna, milk, and a plastic wrapped package of something (apple dippers maybe?). You tell me, does this look like a healthy lunch to you? You'll notice on the bottom tray that chocolate milk is still an option. So, we've got mystery meat mush, chocolate milk, and I'm guessing some kind of preservative or corn syrup laden fruit. They might as well be eating a happy meal.
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Post by thyme4change on Apr 12, 2011 19:21:25 GMT -5
You think that is lasagne? I'm no Italian - so, if that is what lasagne looks like, I'll pass.
Frankly, it looks like barf in that picture. Well contained barf.
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Post by ❤ mollymouser ❤ on Apr 12, 2011 19:42:38 GMT -5
Where are the veggies?
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Post by Deleted on Apr 12, 2011 19:48:16 GMT -5
It looks like the kid in the upper right might have a salad alternative? Or is that wishful thinking? ... I would not eat that mess..
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Post by Sum Dum Gai on Apr 12, 2011 19:48:51 GMT -5
I'm guessing they get to count some part of the main course mush as veggies, so they can get away with it. I don't know if you watched any of Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution last season, but the guidelines schools use are seriously whacked. French fries and tater tots count as a veggie, so does pizza sauce. It was totally nuts.
The kid on the edge does look like he has a salad, and it looks fairly decent to boot. Well, it's all blurry, but at least there's some color in it, so he might have some fresh veggies on there. Then again, it could be a little lettuce, half a cup of processed cheese like product, and a few slices of tomato. The picture is too blurry to tell.
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Post by Poppet on Apr 12, 2011 20:52:59 GMT -5
Yes, and the 14% of the families there that don't qualify for the free lunch are forced to purchase their lunch. I'm sure those families are seriously wealthy and just choose to live in a poor, rough area - so the $2.25 per day shouldn't hurt them at all. I know. It's awful. I hate it. I am agreeing with your sarcasm. It's a crap policy on so many levels.
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Post by michelyn8 on Apr 13, 2011 7:07:12 GMT -5
In the picture on the original Chicago Tribune article the healthy school lunch appears to be lasagna, milk, and a plastic wrapped package of something (apple dippers maybe?). You tell me, does this look like a healthy lunch to you? You'll notice on the bottom tray that chocolate milk is still an option. So, we've got mystery meat mush, chocolate milk, and I'm guessing some kind of preservative or corn syrup laden fruit. They might as well be eating a happy meal. You'll notice too that the only thing that appears to be consumed is whatever was in the plastic and the milk. How is that good for the child. I'm a picky eater and my children are picky eaters. I was fortunate that despite being picky, my children liked veggie (I could fix a spinach - enough to fill a normal cereal bowl once cooked - and be lucky to get a teaspoon for myself if they served themselves). BUT, like me, none of them would touch school meals because of how they looked. Until they reached middle school where they could make their own choices, I packed their lunches. If I hadn't, they wouldn't have eaten. I get this prinicipal is trying to do something good for those kids with parents who can't/won't pack their lunches but what she is failing to consider is that those kids are normally going to be the ones who are already getting reduced/free meals or have parents aren't normally going to pack a lunch for their kids anyway.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 13, 2011 7:32:50 GMT -5
Has anyone actually seen what the lunches are? Or are we just guessing they they're feeding them crap? The comments seem to be more oriented towards, "The kids don't like the food." Usually if a kid doesn't like food, it's because it's healthy Not at all. My dd won't eat it because she is picky. A lot of the lunches at her school look like the photo above. Everything has the consistency of mush. She won't even eat the school pizza and she likes pizza.
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