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tkc, lunches

By: DigSpace in ALEA | Recommend this post (0)
Wed, 24 Oct 12 6:22 PM | 55 view(s)
Boardmark this board | The Trust Matrix 		Msg. 10986 of 54959
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this is one of those cross-roads things ... yes, parental responsibility etc etc, but the observation is having a bunch of poorly nourished kids running around destroys education (for the neglected and for those with responsible parents).

So one gets an alignment of interests, welfare interests for those individuals, and the broad observation that running schools full of hungry kids is in some ways a waste of time.

Food, in this sense, is like books. Folks seem largely o.k. with buying books for children to learn from, food is just a book-tax. Everything just works better for everybody when one jams some food in these kids mouths.

I happen to be related to a teacher who, yup, sneaks food to a couple kids. It is much more productive for all involved than a new batch of pencils.


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By: tkc in ALEA
Wed, 24 Oct 12 2:12 AM 		Msg. 10978 of 54959

Hi CSL, I tend toward moderation myself. The school lunch program is an example of liberalism gone nuts. It has expanded exponentially to include school breakfast, summer feeding and now even take home dinner meals. Parental responsibility be damned. Yikes, what do the parents do with their additional food stamp money they receive for their offspring? They get cash back to purchase soap, toothpaste etc. -but don't they go across the street and buy a qt. of vodka. And the school lunch program is so under funded it leads not just to dependency but obesity as well - a potentially huge cost to the health care system. There's plenty of room for compromise there as there is for gun control. State and local governments are spending huge amounts on policing, justice, prisons and probation. Just 2 examples where moderation makes sense and would save taxpayers billions. Moderation - both parties need to relearn the art of compromise and common sense. Extreme positions cater to respective bases but at the expense of us all.

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