tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post7634724556074769859..comments2024-03-13T21:26:03.011-07:00Comments on Right on the Left Coast: Views From a Conservative Teacher: Meat and Poultry Used In School LunchesDarrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15730642770935985796noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-59085236500181355752009-12-10T08:11:17.833-08:002009-12-10T08:11:17.833-08:00I'm thinking that this shows that the free mar...I'm thinking that this shows that the free market is working. Here the fast-food places are able to check the meats with more rigorous standards and serve many people relatively inexpensively. <br /><br />Though I don't understand why we provide "free lunches" at school AND food stamps? I'm not saying food stamps cover everything, but it seems like it's a subtle form of coersion to get poor parents to send their children to public school instead of keeping them at home and teaching them themselves.<br /><br />In other news, some federal legislation I AGREE with will prevent states from allowing disabled children to be strapped down, locked up and otherwise abused in schools, just as there are procedures in place in hospitals and other institutions. Info here:<br /><br />http://edlabor.house.gov/newsroom/2009/12/lawmakers-introduce-bipartisan.shtml<br /><br />It also allows for teacher training.Happy Elf Mom (Christine)https://www.blogger.com/profile/15047347624037697311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-75224885611285419492009-12-09T22:32:12.047-08:002009-12-09T22:32:12.047-08:00The free lunch program and lunch subsidies are jus...The free lunch program and lunch subsidies are just another government rat hole you don't want to investigate too closely. First there's the issue of contracting for food, which may or may not involved government subsidies for less than zealous adherents to the USDA. Then there's the requirements for preparation. Then there's the limitations for each student. What may fill up a freshman girl will not fill up a fullback on the football team. Nevertheless, they can only get one lunch which consists of a "meat" or "protein" source, a starch-which is usually a tasteless roll or some instant potatoes and a green salad or other vegetable which ends up in the trash. I know kids who make money bringing candy, sodas and energy drinks to school and selling them on the side. Of course, in accordance with state laws all candy and soda machines are locked up during the school day. Yet the trashcans are full of soda cans. Go figure.Ellen Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02845981491726296767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-21351961828150463702009-12-09T19:39:44.629-08:002009-12-09T19:39:44.629-08:00Back in 1970, in Knoxville, TN, my girlfriend went...Back in 1970, in Knoxville, TN, my girlfriend went to a different high school. One day she told me about a big argument one of the assistant football coaches and the cafeteria head had gotten into. The coach claimed the hamburgers were made of horse meat. He had eaten horse meat before and knew what it tasted like. Of course, the cafeteria head begged to differ.<br /><br />A couple of days later the local newspaper reported that the students had indeed been served horse meat.DADvocatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04621021178600799126noreply@blogger.com