Quote Kosh="Kosh"I've had a quick scan through and TBH I have no problem whatsoever believing that it is, for the most part, written by a 9 year old. There are occasional passages where a quick C&P looks to have been used but nothing leaps out. Both of my kids were producing written work of a similar quality and tone at that age.'"
First, was the child ever fed just one croquette to get her through an entire afternoon? This is an exaggeration downwards and it's one thing I doubt a child wrote. It looks as though intended to convey something that is not supported by what the school/council says.
So either the school/council are telling porkies or the blog is not representing the whole picture.
Would a nine-year-old child really consider the mater of one croquette (doubtful anyway, as just explained) in terms of it not providing energy for concentration, rather than simply not stopping her feeling hungry? And asking if it would do so for readers too? There have been ideas put into this child's head, methinks.
I repeat: the council and the school say that the pictures in the blog do not represent the entire picture. Are they telling lies? And all the other questions that this case raises.
On the quality of food: as a bit of a foodie, I would certainly hope that the standard of school dinners would be far better than represented in the pictures - and even by what seems to be best practice in Scotland.
Look over the Channel at France. They do not offer children a choice. In schools throughout the country, children are given a multi-course meal, sat down properly. Remember, France has far less childhood obesity than we do.
Then again, the French do not seem to consider that school dinners are just something to fill up poor children.
