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Thread ID: 126780	2012-09-18 00:23:00	Hungry school kids	rob_on_guitar (4196)	PC World Chat

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1301759	2012-09-18 00:23:00	Coming from a poor family I used to see this a lot, but probably not to this extent in NZ www.3news.co.nz	rob_on_guitar (4196)
1301760	2012-09-18 00:57:00	This is areal wake up call, i know we have been hearing it for ages but this video really hits it home i think.	Gobe1 (6290)
1301761	2012-09-18 01:07:00	To paraphrase Jim Bolger from the last time this issue was raised " 2 pieces of bread, a slice of cheese " It's not that hard , is it ?? How about shaming the parents into feeding their kids instead.	1101 (13337)
1301762	2012-09-18 01:31:00	We are suffering from inter-generational parenting failures. You have to have a license to keep a dog, if you mistreat it, you are punished by SPCA. Are children less deserving of protection? Seems to me a shame on our society that these things can happen here. After all we produce far more food than our population needs.	KarameaDave (15222)
1301763	2012-09-18 01:44:00	I would be willing to bet these parents could feed their kids in at least 80% of these cases by spending less on themselves No Alcohol No Cigs No Drugs All these charities do is remove even more responsibility from these deadbeat parents and that is not a viable long-term solution.	DeSade (984)
1301764	2012-09-18 01:52:00	These families not feeding their kids spend the lunch money on: Cars Church donations Islanders TAB Housie KFC and other takeaways but mainly KFC Piss mainly woodies and codies Cigarettes Drugs Having more than 2 kids Buying chips, biscuits and fizzy drinks at the supermarket ( I have seen them load the trollies in the supermarket) Well of course they arent going to have enough for the kids school lunch and these kids are big eaters looking how fat they are, so does any of the above get the chop. Nope . Tax payer paid lunches is not the answer shaming the parents is the answer.	prefect (6291)
1301765	2012-09-18 02:07:00	It would be anathemea to present day right wing governments, but back in the day in UK we had subsidised school meals provided for those wanting them. I hadn't realised just how far back they went until I read this article : www.corporatewatch.org but by 1944, "School meal provision was made compulsory, by the 1944 Education Act, which made it a statutory duty rather than optional entitlement for local authorities." During the 1940s around 1946/47 when I had them it used to cost 6d (5 cents) a day, 2/6d a week, later in the early 50s I believe the cost went up to 5/- a week, I think that was the cost at Grammar school. Very needy pupils, had free school dinners, there were numbers of single parent families in those days too, fathers had been killed in the war. In the large cities and urban areas, there were central kitchens from which the food in large cannisters were sent out to the local schools which had kitchens and kitchen staff. Some schools cooked their own school dinners. Maybe it is about time to turn the clock back.	Terry Porritt (14)
1301766	2012-09-18 02:14:00	Nice idea Terry but who will pay for it?	DeSade (984)
1301767	2012-09-18 02:20:00	Perhaps our good corporate citizens (Fonterra, Goodman Fielder, etc)could step up to the mark? Ooops I feel another Tui moment coming on.	KarameaDave (15222)
1301768	2012-09-18 02:26:00	It would be anathemea to present day right wing governments, but back in the day in UK we had subsidised school meals provided for those wanting them. I hadn't realised just how far back they went until I read this article : www.corporatewatch.org but by 1944, "School meal provision was made compulsory, by the 1944 Education Act, which made it a statutory duty rather than optional entitlement for local authorities." During the 1940s around 1946/47 when I had them it used to cost 6d (5 cents) a day, 2/6d a week, later in the early 50s I believe the cost went up to 5/- a week, I think that was the cost at Grammar school. Very needy pupils, had free school dinners, there were numbers of single parent families in those days too, fathers had been killed in the war. In the large cities and urban areas, there were central kitchens from which the food in large cannisters were sent out to the local schools which had kitchens and kitchen staff. Some schools cooked their own school dinners. Maybe it is about time to turn the clock back. WW2 was a while ago.	prefect (6291)
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