THERE’S A DARN GOOD REASON PPL CALL THIS PLACE, “THE NANNY STATE.” HERE’S JUST ONE EXAMPLE.
on 06/02/2009 at 02:35 PM
Headteacher at St Anselm’s, Simon Duggan, fears the practice is encouraging fights and thefts at his school.
And looking at the sky warily, he also feared a meteor falling on his head as he jumped on a chair in fear of man eating lemmings!
PARANOIA!
This is the kind of people running the schools over there?The health drive was launched in 2006 after TV chef Jamie Oliver brought the media spotlight to focus on the issue. He embarrassed the Government into action over tougher food standards and ensured school meals have got healthier.
That’s enough fact for me! TV Chef? What qualifications does he have? looks at Wiki in fear the ‘The Naked Chef” has a degree in nutrition… Nope, it seems he went to Westminster Catering College. (looks deeper) 3 daughters! So sweet! Poppy Honey, Daisy Boo and Petal Blossom Rainbow? ~*wannabe hippy sensors active~*
OOOO he has an MBE from the Queen’s Birthday Honours List! That’s enough for me! Only the greatest people in the realm are given those! Paragons of their chosen profession, they are qualified to speak of anything in their chosen field, and it ~MUST~ be regarded as fact, regardless of their qualifications. He gave time to help 15 disadvantaged kids into the hospitality industry.. okay, while a noble goal, STILL NOT QUALIFICATION! Why do people allow themselves to be steered by unqualified people. “I read up on it” is NOT enough to call oneself an expert.I have read a few books on dentistry.. Need a root canal?
“But, it is in their field!” Woohoo! In that case, a Highway Engineer is in the same field as the guy who stands there and stops traffic all day. A Doctor of Medicine is in the same field as the cute little candy striper who comes to your room and makes sure you are all right. The guy at the 15 minute oil change is the same as the Mechanic who rebuilds the engine in your car. The guy in a rowboat is the same as the guy who navigates a 180,000 tonne cargo ship from port to port.
Too many people are becoming ‘experts’ without any real training, and it’s pissing me off. Just because you work in the industry in question doesn’t make Oliver qualified for any more than making ma a tasty meal. (probably would be one of those meals with tiny portions artistically placed on a HUGE plate. (with a ‘healthy’ dessert as well)
My head hurts.. time for Ice Cream and a Cigarette…
Billhttp://downloads.southparkstuff.com/sounds/epi415/415_friend.mp3
I provide chocolate and other treats at work to co-workers because we don’t have a vending machine. No profit, just costs-covered because that’s how I choose to do it.
Doing this does wonders for the general morale in the office! Let’s just say I feel for the kids and their “black market”. (Way to go kids, that’s a fine capitalist system you’re creating there, I commend you!)
As to this Headmaster (the proper term, not “Headteacher"), well he can be “expecting” the full co-operation of the parents any time he wants, but that doesn’t mean he’s going to GET it. I’d certainly be working with my kid to find a way to thwart the school on this one, but I’d want to do it smart so they were left not being able to do anything about it other than whine, piss, moan, and look like the Nanny-State retards they are.
Let’s see… What if parents started showing up at lunch with treats for the kids? The kids could eat and drink the stuff in the car with Mom or Dad, and then go back to school. More family quality time, and a nice treat too.
Guess what you draconian bastards, your policy isn’t worth shit and the private vehicle of the parents isn’t your property to control.
Even better if the parents start getting some of the shirts from GadsdenAndCulpeper.com to wear to school.
{Bugs Bunny} Ain’t I a stinker? {/Bugs}
Peiper your school situation sounded much like ours - we had buses sporadically for elementary but I do remember my dad’s Nash having a Dad’s Taxi bumper sticker for a time (and he sat on the School Board, oh my!). Our auditorium (now called multi-purpose room) was it - Band room, PE (on rainy, snowy days) room - yepper we didn’t have a real gym until it became a Middle School (more on that later) and of course cafeteria. Walking was a given when Mom did not show for pickup. I went to that school from Kindergarten until 5th grade when over the summer some idiot bureaucrat decided to make it a Middle School - so I stayed through 9th grade. Told my mom that summer, if they make it a High School I’m dropping out. It is still there - not very much changed after all these years. Don’t know what it’s like but since the HS still is one of the largest and best in the state - apparently the Middle Schools straighten the kids out - because the elementary schools around here are terrible.
I’ve always been against the selling of Subway & Pizza Hut in the schools (the stupid spaghetti, dry hamburgers and pbj got us through) - btw my favorite Daria (MTV) was her fighting the ‘deal’ with the soda company to put machines in the school - now it’s come back to bite them in the butt. Deals with soda & fast food, the lottery and still the schools suck terribly. Perhaps money isn’t the problem Libs?!?! Ever thought of that?!?
Great now kids are going to be suspended for M&Ms - can we declare open season on Liberals NOW?
Wardmom, Good grief. a NASH?
We had one also. Big ole thing. Not pretty but not a bad car as I remember now. More like a tank.
Then we had a Nash Rambler. I can’t recall the older bigger one. We always called it the tank.
06/02/2009 at 04:30 PM
06/02/2009 at 11:11 PM
