Welcome to twenty-first century public school where compulsory
education statists rifle through the lunch boxes of hapless captive children
looking for contraband in the form of forbidden foods. Mind you, not illegal recreational
drugs, but ordinary desert.
This particular horror story comes
to us from Australia but could just as well from the heartland of America. Public
school food Nazis everywhere are claiming the right to dictate what mothers can
pack their kids for lunch. That’s right. They’re telling us what your child can
and cannot eat.
You see, these Nazis have come up with a school “healthy”
foods policy. Banned foods on the list are any "that may contain excess
energy (kilojoules), saturated fat, added sugar and/or salt." This
means that sweet deserts are taboo. A piece of cake is a no-no. Soda pop and deep-fried
foods? Forget about it mom; they’re on the no-no list too.
A loving Australian mom found this out the hard way
when she packed a slice of chocolate cake in her kindergartener daughter’s
lunch bag for her to enjoy at school. It set off alarm bells when the
authorities opened the bag to inspect the contents for food contraband as it
absolutely violated the school healthy foods policy. Chocolate cake falls into
the “Red Food Category.” It’s too sweet. It tastes too good.
So they confiscated the food and sent the poor
little kid home with a nasty note saying: “Your child has chocolate slice
from the Red Food category today. Please choose healthier options.”
They’ve got some nerve, don’t they?
What else can we expect from public school food
Nazis?
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