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Old 15-06-2012, 13:43   #76
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Ive look at her blob afew times.
Several of her lunches could be described that way.
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Old 15-06-2012, 13:46   #77
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Several of her lunches could be described that way.
I really should read through my posts before posting, get soooo many typos!
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Old 15-06-2012, 13:50   #78
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If the council is happy with the meals they provide in schools why would they object to them being shown? Many things go on in schools that they don't want people to know.


I think it was more the national headline 'Time to fire the dinner ladies' on the Record.

I can't imagine old Mavis & Doris have the remotest input in what is on the menu.

Nor do I understand why parents persist in paying for something which seems so universally awful when they could make them something healthy to take in.
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Old 15-06-2012, 13:52   #79
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How did a blog with pictures of her school dinners get 2 million hits?
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Old 15-06-2012, 13:53   #80
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Nor do I understand why parents persist in paying for something which seems so universally awful when they could make them something healthy to take in.
You'll probably find that a significant percentage of childen qualify for free school meals.

Anyway, apparently the ban has been lifted now...
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Old 15-06-2012, 13:54   #81
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Nine year old Martha Payne did a blog of her school lunches and included a photo of each lunch. The council has now banned her from taking these pictures for her blog.

How do we expect our children to flourish if such creativity is stiffled. Stupid council!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotlan...-west-18454800
It's a bad situation when children are being censored. Free society, my arse.
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Old 15-06-2012, 13:58   #82
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I had the feeling that little Martha's daddy was actually the one behind the blog...
I had that feeling too as I thought it a bit advanced for a 9 year old to be doing alone.
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Old 15-06-2012, 14:01   #83
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Surely though if she has paid for her meal then it is her's to do with as she wishes. Including taking a photo of it
^^ This.

Its a school not a dictator state. She should carry on doing it.
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Old 15-06-2012, 14:03   #84
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How did a blog with pictures of her school dinners get 2 million hits?
Reddit, hacker news, wired, tabloids, tv news websites etc. The blog gradually went viral and snowballed. As soon as someone stops a photographer taking photos, the technology websites go nuts.
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Old 15-06-2012, 14:03   #85
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Ban is lifted.
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Old 15-06-2012, 14:03   #86
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Old 15-06-2012, 14:04   #87
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'Pieces of hair- 0'
I guess a day with no hair in your food is a good day.
There can't be that many 9 year olds as erudite as her or does modern culture and alcohol dumb them down as they age.
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Old 15-06-2012, 14:05   #88
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...council leader Roddy McCuish later told BBC Radio 4's World at One programme that he had instructed senior officials to lift the ban immediately.

He said: "It is a good thing to do, to change your mind, and I have certainly done that."
But it remains to be seen if the ban will in fact be lifted, hopefully it does.

The council's statement about the ban is still up on their website, and there are as yet no new messages on her blog.
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Old 15-06-2012, 14:06   #89
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But it remains to be seen if the ban will in fact be lifted. The council's statement about the ban is still up on their website, and there are as yet no new messages on her blog.
It was only put on BBC news 20 mins ago, so she might not know yet if she's at school.
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Old 15-06-2012, 14:08   #90
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It was a silly ban and I'm fairly sure it will be lifted, but you can never be sure how the staff will react, even when instructed to do things like this. BBC headline is misleading, strictly speaking it should read "School instructed to lift the ban".
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Old 15-06-2012, 14:08   #91
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Talk about u-turn.
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Old 15-06-2012, 14:11   #92
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I don't really see why such an issue about school meals surely they should be grateful that they get them at all as there are 100s of kids in the world that do not have any food at all, kids now a days should just be thankful for what they have.

Can't really complain about the meals in my kids schools are they are not bad at all even if a bit overpriced in one of my kids schools and the other has a wide variety of choices over a range of prices to cater for all.
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Old 15-06-2012, 14:15   #93
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The claim was that it had already "gone viral" (how?) before the tabloid hacks got to it, so I don't suppose a bit more temporary traffic will hurt.

I had a quick look, and whilst the meal that started it off was truly dire, many of the more recent ones are fine and she rates them 10/10.
Yeah it was popular before this, but nothing like it is now and it is one particular School (and staff) that the spotlight is on. Is it fair on them?

If Martha and her Dad can carry on as normal without bowing to any pressure and the School are happy with it, that would be great, depends whether they can deal with (or want) so much attention.
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Old 15-06-2012, 14:16   #94
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What is she doing with a camera or camera phone in school anyway? All the primary schools I know refuse to let their children bring them in. I could understand if she had been stopped for this reason, it all seems a bit odd to me.
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Old 15-06-2012, 14:17   #95
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What is she doing with a camera or camera phone in school anyway? All the primary schools I know refuse to let their children bring them in. I could understand if she had been stopped for this reason, it all seems a bit odd to me.
She was originally given permission by the School as part of a writing project.
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Old 15-06-2012, 14:23   #96
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Aw bless, thanks for the link I just had to send her a few pounds, it'll be interesting to see how much she makes. The total seems to be rising very rapidly.
Really is, it's gone up another £10k in less than two hours!
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Old 15-06-2012, 14:27   #97
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But it remains to be seen if the ban will in fact be lifted, hopefully it does.

The council's statement about the ban is still up on their website, and there are as yet no new messages on her blog.
Like most 9 year old girls she should be at school on a Friday afternoon!
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Old 15-06-2012, 14:31   #98
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Like most 9 year old girls she should be at school on a Friday afternoon!
LOL. It would detract from the cause somewhat if 'she' was blogging away during double maths !
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Old 15-06-2012, 14:32   #99
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Really is, it's gone up another £10k in less than two hours!
Bless and she won't even know since she's still at school!
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Old 15-06-2012, 14:34   #100
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She is going toi be chuffed when she sees the charity total has gone up from £2000 to £24,000.

The only credit the council deserves is doing a u turn so quickly. Stupid idea to take on a 9 year old in the first place!

As someone elsewhere said they should pick on someone thier own size!
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