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Ayu Sura · 06-15-2012, 01:06 AM

I forgot to post this - or maybe it did get posted but I can't find it - but anyway...

This 9 year old little girl in Scotland started blogging about her school lunches. She'd take a picture and put down some stats - her rating of the lunch, how many mouth-fulls it was, etc.

And it went viral.

And I just got notice it got shut down.

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OrinB · 06-15-2012, 01:51 AM

This was just on the radio news. The local council (who have been the ones who have made the ban on the girl taking pictures, not the school) seem more concerned about protecting and covering their own arses for providing such inadequate meals than actually supporting the education of a forward thinking, bright, young girl.

ps: Whoever decided that the multifunctional trap plates they now use for school meals were more efficient than plates and trays, really lost the idea that food needs to look good when it's presented in order for it to be appetising.

Naiki · 06-15-2012, 02:00 AM

Food forum. darn it I searched the whole of PRS before posting... >_<

Naiki · 06-15-2012, 02:02 AM

like I said in my other post. Her blogs better written than most adults and she's done more good than most adults ever do. Really annoyed about this.

Angry email has been sent.

Sansarya · 06-15-2012, 02:36 AM

I don't know if this is true, but here's a quote from one of the comments in her blog from June 14:

Quote:

Douglas15 June 2012 00:12
Hi. Twitter got a bit vexed about this so many people with influence have highlighted this as an issue. I believe the the Cabinet Secretary for Education has committed himself to phoning the Chief Executive of the council enquire about this "daft" decision.

Hope you get to continue with your excellent photos and blog.

NeverSeconds: Goodbye.

Naiki · 06-15-2012, 03:06 AM

That's one council office that is about to have one very very bad day....

**Tyche Shepherd** · 06-15-2012, 08:09 AM

The leader of Argyll & Bute Council has ordered staff to lift the ban immediately

Quote:

Argyll and Bute Council said press coverage of the blog had led catering staff to fear for their jobs.

But 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."

The council was widely criticised for the move, which had sparked a furious reaction on social media.

BBC News - NeverSeconds blogger Martha Payne school dinner photo ban lifted

Jura Shepherd · 06-15-2012, 08:36 AM

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Originally Posted by OrinB

ps: Whoever decided that the multifunctional trap plates they now use for school meals were more efficient than plates and trays, really lost the idea that food needs to look good when it's presented in order for it to be appetising.

lol, I like compartmentalized trays because I don't like certain foods touching each other

Naiki · 06-15-2012, 09:51 AM

Argyll and bute council, you just got well and truly publicly pwned by a 9 year old. Bet your feeling good today ..

Naiki · 06-15-2012, 04:37 PM

Quote:

I think you know why I don't have a picture today but I will have on Monday! Thanks to everyone that has helped to get my blog back on track. I would have missed writing it a lot and I'm looking forward to sharing my dinners and yours.

I worried yesterday that I would never reach enough money to buy a Mary's Meal kitchen in Malawi (31 seconds!) but we have raised a total of £45,889.46 which is more than one kitchen! It could be many kitchens or one kitchen feeding many children for years.

A small thank you isn't enough so here's a big THANK YOU to you all!

See you on Monday,

VEG

Sorry... What? £45,889.46..... Holy crap! Shes 9! I mean I was impressed a 9 year old raised £2,000....

£45,889.46 !!!!

Shes NINE! O.O

Bloody hell... Makes you feel good about the future of our species that does doesnt it?

Amelia E · 06-15-2012, 04:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jura Shepherd

lol, I like compartmentalized trays because I don't like certain foods touching each other

I'm glad I'm not the only one that doesn't like their food touching each other. We need a support group!

Taco Rubio · 06-15-2012, 04:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Naiki

Sorry... What? £45,889.46..... Holy crap! Shes 9! I mean I was impressed a 9 year old raised £2,000....

£45,889.46 !!!!

Shes NINE! O.O

Bloody hell... Makes you feel good about the future of our species that does doesnt it?

It would if they ate better :/

Isabeau Imako · 06-16-2012, 10:28 AM

Love this.

She certainly writes well for a 9 year old.

06-15-2012, 01:06 AM	#1 (permalink)
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06-15-2012, 01:51 AM	#2 (permalink)
OrinB ♂♂ ... Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: London, UK Posts: 2,261 My Mood: SL Join Date: 25th May 2007 Blog Entries: 1	This was just on the radio news. The local council (who have been the ones who have made the ban on the girl taking pictures, not the school) seem more concerned about protecting and covering their own arses for providing such inadequate meals than actually supporting the education of a forward thinking, bright, young girl. ps: Whoever decided that the multifunctional trap plates they now use for school meals were more efficient than plates and trays, really lost the idea that food needs to look good when it's presented in order for it to be appetising.

06-15-2012, 02:00 AM	#3 (permalink)
Naiki Is eating your shoes. Nom Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 1,134 Business: Blue Moons	Food forum. darn it I searched the whole of PRS before posting... >_<

06-15-2012, 02:02 AM	#4 (permalink)
Naiki Is eating your shoes. Nom Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 1,134 Business: Blue Moons	like I said in my other post. Her blogs better written than most adults and she's done more good than most adults ever do. Really annoyed about this. Angry email has been sent.

06-15-2012, 03:06 AM	#6 (permalink)
Naiki Is eating your shoes. Nom Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 1,134 Business: Blue Moons	That's one council office that is about to have one very very bad day....

06-15-2012, 09:51 AM	#9 (permalink)
Naiki Is eating your shoes. Nom Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 1,134 Business: Blue Moons	Argyll and bute council, you just got well and truly publicly pwned by a 9 year old. Bet your feeling good today ..

06-16-2012, 10:28 AM	#13 (permalink)
Isabeau Imako Rhâââ.... Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Montréal Posts: 6,242	Love this. She certainly writes well for a 9 year old.

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