On 9/7/2014 4:16 AM, wrote:
> On Sat, 06 Sep 2014 21:40:48 -0400, Dave Smith
> > wrote:
>
>> On 2014-09-06 19:40, Janet Bostwick wrote:
>>>> They have streets and we have streets. We pay for theirs and they pay
>>>> for ours. In the breakfast example, I pay for my kid's breakfast and I
>>>> pay for their kid's breakfast. They pay for...... nothing.
>>>
>>> that's only true if they pay no taxes at all. You have a stereotype
>>> for people that makes you feel comfortable with your stance. I'm not
>>> going to change your view and you are not going to change mine.
>>
>>
>> I don't suppose you see the irony in your presumption of my stereotypes.
>>
>> Maybe you should try to read this BBC article
>> http://www.bbc.com/news/education-19951590
>>
>> "A survey from Kellogg's found that four out of five teachers in England
>> have seen examples of pupils starting school without having eaten any
>> breakfast.
>>
>> "Parental apathy" was identified as the biggest single cause - followed
>> by a shortage of money."
>>
>> Or this one:
>> http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education...ol-hungry.html
>> "Two thirds of 500 teachers surveyed said the main reason that children
>> are arriving unfed is because of apathy by parents, while a similar
>> proportion cited a lack of time at home."
>>
>>
>>
>> I had to look further to get articles from American sources. The first
>> one I came to was from USA Today
>> http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/...ast14_CV_N.htm
>>
>> It seems that in Pueblo CO they have free breakfasts for all students
>> and they are delivered to the classroom. That saves the poor students
>>from the stigma of not being able to afford food, but the rest of them ....
>> "Bus schedules, parents' work schedules, and, for high school students,
>> the desire to sleep as late as possible make getting to school early for
>> breakfast difficult. "
>>
>>
>> As for healthy breakfasts....
>> At 8:28 a.m., the cafeteria ladies of Centennial High School take up
>> positions in the second-floor hallway, just outside closed classroom
>> doors. Each woman is pushing a cart loaded with milk, juice, whole-wheat
>> doughnuts and individual packages of Cocoa Puffs and Lucky Charms cereal.
>>
>> At least the donuts are whole wheat. I am sure that the sugar in the
>> Cocoa Puffs and Lucky Charms gives them a good short term boost.
>>
>>
> So work on parenting but in the meantime, FEED THE KIDS
>

But WITH proper monitoring, means testing for their parents, and sound
guidance from teachers.