Summary:
Healthy school meals are barely affordable for poor working parents. Critics have asked the government to change their mind about free school meals. Some of the parents are so tight on money that their children have to take turns in getting a nutritious lunch from school. Labour wanted to give free school meals for every pupil below the poverty line. Another problem that connects with this one is that a lot of the school do not even serve healthy meals yet. Campaigners say that giving free school lunches to all primary school pupils living below the poverty line, would lift fifty thousand children out of poverty.
Opinion:
I think it would be great if pupils, although not just the poor, are able to get free healthy school lunches in primary school. The fact that a lot of the people are not eating healthy food is quite a big problem these days. Because in some cases this may lead to obesity and premature deaths. So I think that stimulating people, especially kids, will greatly improve the general health of the public. On the other side, it’s still the parents responsibility to take care of their children and somehow save up for money for proper food for their kids.
Article:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2010/jun/25/poor-children-need-free-meals
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15 years ago
Dear Leen,
ReplyDeleteThis is a very intersting article. I think it is very important that school students get a nutritious lunch. If some people can't afford to buy this for their children, I think it's a good point that school provides free school lunches.
Good summary, keep up the good work!