I don't know. Seems so.

^ Anyone else notice that when you use ICE as a possessive, as in "ICE's raids" it sounds like ISIS ? As Trollheart used to remark: Makes you think.

https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/pen...er-lunch-debt/

School district threatens parents that children could be put in foster care over lunch debt

inb4 this policy closes down thousands of foster homes

lol

:laughing:

Dream on, Bernie.

You ain't even gettin' the nomination.

^ When I grew up, the Brit government not only provided sudsidised school meals, they also gave a free half-pint of milk to every schoolchild every day. That was a lot of milk: thousands of crates being delivered daily in time for the 11 o'clock Milk Break. In my school alone, about 300 bottles arrived every day and two milk monitors per class would go and collect the number of bottles as per that day's class attendance. Ten mins to drink the milk at your desk, then back to the lesson.

Although I can't easily imagine any government these days commiting to that kind of long-term funding and am in no way contradicting Psy-Fi's point, I wanted to point out what was once a reality in that den of socialism, post-war Britain.

The public school district in Japan I taught in provides fish, vegetables including tofu, a bit of fruit, and a carton of milk to every student everyday.

Look, the schools are taking the kids by force. People are brainwashed into believing it’s a privilege but even if you consider it a privilege it’s not one you can opt out of.

If the schools are going to kidnap or arrest (or whatever you want to call it) every kid in the country five times a week for 7.5 hours obviously it’s on the schools to feed the kids. And not only do they very often fail to provide proper nutrition but many schools also fail to provide access to water at anytime, regular access to toilets, fresh air and exercise, and safety from psychological and physical abuse up to literally being shot dead on the premises.

Well, most Western governments make education compulsory to reduce illiteracy and child exploitation. Surely that's a worthy goal?

Mexico is a big, disorganised place where laws are often ignored with impunity and it's not so strange to see kids who should be at school begging at traffic lights, etc. In rural areas, their parents sometimes put them to the fields:-



Children are extremely vulnerable and being in school, I would say, gives them a relatively safe environment. As well as teaching them to read and count, compulsory schooling will prob prevent them from being available for various alternative occupations, as above or worse. Maybe there are failings in various schools, but they are outweighed by the benefits imo.

* Parents are encouraged to see that basic schooling is to their children's long-term advantage* - ftfy, OH ;)