i have HUGE problem with 'litterless lunch'
this is a school-pushed program that tells students to bring a litterless lunch once a week. and often times, these school offer classroom rewards for highest compliance.
so what if you are a kid without a litterless lunch? what might you expect?
* jeers from your fellow classmates when they don't get the reward
* pointed jabs that you don't count as a winner when the classroom does achieve a reward
* your teacher singling you out when she informs the class it's another litterless lunch tomorrow
of course litterless lunch is NEVER on a day that the school has allowed an outside company - like lunch lady - to bring in hot food (along with LOTS of plastic packaging).
why, that would send a conflicting message....
(are we businessmen who want a portion of the sales? or environmentalist who care for the earth?)
there are kids who unwrap their prepacked snacks or scoop out pudding cups into tupperware - just to qualify as 'litterless lunch'
(oh, and they qualify alright... even NO lunch is considered a litterless lunch for goodness sakes!)
truly,
if the school (and school boards) thought that cutting down on litter was important, they should be pushing for walkable schools, and changing the schedule back to a one hour lunch - then kids could go home to eat.
