I’ll look forward to hearing more about teaching cookery skills to the young later on in the year

Joanna

Kristen, I don’t plan on spending time in prison any time soon, but I’m helping to pay for the local slammer with my tax dollars. I think we all pay for things that may not benefit us individually, but are perceived as a societal good. Public schools would fit into that category. I am a product of public schools. So is my wife. So is my daughter. However, I can understand why some people want to opt out and teach their kids at home. Believe me, the thought has crossed our minds. Meanwhile, the school lunch thing just has not gotten the clear mission–and funding–that it needs. Time for everyone to step up to the plate, if we care anything at all about what our kids eat when they’re not at home.

Brett, thanks for the link. Great photos.

http://interestingemailforwards.blogspot.com/2009/05/school-lunch-from-around-world.html

As a parent, I simply choose to opt out. We opt out of the dominant food system. We opt out of the dominant educational system.

(Of course, when I opt out of the dominant food system, my food dollars get diverted to local farmers and businesses I’m glad to support. When I opt out of the education system, my property taxes STILL go to the public schools that are an affront to the word “education” while I pay additional dollars to pay for the REAL cost of educating my children at home. So while opting out of the dominant food system may actually CHANGE something, opting out of the dominant education system only affects me and my little family.)

Yet, I’m glad we have the freedom to do that.

Thanks for sharing this post in today’s Fight Back Fridays carnival.

Cheers,
KristenM
(AKA FoodRenegade)

I went to the site that you suggested and will definitely add it to my blog.