FREE BREAKFAST

A FREE BREAKFAST PROGRAM FOR GRAMMAR SCHOOL CHILDREN IN A NEARBY DISTRICT, SERVES "BREAKFAST PIZZAS, BREAKFAST BURITTOS, BREAKFAST TACOS, SAUSAGE AND BISCUITS AND SOMETIMES CEREAL." THE PRINCIPAL OF THIS SCHOOL TWICE STATED THAT THESE ARE NUTRITIOUS BREAKFASTS. WHAT ELSE COULD THEY BE IF SANCTIONED BY A PUBLIC INSTITUTION THAT SPENDS TAXPAYER DOLLARS ON FOOD THAT SHOULD BE PROVIDED BY PARENTS OR GUARDIANS IF THEY DIDN'T EJECT THEIR LITTLE CHARGES ONTO BUSES EARLY ENOUGH EACH MORNING TO ALLOW THEM TO BREAKFAST GRATIS AT 7:45 A.M.?

WHY DO I NEED TO HEAR THIS NONSENSE? HENRY ADAMS, IN HIS AUTOBIOGRAPHY, PENNED THAT "PRACTICAL POLITICS CONSISTS IN IGNORING FACTS." IF OBESITY IS THE EPIDEMIC OF THE DAY AND NUTRITIONISTS AND POLITICIANS DECRY "JUNK" FOODS AND UNHEALTHY EATING PATTERNS, WHY ARE SCHOOLS SERVING THEM? THE DETAILS IN WHICH THE DEVIL USUALLY HIDES TELL THE FAIRY TALE BEST. GIVE THE CHILDREN WHAT THEY WANT, NOT WHAT THEY SHOULD HAVE. REALITY IN NO WAY CORRESPONDS TO THE MAKE-BELIEVE RHETORIC REGARDING NUTRITION.

IF THERE ARE FEW LEAN AND HUNGRY BODIES NOWADAYS, IT'S BECAUSE CHILDREN HAVE NOT BEEN TAUGHT TO CHOOSE WHAT'S RIGHT. MORE DISTURBING, HOWEVER, IS THE FACT THAT THERE ARE FEW MINDS STARVED FOR KNOWLEDGE. CHILDREN ARE PLUMPED UP WITH FOODSTUFFS WHICH MERIT NO SUPPORT, BUT WHICH GOBBLE UP FEDERAL FUNDING.