I did a blog on the original web page that Martha Payne, from Argyll, Scotland, created. She started a blog with pictures from the food at her school.
Here is my original blog:
She recorded more than three million hits from around the world since she first posted her blog on April 30, 2012. She was taking pictures of her own lunches at Lochgilphead Primary School. In return, school children began sending her pictures of THEIR food from their schools from all over the globe. In my opinion, this was a tremendous event and a real trend-setter.
And- she was making money for the Mary's Meals charity organization at the same time.
So what did the British Council authorities do? They cancelled her blog!
They feared that the catering staff would lose their jobs.
Thursday she said that her headteacher asked her not to take any more pictures of the food in the school cafeteria. She wrote, "Goodbye. This morning in maths I got taken out of class by my head teacher" and that she was not to write any more blogs.
By Friday there was internet protest from around the world. And she got her blog back. Here it is:
http://neverseconds.blogspot.co.uk/
Please read it.
Martha Payne, an 9-year old girl from Scotland, can now have her own blog again.
And here is the newest BBC article:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-18454800
Why don't young Kansans get together and feature blogs on their own lives, in their own towns, in Kansas? I'm sure the world would be very attracted to this idea.
Maybe newspapers from all over the state could carry such blogs with pictures. This would be unique, to my knowledge, in the United States. And we older people might learn a few things!
Tagged: blog, 8-year old girl, what's for lunch at school
Comments
Marilyn Hull 11 months ago
I agree, it would be interesting to have a Lawrence kid take pictures of school meals and post them with their comments.
kansasplains1 11 months ago
Marilyn, thank you for your comment. However, I was thinking in a broader scale - why don't Kansas kids from around the state comment on what they like in their home town, what they dislike. That would be a real event for the whole state to take part in.
Then, when Fall comes around, they could also comment on school meals.
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