"Schools should consider "lock-ins" at lunchtime to stop pupils from buying junk food, the School Food Trust said today, but school leaders called the proposals unworkable."
So starts an article in the guardian newspaper.
I know that the Government is very keen to make sure that children eat healthier, but come on; locking the secondary school gates at lunchtime to prevent the children heading to the local chipshop. Surely that's over the top. Does no one remember what happened at one school when new healthier menus were introduced in canteens?
What will happen if a child does 'escape' at lunchtime? Will they have to pass a special breath test when they return? ('I'm sorry, you're over the chip limit. It's detention for you sonny').
It won't be long before the watchtowers will be installed, ditches dug, dogs patrolling and the no-mans land minefield installed to keep those nasty vicious junk foods away from children. Oh, what a glorious future we're heading towards.
