Every part of Martha Payne’s school lunch story is incredible.
Think of this 9-year-old living in western Scotland taking pictures of her lunch at school and posting them on a blog and ending up with nearly 5 million views in two weeks.
Think of the Argyll and Bute Council banning her from photographing her lunches and then being forced to reverse their decision after a huge public outcry including support from Jamie Oliver, Neil Gaiman, and a direct request from Scotland’s education minister.
Read the whole story here http://gizmodo.com/5918656/9+year+old-school-lunch-blogger-silenced-by-politicians
Be sure to read to the bottom to get the updates.
No matter how much help Martha Payne may have received in this venture, it points to the potential power of blogs and their capacity to generate conversation, controversy, and change.
I say way to go Martha Payne and everyone connected to her blog at http://neverseconds.blogspot.co.uk/2012_04_01_archive.html
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June 16, 2012 at 8:37 am
jaqueline
This story ties in with your Father post, the way you describe a child entering into your life as a small hurricane.
This is what children do in our lives…they expose our weaknesses, they challenge us to change, they demand that we become alive again ( even though with no sleep and little support we feel like we are dying ) They say “where you have become comfortable is not enough for life!” . And in response so many of us, instead of changing, we try to shut the force of life down. Children show us where we are dead, they show us where we are insecure, They expose our walls and take aim against them, they show us where our nourishment of life is inadequate.
Most children do not get to show us their lives from their perspective…this little girl did, and look at what it unleashed in the powers that be. They did not want their inadequacy to be revealed..and what do they do…take steps to change?…No they howl and rail and threaten and demand that the child change, that the child adjust, that the child conform to the the dead dry food they have provided …this truly is a hero’s tale.
But imagine if this were a world in which that child did not have the voice of the famous adults that stepped up to support her?
June 16, 2012 at 9:10 am
kimgye
“This is what children do in our lives…they expose our weaknesses, they challenge us to change, they demand that we become alive again ( even though with no sleep and little support we feel like we are dying ) They say “where you have become comfortable is not enough for life!” . And in response so many of us, instead of changing, we try to shut the force of life down. Children show us where we are dead, they show us where we are insecure, They expose our walls and take aim against them, they show us where our nourishment of life is inadequate.”
Spot on J. (or whatever the Aussie version is!)
June 16, 2012 at 4:36 pm
lindsay
Jaqueline, ditto, what Kim says. Spot on!