There is a great hooha brewing over a school in Kent. It appears that the Lydd Primary School started rearing livestock. When the time came then "Marcus" the wether lamb was sent off to become lamb chops. A number of people including some celebrities seem to think that this is terrible.
I think the headmistress deserves applause for going through with it and not accepting money from a certain Mr O'Grady who wanted to buy the lamb. The children had it all explained at the beginning what was going to happen. In fact they were allowed to vote at the end. This was set up by the school as a lesson in where food comes from. It would have been a travesty if the final deed had not been carried out. Too many children (and adults for that matter) do not understand where meat comes from. They don't associate the pack in the supermarket aisle with having come from a living animal. This is the true injustice to the animal as it means people don't treat food with the respect they should.
These children will grow up with a better understanding of food, and farming, and that should only be encouraged.
2 comments:
Yeah, I'm with you. If you want to teach children where meat comes from you have to go through with it.
From what I've heard it sounds like it was the parents who were more upset by it than the children.
I agree, on so many levels people try to sugar coat things for children and in fact it's all part of learning and being able to make decisions for themselves...and making choices. Hadn't heard about this..thanks, Katie
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