Is it really good for international schools to give children this?

Two days ago, I wrote a revelation of a top international school in Beijing, and some parents disclosed bullying in school with their real names, but from teachers to principals, they chose to deal with it silently and coldly.

I don't think that's right.

School bullying is a matter that schools must intervene in, because children may behave harmless in front of their parents, but in a group environment, bullying may occur.

Teachers should come forward to educate and guide, because children like to listen to teachers more than parents.

In addition, unlike what many parents think, bullying has little to do with living conditions. It is not that the village school must have a situation of bullying classmates, and the international school is a pure ivory tower.

The thing is such a thing, write it out and hope that everyone will pay attention to bullying and children's mental health.

In fact, part of this mother's revelation is a description of the poor quality of school meals.

I didn't think so at the time.

On the one hand, school meals have been criticized for a long time, and every parent has his own opinion; On the other hand, I have seen the world, after the moldy vegetables in the back kitchen were exposed, it greatly reduced our expectations of meals, as long as it did not get food poisoning.

But the result was really unexpected!

Sister @W posted what the child ate back then, a complete dinner plate——

I was stunned to see it, the baby of the international school with a meal fee of 7200, this is what he eats every day?

I think this may not be lunch, it should be the test of life.

The 7200 charged by the international school is not a meal fee, but a tuition fee for character education. Through this kind of effort, which is not even decent, they want to let children who have no worries about food and clothing understand from an early age:

Suffering is the essence of life...

No wonder those friends in my circle of friends who are international schools before, they like to dry school meals all kinds of big fish, big meat and prawns, at that time I still thought that these education is so tacky, obviously a school director and principal level person, also has a diploma from Zhang Peking University, how to make it seem like a graduate of New Oriental Chef School...

Now I understand that in a school, it is so difficult to get children to eat well.

I also learned that as an old mother, my bottom line is really not "as long as I don't get food poisoning". I can't accept this plate.

But some people look at the problem from a special angle, and after the dinner plate photos were posted, they said that the restaurant could not meet everyone's taste, but there was no need to enlarge it...

The meals were light and suitable for kids.

Seeing this sentence, my state of mind is: ???

Since the differences are so big, let's come up with more parents' views. If international schools give this to children, how many mothers think it suits the taste of their baby?

Raise your hand in the comment section.

I'm sorry, as a public + private mother, I feel that this plate really challenges the tolerance of parents. Even when I went on a three-day retreat in the mountains, the free meals were not so rudimentary.

The public meal fee is 12 yuan a day, and the children's lettuce leaf salad will not be used as a dish.

This... Probably what some parents in the message area said, there are differences between Eastern and Western cultures?

It is said that American children eat this? ...

The baby of that beautiful country is really a miserable comparison. There are only sandwiches at noon, and under the feeding of vegetable leaves, I can maintain my enthusiasm for high-intensity sports and grow a strong body like an NBA player.

Although I don't believe it, I know that there are definitely people who want to believe it. But even if they are willing to believe it, parents will not be stupid when they really face the healthy development of their children.

Sister W saw the dinner plate and refunded the meal fee, and chose to start letting her aunt cook and deliver meals to the children every day, in order to ensure that the hot meals and hot dishes were tirelessly tossed, and families like her who chose were not a few in this international school.

Gee, actions are always more honest than words.

But then again, it happened in 2017, and the school reportedly changed its feeding company.

Recently, it was turned over again, only because Sister W's revelation caused a reaction from the school, they sent a notice to all parents, saying that a self-proclaimed former parent of a student, accused the school of bullying, complained about the school food service...

The entire notice does not explicitly deny/acknowledge the existence of the problem, but only uses "self-proclaimed" to mislead everyone to question the identity of the whistleblower. In this regard, Sister W could only come forward to provide evidence to clarify, took out the tuition payment slip, proved that her two children had indeed attended school, and because of the controversy, she turned out the relevant dinner plate photos again.

Originally, the school catering may have improved, but the attitude of the announcement was arrogant, not only did not respond positively to the question, but excluded the parents of the graduates from the parents...

This matter is more serious, especially for this school.

Because many people don't know that this school has always been proud of their home-school co-construction, and even has a special organizational name, reinforcing the concept of a community that parents and the school are closely connected and co-built.

And this email is a head-on slap in the face for the part they are most proud of.

However, today I don't want to talk too much about school, I just want to talk about school lunch, is it important?

In 2015, a friend recommended me to watch a documentary called "School Lunch in Japan - It's Not Just About Eating," which was viewed by 30 million people on the Internet.

The content is very simple, it is to follow a little girl and watch a lunch of elementary school students throughout the whole process. In 2021, another enhanced version came out and became a sensation again.

In the documentary, the student meal is also very simple, and the lunch is three: a large dish, a side dish and a soup. But "intention" is definitely not as simple as it seems.

For example, fried sea bream fillets.

Use disposable open barrels of cooking oil. The fried sea bream fillet should be temperature measured to ensure that there is no raw part inside, and the kitchen aunt loudly reports the temperature measurement data for recording. Finally, a delicious yuzu sauce is finished with a pouring of sea bream pieces.

The seemingly simple side dishes include pork, shredded carrots, and sesame seeds.

It must be mentioned that vegetable soup is not a "one-pot stew". The soup is made from kelp and bonito, but after the soup base is boiled, it is fished out, and the white foam on the noodles is removed, and the chicken, Chinese cabbage and tofu are put into the pot.

As a result, there is a heart-warming soup color that makes people feel full of appetite.

I said in such detail, not to let everyone learn to make nutritious meals, but to say that as long as it is for children, simple dishes can also be very careful.

Because it is also lunch, in some elementary schools it is not only a meal, but an important "food education".

Even if it is ordinary mashed potatoes, the potatoes used are organic food grown by children (many schools have vegetable fields); And the delicious food can ensure that everyone eats clean and does not waste...

Because every meal shows the sincerity of the heart for the next generation, this account-like documentary will sweep the entire network traffic every time it is launched.

Of course, if someone has to take advantage of the cultural differences between East and West and advocate children to live ascetic life, it is understandable that they can be more competitive in the future.

But for schools, it is still necessary to pay attention to meals, which is a sign of responsibility. Maybe the dishes are not rich, but even if it is just a sandwich, you can see from the combination of vegetables, eggs and meat, whether you are attentive to education.

Every time there is something "not in place", it cannot be shirked and said that this is a "cultural difference" between Chinese and foreign parents, and foreign countries are also doing this...

If you have to benchmark, why not go to lunch in the documentary?

Sometimes I get angry with my daughter and yell at her for reading so carelessly? She countered me that the classmates were not as good as her. I said, why don't you compare with those who are better than you?

And the school management has the same luck mentality as my children.

This mother's revelation, from the perspective of a bystander, I think she did not want to deliberately find trouble with the school, but just hoped that the school could face the problem squarely and the school would develop better.

As for why it is discussed in public, everyone also understands that in communication with schools, parents are mostly weak.

For this reason, attacking parents (except for normal discussions) seems to be limited in school temperament, and it also makes those parents who claim to "stand at the top of the contempt chain of the Royal Capital International School circle" lose their dignity.

Of course, education is purely a personal choice, and it is inevitable that there will be different views on this matter. There is no perfect school, and going or staying must be the best choice for you at the moment.

Summer worm was silent. But follow your heart and be well.

Many people have asked me, how is a good school?

I think there is "awe" for education. Always walk on thin ice for students' growth and parents' opinions, and constantly iteratively grow.

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