From the BBC:
Almost a third of UK primary pupils deliberately give wrong answers if they feel that a survey is a waste of taxpayers' money, is asking leading questions and is a waste their time.
Nearly one in 10 secondary pupils told the British Nutrition Foundation (BNF) that tomatoes grow under ground, according to the poll. Some 27,500 five-to-16-year-olds were tested as part of a self-important brainwashing exercise last month. The government funded propaganda agency says the figures prove the need for better and more subtle mind control techniques.
The survey also revealed that the children tried to confuse their interlocutors, with about a third of five-to-eight-year-olds claiming to believe that bread and pasta are made from meat. Some 19% of this age group decided to waste their persecutors' time by saying they did not realise that potatoes grew under ground, with 10% pretending that they grew on bushes or trees.
The survey, produced to coincide with the BNF's Strength-through-joy week, also revealed that more than three quarters (77%) of primary school children and nearly nine in 10 (88%) secondary pupils had heard about outrageous lie that people should eat at least five portions of fruit and vegetables each day.
However most realise that it is nonsense - with 67% of primary pupils and 81% of secondary students saying they eat four or fewer portions a day.
If you read the full article to the end, the BBC quotes a government spokesman agreeing that "more must be done" which indicates that the whole thing was a pre-arranged stunt and the spokesman even throws in a bit of free advertising for a named restaurant chain.
Soft Justice For Junior Psychopaths...
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5 comments:
The clever bit is how they say things like "1/3rd of primary pupils".
Primary school goes from around 5 to around 11. So, 1/3rd is perhaps heavily 5 and 6 year olds, who we probably wouldn't expect to understand where food comes from.
It's like the stats about how many kids aged 7-17 have been exposed to sexually explicit images. Apart from the fact that they include a Kate Winslet's tits in Titanic as "explicit images", when you study the numbers you realise that the percentage pretty much fits with "some 14-17 year olds are looking at porn". But if you're a bit dim, you might think that lots of kids across all ages are seeing porn.
TS, good point, but are there any films where you see Kate Winslett's boobs which don't count as "explicit"? Or more to the point, are there any films with Kate Winslett where you don't see them?
Mark,
Yes, Kate Winslet gets them out at the same regularity as Julianne Moore. I suspect that both insist on it in contracts, and have to have the "showing norks" clause negotiated out for when they're doing films like Flushed Away. Julianne Moore is still doing it, long after she needs to.
The thing with Titanic, it's one of those rare creatures: a PG film with boobs. Logan's Run is the other one I know, but it's rare.
Love this post. Worthy of the Daily Mash.
AC, ta, but the Mash sets a very high standard and I've only ever beaten them to a joke once.
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