On Mar 31, 12:42*pm, Janet Baraclough >
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> > On Mar 27, 3:05*pm, Joseph Littleshoes > wrote:
> > > Pinstripe Sniper wrote:
> > > > DOh! *I missed it (Friday @ 9pm) but will probably track an online
> > > > copy down and watch it. *I saw the "preview" earlier in the week and
> > > > it seemed worthwhile.
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> > > > Did anyone see it? Thoughts?
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> > > I watched bits and pieces of it, but found it "preachy" boring and it
> > > seemed to me he had an awful lot of *self congratulatory "look at me"
> > > sort of attitude going on, how the show was such a "sacrifice" for him
> > > and how noble he is for making the personal sacrifice to make the show.
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> > > A bit like Gordon Ramsy and his "hells Kitchen" but more political.
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> > > JL
> > I watched it and enjoyed it - he deserves some ego, seein' as how he's
> > improved the UK schools where he's tried his new approach.
> > However, if he makes any improvement in that negative Huntington WV
> > bunch, I'll be amazed. *What a bunch of know-nothings - if I were the
> > town's PTB, I'd be upset at what was shown - you can't tell me there
> > aren't some positive, smart people in that town.
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> *That's *a pattern he has used successfully in the past; start with *the
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> and turn things around, at least for some. One of his previous series
> was about taking *unemployed *teens
> and *training them to be top chefs
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> * *http://www.channel4.com/life/microsites/J/jamie/
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As to those youngsters watching all the chicken parts that he made
into "nuggets," it would have helped if the parents - especially the
arguably lazy cooks in that school, the woman in charge of
"nutrition" (rice and bread, both required in a single meal?), the
mayor and the principal - had been there for that demonstration.

N.