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Walking into the school cafeteria is no different day after day. I would wait in the only line available and notice the same people skipping the line each time. I always felt the need to say something but being a shy 8 year old, I kept to myself. As I waited, I always thought about how much happier I would be if my mother actually had time to pack my lunch everyday. Not that there was anything wrong with school lunch. Well, except that one time when I threw up the Mexican pizza. Anyway, as I walked through the line, I remembered what day it was. Friday was the most sought out day when it came to school lunch. No, it wasn't because of the pepperoni pizza or cheeseburgers being served. It was the day we were able to get an order of extra fries. Never was there a Friday morning when I didn't ask my mother for a dollar to get those babies.
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I forgot that my best friend was absent for the third day in a row. I ignored the teasing I got for wearing red shoes with my favorite blue overalls and a mini Cosby sweater. Whether it was rainy or super sunny out, I didn't care. At that moment, nothing was an issue.
Of course, good things never last. After lunch, the good feeling slowly went away. It was time for recess but nothing exciting was happening so off to the swings I went. Standing next to the only available swing was Theodore, the fourth grade bully. I figured if I didn't make any eye contact, there would be no problems. Boy, was I wrong.
“Hey, these are mine!”, he said standing in the way. Looking down, I ignored him and walked around to get on the swing. I started swinging slowly with no hopes of going too high. I noticed Theo walking behind me but didn't understand
Lunch time is a time to take a break from the day and recharge for the rest of the day. In elementary schools it is also a time to meet up with your friends and socialize. Lunch time is not only time to eat. It is important for the mental, social, and emotional health of the children as well. Children need them chance to unwind and destress, which is promoted by socializing with friends. “Lunch should be an enjoyable part of the school day for students, offering a break from classroom work and a place to relax, socialize, and become nourished.”("The Cafeteria: Creating a Positive Mealtime Experience", 2013) Lunch time should be done in a setting where
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In Ted Talk, according to Ann Cooper, we have to change school lunches and educate children about a food by creating farming class, so they can verify what foods are benefit for themselves, and they are able to avoid unhealthy foods. There are two types of foods: healthy foods and unhealthy foods. Healthy foods equal to organic foods which are fresh as an element of healthy foods. In contrast, unhealthy foods equal to processed foods that contain chemicals. The USDA allows all of processed foods that are harmful to our children. According to the USDA, the USDA stands for United States Department of Agriculture that controls our food system. Cooper stated that we have to be ashamed for our food system as the richest country. The U.S. spends
“Our Schools need to start teaching kids how to be healthy.”- Unknown. School lunches have created a chronic problem in a school setting, and since it hasn't been fixed, 6-11 year olds have had a 17% increased chance of becoming obese (Centers for Disease control and Prevention). Most school districts don't even bother changing the food restrictions just so they can please their students. Unhealthy school lunches are a huge problem among children in the United States, it can cause obesity, stress, and many other problems.
“More than a third of the county's children are overweight or obese.”(Gustin, 1). As shocking as this is, it's true. One of the big reasons that children and teens are overweight is because of the foods that they eat. They are fed these fattening and unhealthy foods by the school system. Their futures can be changed if we change our choices. Having more nutritious lunches can have a positive impact on the health of American teens.
For my research I used Berkner High Schools B lunch, on Thursday January 5, 2017. The cafeteria is very big, and is filled with many tables, and seats. At the front of the cafeteria students line up in different lines to get their food. A lot of the time in the back of the cafeteria clubs, sports, and other school related organizations advertise or give information about what is going on at the school in the near future. There is also staff such ad principles, janitors, and police officers walking around checking on the students, to make sure there are not any unnecessary disruptions.
...rition, but it is up to the students to take the foods offered and actually consume the proper nutrients. School lunches that abide by the National School Lunch Program guidelines encourage proper nutrition for students because they contain numerous fruits and vegetables, whole grains and meat or meat alternates, low-fat dairy and water, limited amounts of fat, limited sodium, appropriate portion sizes, and healthy calorie amounts. Schools are still able to offer many of the foods they offered in the past; the catch is that they must follow the updated nutritional guidelines of the National School Lunch Program. In conclusion, those slices of pizza, cheeseburgers, chicken strips, chocolate milk, French fries, chocolate chip cookies, and spaghetti, which are served to students for school lunch all around the nation, may not be so bad for students’ health after all.
President Harry Truman initiated The School Lunch Program (NSLP) in 1946, it was established under the National School Lunch Act. The program provides nutritionally balanced, low‐cost lunches to more than 32 million boys and girls each school day.The NSLP ensures the nutrition,portion, and safety of our children food, over the years do to the rise of childhood obesity the The USDA School Lunch Program is constantly evolving to meet the needs of our youth. Many concerned citizens, such as Eric schlosser author of Fast Food Nation believes that the USDA is not providing our children with the right nourishment. Many parents are taking it into their own hand and creating and joining advocacy groups. It is crucial that our youth receive nutrient
Wu, Sarah. Fed up with Lunch: How One Anonymous Teacher Revealed the Truth about School Lunches--and How to Change Them! San Francisco, CA: Chronicle, 2011. E
Every student in all grades were able to leave during the time a scheduled class did not occupy. (Saslow, Linda. “Schools split on “open campus” NYtimes.com). Open campus lunch is the allowance of high school students to leave off the premises to a local restaurant for the duration of lunch. School districts in America have opposed open campus lunch benefits due to common knowledge and concern for potential student endangerment. A reason why schools should change educational environment would be to accommodate what students’ need to create comfortable working conditions. Old school methods included the repetitive process of helping students through daily material every day of the week with one break. Off campus school lunch was an unknown factor to high schools back
While nutritionists praised the changes, local students were not so pleased. School lunch participation in the district dropped by the thousands, and school administrators said many students were simply throwing away their milk and entrees.” This evidence supports the reason that students would be able to purchase a more appetizing lunch because it shows that students would prefer more unhealthy food options than the healthy food that cafeterias are forcing students to eat, and even though the cafeterias want students to eat healthier food, the plan is not working because students just choose to throw away their lunches instead. Allowing students to purchase off campus lunch would solve their problem of having to eat a disgusting lunch. But wait!
But, if they do not like the food served, they won’t eat so they starve for the rest of the school day, which can lead to not focusing on class, feeling sick, and eating too much at dinner. The final reason our school should get a new lunch menu is because there are many problems with the food. For example, many students say the food is cold, fake, and disgusting. Students, Jordyn Gilbert and Leah Gelik, found mold on the lettuce in the salad.
I was not shocked at the results but after seeing the numbers I became aware of the issue at hand. Of the one hundred five responses 42.9% eat lunch at school everyday, while 17.1 % never eat school lunch, and the rest eat it four, three, or two times a week. The data suggest that most people rely on school lunches to fill them up. Some of the reasons that 17.1 % do not eat school lunch can be due to distaste of school lunch, or the less quantity. Of the 42.9% of people that get school lunch 34 said it tastes bad and 10 said it taste very bad.
School lunch has been a major issue because of the lack of nutrients and real food given to students. The government controls what is being served in schools. The federal government began getting involved with the school lunch program during the 1930s. Clearly that was a complete fail because the federal government had no constitutional role in school lunches. The lunch was getting worse that students started protesting about the calories they wanted it reduce and way better food. Michelle Obama designed a program to improve the lunch nutrition standards. Some people have compared Americans school lunch menu with other countries and our food is one of the worst. If we do not start changing our school menus it can lead to health issues.
At lunch time, I wander now. using the tape player in any open classroom and get into screaming matches with people, it's all just little kid fun anyway. Lunchtime isn't the same anymore. I wish the teacher had never found us. Even to this day, I go to the drainpipe.