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Self reliance. Responsibilty for yourself. Not depending on the government for your food. Be careful there, Greg, that sounds like a Republican way of thinking. That doesn't seem like your norm. are you feeling ok?
I'm guessing he feels this way towards these kids because of their inherent "privilege". The people Greggy feels do not need to form an internal locus of control lack said "privilege", if you catch my drift.
At the school cafeteria where I work, the kids who get the regular "main line" (government) lunch have been supplementing it with extra food from the ala carte areas, like pizza, chicken sandwiches, buttered noodles, french fries, etc. (these items must be purchased with cash only). The lady who handles the french fry area was so swamped she couldn't keep up with the demand. The fruit and vegetables they are required to take on the main line still go into the trash or down the garbage disposal.
That ticks me off! If they were hungry they'd clean their plate like I was taught, instead of throwing it away.
These are a bunch of ungrateful brainwashed twits. Parents need to start providing for these punks, they can buy their lunch or bring it, it's up to them. They look perfectly capable of making their own sandwiches. 800 calories is plenty of food for one meal. School is about learning, not feeding you as if you are a group of homeless that have to depend on handouts. Parents need to quit supporting these indoctrination centers. Homeschool!
That ticks me off! If they were hungry they'd clean their plate like I was taught, instead of throwing it away.
These are a bunch of ungrateful brainwashed twits. Parents need to start providing for these punks, they can buy their lunch or bring it, it's up to them. They look perfectly capable of making their own sandwiches. 800 calories is plenty of food for one meal. School is about learning, not feeding you as if you are a group of homeless that have to depend on handouts. Parents need to quit supporting these indoctrination centers. Homeschool!
Its a proven fact kids that eat or have a healthy diet and exercise learn better 800 calories burns quick in active kids....
Its a proven fact kids that eat or have a healthy diet and exercise learn better 800 calories burns quick in active kids....
Ooohkey....how about 800 calories to sit in a desk for two or three periods after each meal? The only muscle they're exercising during that is the one between their ears. 800 for breakfast, 800 for lunch and 800 for supper or evening dinner meal????
2400 calories should see these kids safely and efficiently through a typical day of teenager life. I'm still not getting the problem here that is not of their own making. Either they're skipping breakfast and not coming home till the supper dishes are cleared due to hanging at the mall to avoid cleaning up chores or they're living on a secluded island somewhere and the next supply ship hasn't arrived yet.
Are we also to believe these high school kids are so active that they're busy with phys-ed classes and sports every single day? C'mon here folks; somethings not kosher with this position taken by the students.
When I was their age, it would have been incumbent upon me to augment my daily caloric intake through the realization I was hungry by 2 PM or some such and either pack a bigger lunch or hurry home after school to grab a bite. Making sure they aren't hungry while going to school isn't rocket science or the responsibility of anyone but themselves. Is it???
Yeah I did the math and 800 calories for one meal, 5 days a week, sounds about right. Those who need more have more outside of school. And just so you know, my kids didn't always like the food at school and sometimes forgot to bring food with them, in other word "they were hungry at school". And you know what? Being hungry for a couple hours isn't dangerous or bad. In fact, I'm kind of hungry right now but I'm not eating for 2 more hours.
I cannot read the attachent. Why are these kids so darn hungry?
Sixty years ago I was carrying my lunch to first grade. It was a ham and cheese sandwich. Now I carry my lunch to work. It is still a ham and cheese sandwich.
Self reliance seems not to match your socialist beliefs.
Here is a little thing that these kids from a tiny high school in northwestern Kansas put on YouTube in an effort to get a few people to see what they are going through these days. It is humorous but the athletes passing out in practice makes it appear nearly serious to me.
That is some good work by those kids. It really is a joke. Do you realize how much food is just being wasted because of this nonsense. They made a big deal at my kids school about how this year one vegie and one fruit is mandatory on all lunch plates and if the kids refuse them they are actually charged more. So they take it and throw it away. Can't make kids eat what they don't want.
Also as to the athletes passing out my oldest sons football coach told all the players to make sure they load up on energy bars and the like during the day or bring your lunch from home because the school lunches won't get it done. Actually said this at the pre season parents meeting too and shook his head while doing it because it's so ridiculous.
At the school cafeteria where I work, the kids who get the regular "main line" (government) lunch have been supplementing it with extra food from the ala carte areas, like pizza, chicken sandwiches, buttered noodles, french fries, etc. (these items must be purchased with cash only). The lady who handles the french fry area was so swamped she couldn't keep up with the demand. The fruit and vegetables they are required to take on the main line still go into the trash or down the garbage disposal.
And the last part of your post lists the sickest part of all this. Kids have to be made to understand that fruit and vegetables are healthful. I think that parents should take care of that and they should be very unhappy with the federal government deciding what schools serve. My wife keeps saying that the federally supplied supplies of old aren't there any more. If they were kids could eat some of that excess cheese that there was always plenty of in the old days.
My Representative keeps talking about 80% of the farm program being for food assistance so surely they do have some for school kids to eat.
I wouldn't want to be a football coach who has to try to get anything out of a kid with only 850 calories to get him through the afternoon and through practice. I sure wouldn't want to have them stuffing down snacks as they dress for practice either. I think I ran my teams enough when I coached football that we would have had plenty of them puking all over the place after eating the kind of snacks most of them eat.
This whole thing has to do with the federal government taking over another part of what belongs to state government. Also, obesity has never been caused by what those kids eat in school but what they get outside their school lunches mostly at home.
In basic training for the Army a buddy and I who liked to eat always sat near the trash cans and before they dumped untouched food others offered it to us instead of throwing it away. Boy did I get lots of broccoli, carrots, peas and other vegetables like that. I was never hungry like those who would't eat what they gave us and had to go to the snack bar to supplement. I gained 10 pounds and lost an inch around my waist in that 10 weeks. The food was good and I loved those kids who hadn't been away from mom's cooking very long. I had learned to eat many things in 4 years in college and most of those school kids will do so when they get away from home. I don't know about 5th graders. They have a long time before they get away from home.
Ooohkey....how about 800 calories to sit in a desk for two or three periods after each meal? The only muscle they're exercising during that is the one between their ears. 800 for breakfast, 800 for lunch and 800 for supper or evening dinner meal????
2400 calories should see these kids safely and efficiently through a typical day of teenager life. I'm still not getting the problem here that is not of their own making. Either they're skipping breakfast and not coming home till the supper dishes are cleared due to hanging at the mall to avoid cleaning up chores or they're living on a secluded island somewhere and the next supply ship hasn't arrived yet.
Are we also to believe these high school kids are so active that they're busy with phys-ed classes and sports every single day? C'mon here folks; somethings not kosher with this position taken by the students.
When I was their age, it would have been incumbent upon me to augment my daily caloric intake through the realization I was hungry by 2 PM or some such and either pack a bigger lunch or hurry home after school to grab a bite. Making sure they aren't hungry while going to school isn't rocket science or the responsibility of anyone but themselves. Is it???
I don't know about time schedules at that high school that made the video but I do know that football players usually need more in the way of energy than just plain students. The other athletes in that video were volleyball players and am sure that those girls run about as much as football players. In that school those kids are lucky in that most of them go directly to practice and are active. However, in the school that my wife taught at school got out about 3:45 and practice started at 4:00. Where do kids get snacks with that kind of schedule. They took candy machines out of that school over 5 years ago. Now nothing but bottled water.
I am sure that that you were an athlete while in school as can be seen by your last sentence, second paragraph.
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That doesn't seem like your norm. are you feeling ok?
