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The government could limit us what we can eat.. those scanners print out everything we buy.. if we bought too many cookies , the scanner would refuse to scan with a buzzer , meaning we consumed our limit of cookies for the month and it would be cast aside to be placed back on the shelf. It could happen.. the food police , but this system could be put in place saying it was due to shortage of sugar or flour.. lying to us as the government don't really have to tell us the truth. They are now dictating to us what we can and cannot do already. And it could also be , to stop people from hoarding food in a so called crisis.
Do you really think the Obama phone lady will care...she is probably not listening and in line for the food bank and other ways to get stuff for free.
Exactly. She doesn't care.That is why we need to make sure they have healthy meals and education as well so we don't have millions more of the phone lady. Would you rather just moan and whine or be part of the solution?
No, it will do little since there seems to be a large number of Parents that do not teach their children the things they should be learning at home, like eating more healthy foods.
So why do it at all? If it's not going to change anything what is the point of throwing all that money at something that will accomplish absolutely nothing in the end?
I would have eaten almost anything when I was a kid in school. We were as poor as dirt. I would have eaten 10 year old cheese Whiz and Spam and said thank you.
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It may be the only meal they get and can use the extra calories. There is no one size fits all meal plan and it's foolish to believe there is.
The 6'5 215 lb football player with practice right after school needs far more calories than his 5'2 115 lb classmate.
Which kind of destroys your argument. You cant feed everyone like a 6'5 football player.
Also, at my school, the football players all ate breakfast(something not even offered to the other 1200 kids at my school.) They also ate after practice as well.
Kids will eat what they are used to eating at home. I used to work at a Title 1 school where the majority of the kids were Mexican and Haitian. Burgers???? lol They HATED burgers. The school served, and cooked from scratch, meals that these kids were used to eating: from burritos (breakfast and otherwise), tacos, black beans and rice, to jerk chicken.
Once a month they had Cuban Sandwich day. Signs said, "Teachers place YOUR orders early". Yes, staff ordered that one which was cooked (no mystery cold cuts) by the "lunch ladies", and served on real pressed Cuban bread. I always ordered that myself!
Kids don't like fruit? Try "Pineapple Week". I don't mean CANNED either. Each day the cafeteria staff made a different meal with fresh pineapple. Of course, the kids could also get pineapple chucks (fresh) in a cup. These specials always sold out. Yes, the teachers ordered these too.
Restaurant at school? Well, the majority of these kids were poor and serving them a good healthy lunch, which they would actually EAT, might be the best meal of the day they had. A hungry child is not going to be able to concentrate and learn.
I would have eaten almost anything when I was a kid in school. We were as poor as dirt. I would have eaten 10 year old cheese Whiz and Spam and said thank you.
Exactly. We were quite poor as well and the thoughts of a nutritious lunch being made available to us at school would be like a dream come true.
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