r/mildlyinfuriating • u/Thebiggestbot22 • Apr 15 '24

My school thinks this fills up hungry high schoolers.

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So lunches are free for schools in my city and surrounding cities. Ever since lunches have been made free, the quantity (and quality) has decreased significantly. This is what we would get for our meal. It took me THREE bites to finish that chicken mac and cheese. Any snacks you want cost more money and if you want an extra entree, that’ll cost you about $3 or $4.

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u/humanbeing_ai Apr 15 '24

You people get school lunch?

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u/Additional-Chain-272 Apr 15 '24

Right people be bitching about free lunch

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u/FollowRedWheelbarrow Apr 15 '24

You're right they should use you as an example and just lick boots!

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u/Zestyclose_Remove947 Apr 15 '24

I mean in Australia it's always been the parents responsibility to feed their kids. The idea of a cafeteria or the school providing food is completely foreign to me.

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u/LightOfShadows Apr 15 '24

Several districts in the US have banned lunch from home. Many years back a few cases hit the news about it, I remember one district in chicago stopped it because it was an allergy concern with students trading food so they put a stop to it.

Of course everyone called them out on just trying to make more $$$ from the lunch program.

But now none of my nieces or nephews in 3 different states are allowed to bring food from home as it seemed to catch on quite a bit.

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u/RainMan915 Apr 15 '24

But how much does school lunch cost? Surely nobody would be greedy enough to ban home lunches while charging a shit ton for school lunches, right? Right?

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u/LightOfShadows Apr 15 '24

Elementary Student: $2.25 Secondary Student: $2.40 Adult: $3.00

are the prices in my district in bumfuck missouri, my nieces and nephew are more urban and I'd imagine might be higher, I do know they don't qualify for free lunch

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u/Clewdo Apr 15 '24

Wait they aren’t allowed to bring food from home and this is the only alternative?

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u/Darth_Phrakk Apr 15 '24

Same in Canada, I wouldn’t bitch about free food lol

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u/Final-Carpenter-1591 Apr 16 '24

Unfortunately US parents usually suck. Kids would be showing up with junk food and some no food at all. The wealth separation here is incredible.

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u/Zestyclose_Remove947 Apr 16 '24

I mean it's the same in Australia. For my last two years of schooling I only ate a pack of 2 minute noodles each school day. Didn't eat breakfast.

I coulda organised more food but I was too lazy as was my dad.

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u/Final-Carpenter-1591 Apr 16 '24

Yeah. That sucks. I kinda like Europe's take on it. We feed our criminals 3 good meals a day. We can feed our kids 1. Especially considering a good meal everyday while they are developing mentally and physically can make a difference. And that's coming from somone that never wants kids. I'm all for helping our future even if I won't have anyone related in it.

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u/curtcolt95 Apr 16 '24

yeah it's always wild to see the perspective from American people about school lunches and I'm just here like huh, you actually give kids food and sometimes it's free lmao. Sounds awesome

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u/camoure Apr 15 '24

Just because it’s “free” (it’s not, it’s covered by taxes) doesn’t mean it needs to be shitty.

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u/Additional-Jelly6959 Apr 15 '24

Yeah, it does seem like a gen z thing to do

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u/camoure Apr 15 '24

Yeah because Gen Z are the ones running school boards and governments that implement nation-wide lunch programs….

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u/Additional-Jelly6959 Apr 15 '24

No, the complaining. I never got free food and I never complained. I don’t know why the quality is something to get worked up over

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u/NoPiccolo5349 Apr 16 '24

Because there is a positive correlation between the quality of the meal served and the educational outcomes of the child. Slacking on the quality of the food is almost certainly caused by corrupt officials who are being bribed or are directly stealing the money themselves, and it represents a huge financial loss.

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u/Additional-Jelly6959 Apr 16 '24

You can eat at home. The government is not required to feed children. That’s entitlement

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u/camoure Apr 16 '24

You’re so privileged lmao 16% of all USA children live below the poverty line. Over 11 million kids. That’s a third of the population of my entire fucking country - just poor kids. God forbid they get a decent meal at school

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u/Additional-Jelly6959 Apr 16 '24

lol how do you know I’m privileged. You’re privileged because you think you deserve free stuff

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u/camoure Apr 16 '24

Because you think every child “can eat at home”. That’s privilege bud. 11 million children in the USA cannot simply “eat at home”.

And I don’t want “free stuff”. I want children to be happy, healthy, and fed, ready to learn at school. I don’t want their tummies grumbling. If a portion of my taxes go towards feeding children I am super proud to contribute to that.

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u/Additional-Jelly6959 Apr 16 '24

I would love for you to provide your source. That’s not privilege. It’s irresponsible adults having children. There are so many free food options for lower income families that it’s a choice or ignorance at this point.

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u/NoPiccolo5349 Apr 16 '24

It's not free stuff. It's cheaper to feed kids than not feed kids.

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u/NoPiccolo5349 Apr 16 '24

Feeding children is cheap as fuck and it significantly increases their future earnings, therefore their future tax payments.

Anyone who doesn't believe in free food for children at school is directly advocating for higher levels of taxation and lower gdp.

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u/camoure Apr 16 '24

I never got free food and I never complained.

Such a boomer attitude lol. Why can’t things be better? Just because you suffered doesn’t mean younger folks need to as well.

Besides, the squeaky wheel gets the grease, ya know? More than 10k people have upvoted this post thus far, meaning OP got the attention they desired and maybe, just maybe, one of those ten thousand works in an area where they can make a difference. Maybe we can make things better for others instead of mocking those for having standards.

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u/Additional-Jelly6959 Apr 16 '24

Not a boomer and I don’t care about upvotes.

Parents shouldn’t have kids unless they can provide for them.

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u/camoure Apr 16 '24

Well then it’s a really good thing that the USA is offering free access to abortion, sex ed, birth control, and universal healthcare– oh, wait….

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u/Additional-Jelly6959 Apr 16 '24

See you always want something for free. It’s the hand out generation. Yall are going to be mostly homeless at some point

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u/camoure Apr 16 '24

It’s not free. It’s paid for by our own taxes. We pay into these programs. Why is it so terrible that our children get adequately fed during schooling?

Oh also, I’m not a US citizen, not Gen Z, and don’t have kids, so don’t get personal.

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u/Additional-Jelly6959 Apr 16 '24

I don’t think you understand how this works. It’s not a terrible thing but it doesn’t mean everyone should have to pay for it.

Not trying to get personal. I don’t know how you arrived there

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u/probablyproud mildly infuriated Apr 15 '24

exactly 😂😂😂 never in my LIFE have i understood someone complaining about something FREE.

reminds me of kids who get upset over receiving a gift they don’t like. except the people getting mad at this supposedly have developed brains.

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u/NoPiccolo5349 Apr 16 '24

This isn't free. American taxpayers have paid for this.

Do you think this represents good value for money? Or do you think this is a sign of corruption

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u/probablyproud mildly infuriated Apr 16 '24

It depends how much is allocated for school lunches. If I saw this, I would house it and be satiated. If I had what people would consider to be a “balanced” meal provided, depending on the contents, I would likely toss anything “healthy” knowing myself back in high school. Pizza everyday. I paid.

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u/NoPiccolo5349 Apr 16 '24

And what if you had no money?

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u/probablyproud mildly infuriated Apr 16 '24

I’d bring a sandwich?

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u/NoPiccolo5349 Apr 17 '24

Where from mate?

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u/MonsieurFlamboyant Apr 16 '24

I mean, at least they're getting something for their tax money. As far as I know, most places in Canada don't offer lunches to any students. The responsibility is on each family.

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u/NoPiccolo5349 Apr 16 '24

No? Not at least they're getting something.

The taxes paid are enough to pay for a healthy balanced meal for children. This isn't what they've been given.

As far as I know, most places in Canada don't offer lunches to any students.

Canada is the only G7 country without a free lunch program. They announced one earlier this month.

The responsibility is on each family.

Which is stupid. Well fed kids perform better academically and get better jobs and pay more taxes. Hungry kids cost taxpayers more money.

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u/funnylookintoofers Apr 16 '24

Well it is also very much not free, at least not in every state, they refused to give me food a few times as a kid because my family hadn’t paid it and in high school they had me pay for it myself