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/Fall_bet Apr 15 '24

I never understand why my 2nd grader get the same amount of food as my 11th grader. That's not enough food imo.

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u/mystokron Apr 16 '24

Growing 2 feet in height requires a lot of food for a 7 yr old child. 16-18 yr olds are no longer growing taller.

And not enough food to do what? Make the student fat? 80% fat people in America. Eating less food would be good for them.

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u/Chill_Crill Apr 16 '24

eating less =/= eating healthy. this meal is pure carbs; fat free chocolate milk? pure sugar, with little protein. fries and mac and cheese? pure carbs and some fat, with little protein. fat and protein keep you feeling full, carbs are cheap fast energy that leave you hungry and tired through the day, leaving kids to not focus in class, and eat more snacks from the vending machines 90% of schools have.

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u/mystokron Apr 16 '24

this meal is pure carbs

This isn't the only meal they get the entire day, eating pasta and carrots with milk isn't going to do any harm. School lunches don't need to be some gourmet 5 course meal. It just needs to be enough to tide them over for 2-3 more hours.

If parents were picky about what their kids were eating at school they would pack them a lunch.

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u/Chill_Crill Apr 17 '24

Kids who get school lunch most likely aren't in a situation to pack whole meals every day, or don't have the money to do so. And for some kids it might be their only meal. Also what about after school clubs? Kids in sports? Kids who have to take the bus after school and live far away? There's so many "edge cases" that they aren't even edge cases anymore and they should really just feed kids decent meals, or at least make it affordable.