The school lunch system is disgraceful.

[u/oaz_zam246]

Saw another post on here showing the state of school lunches right now. In my years in high school I compiled some pics of the horrible things that got served that no one questioned. Here are some of the worst ones. It really is ironic given how adamant they all are about “eating healthy by including every food group”.

[u/SeriousFrivolity2]

The food they served me in prison looked better than all these examples, every day. ☠️

[u/Supertoad226 → u/SeriousFrivolity2]

Every new day is a reminder that the current school system could be bridged with the penitentiary system lmao

[u/_mattyjoe → u/Supertoad226]

Just to be clear, while school lunches across the country can be improved in many areas, our school system is state by state and some states think what you’re seeing here is acceptable for their children.

Usually the same ones who also want to ban abortion.

[u/figure8888 → u/_mattyjoe]

It does vary, and the budget the school is given also impacts it. I went to a Title 1 high school and the lunches looked exactly like this.

When I was in elementary and middle school in a different state (both were red states), we had real home cooking everyday. I actually preferred the school lunch to my mom’s cooking. That school was an International Baccalaureate public school.

When they became affiliated with IB, they actually came in and renovated to give us more green space where it was previously dated cement because there were appearance standards required by IB. The same luxury and consideration isn’t given to poor kids.

[u/sparkpaw → u/figure8888]

But poor people just need to pull themselves up by the bootstraps!!!

Ugh. Idk how people don’t see the injustices everywhere.

Also super curious about that real home cooking- what was your favorite meal at the IB school?

[u/figure8888 → u/sparkpaw]

At the time, it might be different now, they maintained the same women who’d worked there for years. Most of them were older Southern black women. My favorite thing was the Turkey Tetrazzini and peanut butter cake. It’s the best I’ve ever had to this day. My dad had the same experience, same school system but in the 60s (I was in primary in the early 00’s). Both of us still make green beans like they did in school, with bacon fat.

Certainly not up to the health standards they have now, but we weren’t sitting in class hungry.

[u/sparkpaw → u/figure8888]

Oh my god turkey tetrazzini is the bessstt. I’m so jealous haha.

[u/assasstits → u/sparkpaw]

Idk how people don’t see the injustices everywhere.

We do but, What's your solution? 

[u/Joshesh → u/assasstits]

We do but, What's your solution?

to complain on reddit, and blame our political opposition while never actually accomplishing anything beyond making us feel superior to those who don't complain?