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It absolutely floors me that children are forced by law to attend school and they don't automatically get a hot meal. That's irresponsible.
by ThomW 1y ago
It absolutely floors me that children are forced by law to attend school and they don't automatically get a hot meal. That's irresponsible.
- analog31 1y agoA weird aspect of my childhood: I brought a sandwich to lunch every day when I was in school. At first, my mom made it, but very quickly it became my own job, not that it was particularly difficult. The school had subsidized lunches and milk. I always brought a nickel for milk. The teacher collected everybody's lunch money at the start of the day. That way, it was utterly opaque who was getting it for free. A simple system, appropriate for the times. But I remember that my lunch was always better than the grim school lunch, and I always wondered: Why can't they ditch the hot lunch, and just give everybody a nice sandwich, and a piece of fruit, which is better? I'm sure there are good arguments for the hot lunch, but still it's counterintuitive to me. And 55 years later, I still bring a sandwich, or leftovers, for lunch, and skip the hot meal at the company cafeteria.
- ViscountPenguin 1y agoHere in Australia packed lunches are the standard, but something like a Japanese or Russian school lunch seems obviously superior in my mind. At the very least I wish my school had let kids use the microwave, cold leftovers get a bit disappointing over time.