FoodBanter.com - View Single Post - Op-ed: "The Real Problem With Lunch" (U.S. school lunches)

Julie Bove[_2_]

"tert in seattle" > wrote in message
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> wrote:
>> By BETTINA ELIAS SIEGEL JAN. 15, 2016
>>
>> Houston -- There's something about comparing America's school food to the
>> superior meals in other countries' schools that we seem to enjoy, in a
>> masochistic sort of way.
>
> yes, there is something about comparing the children in AMERICA to those
> children who live in socialist countries, where they will never grow up
> to enjoy shooting a gun, and will be forced to do exactly what their
> governments tell them to do from cradle to grave
>
> whereas here in AMERICA children can do what they please, which often
> means they can for example go across the street from their high schools
> and enjoy the freedom to choose from among the nutritious fast food
> offerings, from McDonald's to KFC to Panda Express, and pay less than
> seven dollars because the free market makes it possible

That's not always the case and there is often not food near the school.
They also have a limited lunch period. It's not even an hour.