234 wrote Might not apply to all schools, but i had to make it. I find it so funny how schools preach good health, and how they always try to teach that health is key and all other things. The funny thing is though, how they don't allow it. For my school atleast, my meal consists of chicken nuggets, tater tots chocolate milk and some like frozen juice. also, for the honor kids they don't make them have to graduate with a year of physical education. Its stupid, and as they talk about a healthy lifestyle, they also preaching to go buy some pizza from the concession stand and a candy bar from the vending machine. It is so stupid.
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Even though I love junk food. My school does not have any healthy items. Most people get the greased up pizza or hamburgers. Then on the side of pop and chips. Then after that meal they have a snack line. Which consist of ice cream, churros, candy, and other junk food. Most people use that line everyday. They try to preach that eating good is a good way of life. But they don't do anything to help it.

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234 wrote Might not apply to all schools, but i had to make it. I find it so funny how schools preach good health, and how they always try to teach that health is key and all other things. The funny thing is though, how they don't allow it. For my school atleast, my meal consists of chicken nuggets, tater tots chocolate milk and some like frozen juice. also, for the honor kids they don't make them have to graduate with a year of physical education. Its stupid, and as they talk about a healthy lifestyle, they also preaching to go buy some pizza from the concession stand and a candy bar from the vending machine. It is so stupid.
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Even though I love junk food. My school does not have any healthy items. Most people get the greased up pizza or hamburgers. Then on the side of pop and chips. Then after that meal they have a snack line. Which consist of ice cream, churros, candy, and other junk food. Most people use that line everyday. They try to preach that eating good is a good way of life. But they don't do anything to help it.

Exactly, i live a healthy lifestyle so i bring lunch, but it's just so funny how two sided it is.

You have to realize that the school can not control what you eat. If you feel like eating a candy bar, then you can go buy one or something along that line. But, the truth is. You would spend more money on the candy bar and pizza or whatever you buy than getting it from the lunch line. My school charges around $3 for a lunch and I have spent around $5 each day because the food is just terrible so I go to the vending machines and buy a powerade ($1.25) some cheez-its ($2) and an actual food item out of the machine. It is your choice to eat or not. The school is there to provide whatever you want to eat. You choose what you eat, not them.

This is exactly what happens at my school. except the "not having to take a phys ed class to graduate"

Liability wrote You have to realize that the school can not control what you eat. If you feel like eating a candy bar, then you can go buy one or something along that line. But, the truth is. You would spend more money on the candy bar and pizza or whatever you buy than getting it from the lunch line. My school charges around $3 for a lunch and I have spent around $5 each day because the food is just terrible so I go to the vending machines and buy a powerade ($1.25) some cheez-its ($2) and an actual food item out of the machine. It is your choice to eat or not. The school is there to provide whatever you want to eat. You choose what you eat, not them.

Yes, but if you preach it, you should do the actions of what your preaching.
For example, if someone who thinks gay marriage should be allowed, and preaches how it should be legal, but then goes and starts a bill making it illegal, should that happen?

British healthy food chef Jamie Oliver tried to fix school meals in the US, allowing hand prepared full meals but the education boards in the states he tried to work in shut him down. So enjoy the gruel.

When I was in high school, they took away the salt, pepper, vinegar, and most of the other condiments. They also started baking the fries instead instead of frying them, but when the fries were done, there was nothing left in them, just crackers that looked like fries. My friend was always wondering why they didn't sell water in cartons so you could choose that instead of milk.

I never ate school lunches though so I guess I'm not an "expert" on the subject.

My school is different.

They preach healthy food, and they try to serve it.

All break that is served is wheat bread. They no longer serve fries, and a potato is only served once a week. We have a salad bar, and snack machines that have "healthy" choices: carrots, granola bars, water, naked juice, pretzels. With every lunch they make you take fruit hoping you will eat it.

Although their choices arnt always the healthiest, they do what they can to try.