small school food rant
so basically let me get this straight.
school cafeteria food has a reputation for being horrible almost everywhere. sure, there’s the lucky excpetions, but most schools provide their students with shitty non-nourishing foods that only damage their health.
the first problem is is that this is a massive waste of resources that if put to good use, could actually be good and edible, however the process the food goes through and the circumstances it’s served at severly damage their quality and general goodness. In my school, people often cannot finish their food because they:
don’t have enough time (most days we only have fifteen minutes to eat - this includes pushing your way to the cafeteria and standing in line)
or straight up cannot/don’t eat the food because it is, to put it simply, disgusting
serving the same dish four times in one month is not okay. wasting money and resources and things that aren’t even gonna be used is not okay.
quality of food, nourishment and other factors that come from eating normal meals effect a lot of things including our body but also mind’s health. these things are not to be taken lightly.
they say they cut the time because they wanna make more time for education or to shorten lines, well maybe if schools actually put the resources into making spaces that fit the amount of students, it wouldn’t be as difficult to get your food.
and the more study time argument is just stupid. since when is learning about things eighty percent of which we aren’t even going to use ever again for the rest of our lives more important than the health of not only the future generation but also the earth?
of course these experiences are not universal to every student of the planet. if you happen to come by this post, please share what your student cafeteria was like.