American School Lunches Compared To Lunches Around The World
American School Lunches Compared To Lunches Around The World
Are other countries school lunches better than America’s? Cheeseburgers, broccoli, apple slices, and milk, just a couple of things on a typical American school lunch tray. Portrayed to be one of the most healthiest and delicious meal. However when you compare an American school lunch to any other countries school lunch, the results can be very eye-opening.
According to the School of Thought editors(2012) American school lunches have gotten so bad that some students have even started to boycott their school lunch by bringing a sack lunch to school instead of buying the lunch provided by the school. Most of the students have done this because of the lack of quality and quantity and feel like the National School Lunch Program has changed their school lunches for the worst. The boycotting of school lunches only started with 20 people and has quickly spread to more than 300 students.
Another source, Rebbeca Klein(2014) says that children all over America have taken their unsatisfying school lunches to social media using the hashtag ThanksMichelleObama. This hashtag is mainly used on twitter by posting a photo of a …show more content…
There were many different depictions of school lunches from countries around the world. They all had something in common except for America’s lunch. France, Ukraine, Spain, Italy, Finland, Brazil, South Korea, and Greece depictions all had at least two vegetables and fresh fruit whereas American lunches only had one vegetables and a fruit cup that is filled with sugar and to top it all off, a chocolate chip cookie as well.. Sweetgreen says that, “School cafeterias are one of the biggest areas of opportunity that exists in the battle against childhood
Are other countries school lunches better than America’s? Cheeseburgers, broccoli, apple slices, and milk, just a couple of things on a typical American school lunch tray. Portrayed to be one of the most healthiest and delicious meal. However when you compare an American school lunch to any other countries school lunch, the results can be very eye-opening.
According to the School of Thought editors(2012) American school lunches have gotten so bad that some students have even started to boycott their school lunch by bringing a sack lunch to school instead of buying the lunch provided by the school. Most of the students have done this because of the lack of quality and quantity and feel like the National School Lunch Program has changed their school lunches for the worst. The boycotting of school lunches only started with 20 people and has quickly spread to more than 300 students.
Another source, Rebbeca Klein(2014) says that children all over America have taken their unsatisfying school lunches to social media using the hashtag ThanksMichelleObama. This hashtag is mainly used on twitter by posting a photo of a …show more content…
There were many different depictions of school lunches from countries around the world. They all had something in common except for America’s lunch. France, Ukraine, Spain, Italy, Finland, Brazil, South Korea, and Greece depictions all had at least two vegetables and fresh fruit whereas American lunches only had one vegetables and a fruit cup that is filled with sugar and to top it all off, a chocolate chip cookie as well.. Sweetgreen says that, “School cafeterias are one of the biggest areas of opportunity that exists in the battle against childhood