“Whatever the reasons may be that we are not allowed the freedom of choosing where and what we want to eat, let us prove to you that teenagers can be responsible, cautious and, more importantly, mature adults.” (http://www.mlive.com/opinion/kalamazoo/index.ssf/2008/10/should_high_schools_have_open.html )
Even though there is a possibility of students leaving for home during lunch and not coming back, students should be allowed to leave campus and eat where we please. We are served repulsive, bland, and over-processed food then expected to pay for it.
We are given the “wonderful variety” of choices for lunch at school such as, Bringing lunch, Eating the lunch the school so “kindly” provides, Sneaking off campus or not eating at all. The
Wandering kids. Bumper to bumper traffic. Drug dealing. Is this the picture drawn when local students have fifty minutes of freedom during lunch to do whatever they please? Students should not be allowed to leave their school campus during lunch. An open campus would lead to truancy, disturb local businesses and neighborhoods, and cause crime.
Most students would love to have off-campus lunch, just like many other students at other schools or in other countries do. If the other schools in the country offer an open-campus lunch, why can’t the Oak Creek High School student body also have an open-campus lunch? With certain restrictions, policies, and rules set, the student body and faculty of Oak Creek High School should be allowed the privilege of an open-campus lunch program. So if the student body is responsible and capable of handling these privileges, why can’t the Oak Creek High School student body and faculty also have an open-campus lunch?
The right to the student should be guaranteed to open campus lunch. We are living in a failed experiment, that is the government controlling the school lunch. It is time to step out of the failed experiment and do another experiment, only this time successful. Student should be allowed to have open campus lunch.
Recently closed campus has been an argument at our school lately. Should a student have the choice to leave campus? Yes it’s a great idea but lately the school board has been putting it in our heads that that is a bad idea. Students love an open campus it gives them variety. They hate the idea of eating the same unappealing meal every day. Lunch gives students a moment to blow off steam and have some free time. Open campus gives students the time to learn to be more responsible.
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At State University, the school has a set of certain hours that one is able to go to the cafeteria. However, those hours only comply with the workers and the students no matter what. To many of the students, and others as well, those hours are not compliable to their schedule. Students are left with hunger, having no choice than to be late to class to go buy a snack or go off campus to buy fast food, when not necessary. Not all the students have the same class schedule which should be able to allow different cafeteria hours to comply to everyone's needs, not only certain people.
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The intake of proper nutrients helps balance the maintenance of bodily functions; supporting the longevity of a healthy lifestyle. (Denton, Carolyn. “How does food Impact Health?” www.takingcharge.csh.umn.edu). With constant technological advance in the world, it is important to become aware of how frequent the world changes daily in preparation for self-maturity. What is a more effective way to approach the real world than to have a direct experience? The researcher will address the topic on why community high schools in America should allow its students off campus during lunch. Allowing children to have a better lunch option could help educational strength as well as attend to other essential needs. (Anderson, Melinda. “Do healthy lunches
Those who say that the meal plans currently being offered allow for a large assortment of foods available to students during the meals are correct. However, when they say ...
So students and teachers have begun to fight back. "Recently, students have been protesting changes in school lunch programs" (Vanyo). For example, "One Kansas high school even created a video parody titled "We Are Hungry" to object to the new regulations" (Vanyo). Some teachers are even arguing this decision. One elementary school teacher even said, "As an elementary school kitchen manager, I will tell you, the kids throw away the majority of the food we are mandated to give them" ("Should the"). This decision is not very beneficial to most schools. "The schools are making less money from lunch accounts because the kids bring their own lunches everyday" ("Should the"). So as you can see, students nor teachers benefit from the changes that are being made in school
WALKING TO SCHOOL ALONE There have been plenty of debates over the past few years about how much freedom children should be allowed at a particular age. One divisive area, in particular, seems to centre around what age is appropriate to allow your child to walk to and from school unaccompanied. Although recent surveys have suggested that ten is a reasonable age to allow a child that level of responsibility and freedom, many parents continue to take their children to school, usually by car, well after they have entered high school. As there is no legal age at which children, in the UK, can be left home alone, by definition parents have full autonomy to choose the age at which they begin to allow their child this level of freedom.
Further, students also now have time to run other urgent errands. Now that students have the luxury of eating on campus students can now use their excess time to run errands. It is common for students to have multiple things to do, in situations like that students sacrifice a meal in order to complete urgent errands. This won 't be a factor if DSU allows private food vendors on campus.
We’re growing kids and we shouldn’t be forced to go four or more hours without a bite to eat or a drink, except for the occasional sip out of the water fountain. I realize that a lot of teachers will think that writing from a student’s point of view, it’s beyond biased to say that student’s SHOULD be allowed to eat and drink in class, but I honestly believe that this sort of thing should be allowed. I know how hungry I get and how hungry other students must get, also. Another thing that upsets me on this topic is that when I was in high school, I would go into my classroom and not be allowed to eat or drink at thing, yet my teachers would sit at their desks and eat or drink anything they pleased. If we can’t eat or drink when we want, the teachers should have to follow the same rules and set a good
When one goes away to college, their life changes dramatically. They are forced to make changes in their own lives in order to adapt to college life. When one is in high school and living at home, their eating habits and personal hygiene practices are for the most part controlled by their parents. They are told what to eat and when to eat it. They are told to keep their room clean and to take their vitamins, etc. When one moves away to college, they are on their own. There is no one telling them to clean their room, or to do laundry or what they have to eat. In some colleges and universities, it is required that freshmen live on campus and eat at least two meals a day in the dining hall. This isn't necessarily for the university to monitor a student's eating habits but rather to get the student acquainted with the campus and other people living there. Food served in college dining halls has not been known for it's nutritional value. However, over the past couple of years college chefs have been working to change that. While a lot of students have committed to eating the healthier foods and trying to stay healthy, the vast majority lives on pizza and taco bell or any other cheap fast food chain that is open until the late hours of the night. College is a fast paced environment and fast food caters to college students. In this fast paced environment, students more often than not neglect their health and personal hygiene and the consequences range from obesity to deadly eating disorders.
Despite evidence provided by university studies, there are people that claim lunches sold in schools are not directly associated with childhood obesity. Jennifer Van Hook, a professor of sociology at Pennsylvania State University says that “Schools only represent a small portion of children's food environment.” Van Hook claims that the obesity problem surfaces with poor choices of foot consumption outside school (Radford). This is especially true for teenagers who are more dependent have more disposable income. Minors may obtain foods that are high in calories and fat from home, at a fast food restaurant, and from other people. Van Hook also stated that “Kids are actually very busy at school... There really isn't a lot of opportunity for children to eat while they're in school, or at least eat endlessly, compared to when they're at home.” While school is in session, students are unable to consume food except at certain times of the day. Nevertheless, children consume most of their calories outside class f...