Damnit, I thought, somebody took the last slice of chicken, bacon, ranch. It all happened a few weeks ago, a few minutes after AP Chemistry ended at 12:28. Because we have the last lunch of the day, and therefore the least amount of food to choose from, my tablemates established an informal, unspoken rule where we could leave at 12:23 as long as we had no reason to be in class. Also, we were on the other side of the school and would, therefore, lose out on getting a seat at the table. That day, I decided to wait until the regular 12:28. I lost the pizza and the seat. Of course, there were more profound incidents of lunchroom diplomacy. In fourth grade, hating school was all the rage, but everybody despised school for different reasons. Nevertheless, …show more content…
“You’re right,” I responded, “I guess I don’t.” Of course, I was lying. In 6th grade, Landon (my friend since preschool) and I finally got the same lunch time. We sat together every day and debated everything from basic mathematics to who had the best Palkia and Mewtwo. I liked 6th grade. It was simpler. That is until the cool kids wanted to take over the lunchroom.
While most table groups conceded to the overly impressive power and authority that comes from a group of eleven and twelve-year-olds, Landon and I decided to fight. Over time, we recruited members and even took over a few tables. It was fun but incredibly stressful, to have control over much of my class. Unfortunately, it ended up being too much for a preteen to handle, and I succumbed to the cool kids. I left Landon behind for the last few weeks of the school year.
By seventh grade, Landon and I had become friends again, and we both agreed to follow the popular kids. Unfortunately, school leadership made the mistake of splitting our house up to compensate for having to combine parts of seventh and eighth grade into one lunch. Our alliance was devastated, as we lost many influential leaders and the remaining students fragmented into the sea of seventh and eighth graders. Fortunately, Landon and I were still together, but the remaining students needed a new
No one would talk to her, recess was spent in anguish, and she would find garbage and spoiled food in her book bag. As she progressed into 5th grade, some of the social atmosphere began to shift in subtle but profound ways. Being accepted into a clique is all that matters. Instead of being admired for class participation, as in earlier years she was laughed at and labeled as “teacher’s pet.” She said the rules were simple “shun or be shunned—if you weren’t willing to go along with the crowd, you would become the reject.”
The conflicts were engaging because they appear even at our school when we ourselves are not always aware of them. For example, Eli’s “buddies”
The table because known as the Russia table because all the Russians sat at the same table every day and every year was passed to the underclassmen to take over for the next year. If any non-Russian student sat at the table they would get dirty looks and even food was thrown at them in some cases. To avoid the harassment, the other students let the Russian students have their table. However, one year a group of students decides to pull a prank and take over the Russian table. The prank got out of hand, as a group of 30 students surrounded the tables. Once the Russian students got to their usual table they were taken back and stood there in shock as the other students at their table. Eventually, the Russians students got security and the principal involved. The principal did not know had to address the situation because the dispute was over a table and no rules were technically broken. The Russian students eventually got their table back and the other students were escorted out. The Russian students reported being bullied by the other students when their tables were taken over. It was because before no one had thought about going near the Russian table. This illustrates what Jensen was talking about in this book regarding how we did to be open to diversity. The Russian students should not have taken the prank as a bully because they have done their share of harassing other students. Also, the incident was over a table, which there are no rules against where students can sit. The students who were involved in the prank were is a sense challenging the politics of the social standing at
In this movie, a group of five students who are part of very different cliques are stuck together in Saturday detention. However, little did they know that aside their differences, they would discover each other’s personal feelings and through their similarities, develop friendships.
Five teenagers are declared as the following: a princess, an athlete, a criminal, a brain and a basket case. They are sentenced to serve detention on a Saturday morning in March, 1984. They share their backstories, shed a few tears, laugh, and become closer as a group. However, we never find out for sure if they continued to be friends after that Saturday in detention. Of course, the audience would like to think that they all walked the halls, interacting as they did on that day, learning each other - from their most embarrassing, to the saddest moments in their lives.
Every student in all grades were able to leave during the time a scheduled class did not occupy. (Saslow, Linda. “Schools split on “open campus” NYtimes.com). Open campus lunch is the allowance of high school students to leave off the premises to a local restaurant for the duration of lunch. School districts in America have opposed open campus lunch benefits due to common knowledge and concern for potential student endangerment. A reason why schools should change educational environment would be to accommodate what students’ need to create comfortable working conditions. Old school methods included the repetitive process of helping students through daily material every day of the week with one break. Off campus school lunch was an unknown factor to high schools back
Candle wars, cafeteria food fights, getting away with so much trouble, or how they skipped
Lunch time is a time to take a break from the day and recharge for the rest of the day. In elementary schools it is also a time to meet up with your friends and socialize. Lunch time is not only time to eat. It is important for the mental, social, and emotional health of the children as well. Children need them chance to unwind and destress, which is promoted by socializing with friends. “Lunch should be an enjoyable part of the school day for students, offering a break from classroom work and a place to relax, socialize, and become nourished.”("The Cafeteria: Creating a Positive Mealtime Experience", 2013) Lunch time should be done in a setting where
Wu, Sarah. Fed up with Lunch: How One Anonymous Teacher Revealed the Truth about School Lunches--and How to Change Them! San Francisco, CA: Chronicle, 2011. E
Many cafeteria workers and staff members in 49 states have said many students do not want the governments new school lunches. Almost 7 out of 17 schools with have been seen with students throwing away some or all their fruits or vegetables, even the cafeteria workers are suffering under these new standards. About 60.3 percent of school districts want flexibility to be given to all schools to improve their ability to provide and give good nutrition without harm to any instructions and school district operations. Schools should know by now what is good for students and what is not, but they should not go overboard with the wheat and whole grain items. Another example that shows that schools should be responsible for providing a nutritious lunch is knowing that there are a variety of ways to make healthy foods taste good for school students. Healthy tasty food that will risk diabetes and obesity .One of the biggest reasons people do not eat healthy foods is because they feel it as if it will not taste good. The problem is, if your health food does not taste good, you are eating the wrong health food. Just because something is good for you does not mean it has to taste nasty, boring, or completely gross. There are plenty of ideas out there for eating healthy without making sacrifices on taste. “It is silly that people are worried about kids throwing things out. There are many ways to make
In the article, “Why We Need a Longer Lunch,” a student says. “I went on a two and half week period where I didn’t go to lunch at all,” junior Nick Tumpowsky complains, “I just used the time to work.” Here it shows how the lack of time for lunch affects the students
In the breakfast club a group of 5 students have the unfortunate turnout of having Saturday detention together with a teacher most despise. If this isn’t bad enough everyone of the 5 students are completely different from one another you’ll see the jock, the pretty girl, the delinquent, the nerd, and the weird girl. In the beginning they are all not very tolerant of each other because they are not friends and don’t get along but that will change throughout the movie.
In the 1986 movie “Stand by Me,” the narrator confesses that “I never had any friends later on like the ones I had when I was twelve… does anyone?” Even writing out the quote causes nostalgic pains to sieze my chest. Though a group of friends may not be considered a community, the influence it has is equally significant. Because of this, when I hurt members of my group of old friends, the effects were dire. A few months ago, my group of friends became fractured due to the schools we decided to attend; my friend, Nick, and I, went to L.E.E. High School, while Luna went to Reagan High School. Though I anticipated no problems, Luna developed hostility towards Nick seeing as they both were at a fine arts school. This competitive energy was later misfired in my direction, meaning I was now cornered between two of my best friends.
Have you ever tasted school cafeteria food? I don’t think you would want to. In school story books, do you have characters saying that the food tasted good at school cafeterias? Nope. Why is this? Cafeteria food is often cheap, bought in bulk, high in calories, malnutritious, and microwaved. Student polls and opinions prove this. Therefore, this leads to a suggestion: Healthier, tastier foods and a better, advanced lunch system should be implemented.
...there is the matter of leaving the cafeteria. Generally the entire table will leave as one group. Most of the group will probably finish eating at almost the same time. Those who finish first wait for the others out of politeness and courtesy. After everyone is through eating, someone will suggest that we leave and we will all take our trays up to the dishwashing counter and then leave. Near the tray drop-off counter, we are hit with hot, sticky air from the dishwashing. We quickly leave our trays and continue out of the cafeteria as a group. On our way out we talk to each other and friends that we see sitting at other tables. Often, students will plan out what they will do later in the day while talking to friends and finding out what is going on. Eventually, the group will split up and goodbyes are said. We go back to our rooms with a full stomach and a full mind.