Open Campus Lunch Research Paper

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I’m sitting in class, its 11:25, and two more minutes until my favorite part of the day. The bell rings, the class rushes out, I briefly think about the poor souls that have second lunch and must wait another hour until they eat, however that thought passes quickly because I’m at my lunch table with all of my friends pulling out my sack lunch. While many of my lunch buddies wait in line to get school lunch, usually some nachos, a burger, or pizza, some of us also pull out a sandwich and snacks from home and start chowing down trying to make the most of our half hour off from learning. We often times catch up about high school drama, play games on our phones, and interact with all the other students at lunch, occasionally not to our pleasing. But most lunches we have fun and we leave feeling full and ready for our next class. Many high schoolers however, believe that they should have the privilege of going off campus to get lunch. This is called open campus lunch, most high schools, have closed campus lunch which is much to the chagrin of the upperclassmen, …show more content…

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