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Hello my blogging friends. This is my first blog that I am writing that is not required. I needed something to vent on. or vent with? Do they call it venting because it gets rid of air like an air vent? I am slightly confused. I am sick of school. I want to go home and sleep for a year. But then that would be a waste of a year I guess. I don't understand math. It's hot/hawt/hott in this computer room. I hope I don't start sweating. I bet you really thought my title had an error. I tricked you. Hahahehehohohuhuhihi I am funny. Maybe I should start laughing like that. Maybe not. Probs. I dunno. Next time I blog I will try to not make this as boring as heck. Sorry kids. I like saying kids. I say I alot. Oh well. I'm kinda important I guess. Dueces///// GOTTA GO WRITE A PAPER>

I'm persuasin' ya to eat more food, ya know.

School Lunches

by: Erin Orred

   

While school lunches may sustain the amount of food pre-schoolers need for their activities, it is not enough food for a high-schooler to get through the day. I think that the schools are forced to provide little amounts of food, when in all actuality, they are starving kids, or when they get home from school, they eat more.

    Picture this, 4 chicken nuggets, a small mound of potatoes, a few measly green beans, a cluster of grapes, and milk. The government has told the lunch ladies that the meals should be equivalent to 500 calories. They also cut out salt and other flavorings, so the food doesn’t even taste as well. On occasions, there is a little bit of leftovers and some kids will get some more food to eat.

Others though, are not so lucky.  A moderately active 13-year-old girl needs from 1,600 to 2,000 calories daily, while a moderately active 14- to 18-year-old teen girl generally needs around 2,000 calories daily. If you only eat three meals a day, then 500 calories is not enough food for one meal. Also, the less you eat at lunch, the hungrier you get during the course of the day. So if you are sitting in class and your stomach is growling, you are most likely not going to be able to focus. Therefore, you are distracted and will not understand the lesson that is going on during class and when you get home, you will be utterly confused.

Lastly, since you are still hungry from eating a small lunch, you will most likely go home and fill your stomach with junk food, until you are “full”’. When in all actuality, you will only be full for about an hour with junk food. Eating a balanced diet with the right amount of servings in your food, will help you get the nutrients that you need for your everyday life and help you maintain your weight. If you are eating the right food in the right amounts, you will be full and also have a healthy weight.

    So how would you like it if you heard that the people you love are only getting an amount of food that is sufficient for your stomach for an hour? Instead, we should take a stand against the government, and tell them that we need more food to get through the day. We can be kind to them and tell them forcefully, but not be rude about it. All you have to do is start somewhere, even if you are standing alone.