High School Lunch Narrative

As we walked up, this establishment looks like any other Applebee’s I’ve been to. It looked clean and well maintained from the outside, and these characteristics carried over as we traveled inside. We were greeted by a Dassel-Cokato Alumni, and he happily led us to where we would feast for the evening. He sat as at two tables shoved together big enough to fit 10 people, but we only had 6. All of us knew exactly what we needed to satisfy our hunger pains, so we didn’t even look at the menus. Our waitress was quick to get our drinks and take our orders. I took advantage of the half-priced appetizers deal, and asked for an order of classic boneless wings along with an order of mozzarella sticks.

We’ve grown accustomed to finishing all of our work by Friday evening so that we could go out on the weekends.

Completely preventable health issues - those that involve food intake - are perceived as being an epidemic in the United States by many. Unfortunately, it has plagued many school-aged children across the country, and these rates continue to climb as time goes on. A factor of this climb is not merely food intake at home, but largely food intake during school hours/in schools settings. As of today, there are 31 million students in varying homes taking advantage of school lunches; it is vital that schools provide quality lunches for students and increase the amount of healthy options, as many childhood diseases are directly correlated with unhealthy eating and students in poverty rely on these meals for proper nutrients and lifelong health.

“Sit while I get us a glass of wine,” he says. “Or it too early?”

"I don't think I'm going," Megan sighed, "depending on what her mom says, I think Sam and I are going to have a girls night. Why do you ask? were you going to ask one of us?"

"Do you mind staying here tonight? It's getting late and don't want to go out again because I have work early in the morning."

A devious roar of laughter filled the room. “Oh, hell no. I’ll take care of this later. The night is young and we’re just getting started.”

“Yes,” his eyebrows drew in, “Rhett will take you and little Easton into the kitchen and you can pick out any thing you want while Stormy and I talk to Miss Sandy. How does that sound?”

"I don't cook often, but I thought it would be enjoyable just the two of us before I go back out on the oil rig for mah next shift."

I also asked them what their favorite meal was, and Evelyn said that she loved every meal! I also asked Mr. Stanmore and Melissa, but they didn’t have a favorite. Anaiah said that the pizza was her favorite because it was very cheesy and the perfect size.

Throughout the course of a school year, a vast majority of the school's lunch is disposed. For the most part, school lunches sit in the cafeteria without a single touch being acted upon them. As a student, I’ve witnessed the act which has led to me believe that a change should occur. Moreover, I strongly believe that the reason for the large range of food disposal is generally because of the fact that most students lack eating vegetables and would rather consume something more appealing. In addition, I also believe that schools often tend to waste too much money on foods that do satisfy many students. Essentially, schools should focus on making school lunches better in both taste and looks. Nevertheless, Much of the food served in American schools is mediocre at best. Too many school lunches feature poor-quality produce that’s frequently tasteless and/or the wrong size.

“Not likely,” Eva said. “Everyone knows to get an invite you had to get with the guy before, like all the way, there’s barely enough time left.”

"Honey, I'll be back from work by 7 o'clock, then we will be able to go on the date we have been wanting to go on for the past month."

“It depends.” I place my fork on the table and pull my chair back. “I should go. Simon, the creative director, wants to see my radio and TV scripts tomorrow. But if you have

All the entrees came just as we finished the wings and calamari. We had encountered difficulty finishing the Caesar Salad. The combination of pepperoni, mushrooms, sausage, onions, green peppers , black olives, ham and mozzarella complimented each other as the flavors and remnants oozed out of the fresh dough. The red sauce that accompanied the Calzone had an extra hint of garlic which is the aroma that is used in many of the dishes that came past our table. It was very hard concentrating on what we order when all the dishes that came past us smelled and looked so good.