Argumentative Essay On Meadowbrook's Lunches

Meadowbrook’s lunches have a typically healthy food menu with a variety of meals that are balanced with taste and nutrition. All the meals served in lunch are healthy to an extent, but they are not as healthy as one would expect, some of these meals are more savory at the cost of its nutritional value, thus, these meals are trying to be replaced by the county. However these meals are the favorites of their consumer, the students, now there is two conflicting sides to this decision, that of the students wanting to maintain their beloved meals and the county trying to improve their schools. Both arguments are so contradicting that it has no real resolve that is common ground for either side. A decision must be made and it is no walk in the park,
in this case the proper decision to make is to keep the meals how they are, in favor of the students. There are healthier options for those who want it, and the students are the very people who buy these meals, therefore keeping the lunches as they are is the clear way to go.

It would make no sense to change the meals if the students are the consumers who pay for their food, they should have their favorites on the menu.
If you take away the food that most students enjoy and replace them with healthier and potentially a less favored meal it would be a ludicrous decision, first they wouldn't enjoy the meal and they would not want to buy something they don't want. If more than half of one lunch period buys a pizza the day the cafeteria serves the pizza meal, that would mean it is a popular dish and without a doubt this would mean its a student favorite. Take away that meal and you have a large portion of the schools kids left with discontent and possibly stripped of the willingness to buy lunch. lunches are only nutritional if the kids actually eat them, thus meaning the nutritional choice could not only be a huge impact on children's attitudes but their nutrition, the very thing this change is meant to benefit with. There are numeros healthy choices on the menu to begin with for the students who don't want the
favorites. The cafeteria has so many options so mcub variety that not every meal is harmful and unhealthy, there are healthier alternatives if you are a healthier student. There are salads deli sandwiches yogurt and granola and a large variety of fruits and vegetables at one's disposal, vice versa if you're not into eating healthy it's not wrong, the cafeteria has choices for you too that change on a daily basis. If one is a student athlete and need to take care of their body the student could eat a salad and have a drink of water and possibly milk a very healthy meal and if a student didn't make the team, no issue there that student could get the spaghetti and meatballs. There are healthy options and other options that aren't as nutritious but are still good for you nonetheless, but the county says otherwise. The county wants to make all choices healthy choices.

The county can argue that strictly healthy choices are beneficial, not all healthy choices are exactly popular, that said if no one wants to buy the new choices there really isn't a point of selling lunch anymore.
This emphasis on eating healthy could make students more healthy and more active in school, until they don't eat lunch at all and are missing core nutrition needed to get through the day. The county could also argue, healthy options are made packaged and served fresh on shelves where a student can receive their food in a line but it’s missing a key step, there's no real preparation, less man power to make food, means budget cuts on cafeteria ladies, but that's not necessarily a good thing. In an economy like ours it could take away the jobs of hundreds to thousands and maybe with time
millions.

Changing lunches at school could mean healthier students, that are more active in learning and can mean good for the environment and educational system, which is great until it all comes crashing down. The best thing to do is keep the system how it is now where it is fine with no complaints, with good choices for kids and an agreeable amount of options for kids to be healthy already. We shouldn't stress over making things absolutely perfect and beneficial because while the great idea seems like a great plan, the tunnel vision can keep you from seeing the bigger picture and most importantly the fatal flaws