High School Lunches

The hallways are stretched to accommodate the classes that thousands of high school students use in order to obtain a proper education. Even within history, these two countries differed in their teachings. During 1647, the United States utilized education to have Puritan Children read the Bible and learn about their Calvinist religion (Historical Timeline of….1), while Japan during the 1600s, focused more on Chinese literature and writing (JICA 1). These two countries also differed historically, in respect to when they demolished the division in catering education towards the wealthy rather than commoners. During the late 16th century the United States catered secondary education to the wealthy part of their society (From There to Here…1),
Students in Japan do not have a cafeteria to eat in, instead, they eat in homeroom and they are provided school lunches called kyuushoku or carry a bento box that has home cooked food. Junk food is not tolerated within schools and this rule is not only for students, but for teachers as well (Richey 2).The school lunches that are provided for students are arranged by lunch ladies and served by students in which some of their food consists of serving rice, soup and fish to their classmates (Freeman 2). Their food is never frozen and is grown locally, meaning that most of the food that is being prepared in made from scratch. Japanese high schools employ nutritionists to work with picky eaters or children that tend to eat unhealthily. The government states that that they have authority to step in if schools are not meeting the nutrition standards, but the officials cannot think of a time where a situation like that had come up (Harlan 1-2). Although the Unites States tries to implement healthy lunches, they are falling short in terms of nutrition and healthy options compared to Japanese school
Based on research, Japanese high schools are more different than similar compared to American high schools due to the fact that there is more stress on the students in respect to tests, they have a longer school year than American high schools and their lunches tend to be healthier than American school lunches. Japanese curriculum tends to be more uniform compared to the individualistic way of how the United States allow students to choose classes and what classes they offer. Overall, there are some similarities such as the time that these students wake up, but in respect to test/requirements, organization, and nutrition there are more differences than