Open Campus Lunch Research Paper

Have you ever had something that just makes you really mad and frustrated? Mine is that I see kids along the lockers at lunch not eating. Logan View should have open campus lunch. Every day the Logan view lunch ladies serve us something only half of us like. I’m here for over eight hours every day. With being an athlete, if we don’t get a good lunch or eat enough at lunch, at practice we are very slow and crabby. Our stomachs are cramping because we have no food. After lunch when we go to our afternoon classes we can’t focus on the class because our stomachs are growling and making us think about food. Logan view should have an open campus lunch because we are here for many hours, school lunches are gross, and many kids go without a meal during the day which effects their learning. Some student athletes are at school from 8am to 6:30 pm and go without a lunch. When being an athlete, a meal during the day is very important. A person is required to have so much protein and carbohydrates during the day. Food gives people energy and keeps you from getting
tired. When a person is hungry, it effects how they play. When the stomach is cramping it is because there is no food in it, so it is empty. Glucose is a good fuel for your body during activity – it converts to glycogen and is used for energy. Athletes require twice the daily protein. Going home for lunch should be a choice. Being forced to stay here for lunch is wrong. We are here for hours on end and leaving for an hour shouldn’t be a big problem. We are here for a total of eight hours- that is if they do not play sports, but if you play sports then it is even longer. The school lunches do not give enough food and most students do not think they are good. Sometimes in the morning students run late and are in a rush to get out the door. If they forget something at home that we need, going home for lunch would benefit them. When they go home to eat they could also grab what they forgot. I have done that myself, I forgot my volleyball jersey. I did not know what to do because I knew my coach would yell at me if I did not have it. My parents had to leave work early to get it. Now if I would have been able to go home for lunch, that wouldn’t have had to happen, and I could have gotten it myself. When I am standing in the horribly long lunch line, I see students sitting at their lockers not eating.
The reason is the meal is not good, and way overpriced. School lunches cost $3.50, if we were to buy food for a lunch at home it would be more effective. The students would be able to eat what they want, and how much they want. For the amount of food we get, the price is way too high. Why do we have to pay for gross lunches because our school won’t allow us to go home and eat? Obama doesn’t need to worry about obese students anymore. Students who are obese most likely know that they are, and their parents know too. I don’t think Obama needs to get involved with it, because most parents are already helping their obese children. Being obese is no one else’s problem but theirs. We don’t need to be punished for them being overweight. Now that most high school students can drive, going home for lunch would be
easy. Logan View needs to allow students to go home for lunch. It’s time to put an end to the long lunch lines for bad food, students not eating enough, and the overpriced lunches. Being a student I know what it’s like on a personal level, and I have heard from many other students. Other schools around us are allowed to do it, so we should be allowed to also. I want a nice relaxing lunch at home. The administration at Logan View should have enough trust in us that if we go home for lunch we will return. They always talk about how great of kids they have here.