tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3677625880025493774.post332955232754267372..comments2023-09-22T10:28:16.650-07:00Comments on America's Future: The Inside Story: HUNGRY??Chalk Dusterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08983784261421373401noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3677625880025493774.post-2308160651258271242011-06-08T13:28:29.228-07:002011-06-08T13:28:29.228-07:00I think I wrote about hunger in my blog(http://3rs...I think I wrote about hunger in my blog(http://3rseduc.blogspot.com under my experiences tab) but can't recall. I worked at a 100% free/reduced lunch school and bought pizza 1x a month to treat the class, 3 slices each. The children would often just eat one and save two for home to give to their parents for dinner, or take to another classroom to feed a sibling. They got free lunch, yes, but that was often the only food all day. One day my class won an attendance award so we got a hot dog party, 1 dog each, and some students were still hungry and they were denied their school lunch because they'd "already had lunch". I was livid.3rseduc / handsinthesoilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03218555891546800241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3677625880025493774.post-68694236673903054942011-05-15T10:00:02.467-07:002011-05-15T10:00:02.467-07:00Thank you, Mrs. Dottie!
Breakfast is offered at m...Thank you, Mrs. Dottie! <br />Breakfast is offered at my school for students who want to come to school earlier and eat, but not all of them can take advantage of that. Many of them take the city bus or walk several blocks by themselves. I notice that many kids oversleep and come to school late (lack of parenting...supervision...sleep...they come in glassy-eyed and exhausted) The breakfast, although better than nothing, is not too impressive, certainly not nourishing enough for a teenager. Even if one of my kids eats the breakfast, the idea that the only place they are actually eating is school is very bothersome...their families need help.<br /><br />The corporate geniuses don't WANT to address poverty because then they'll have some competition in a few years, and may risk losing the power and money they have now. They are using thier power (Gates and Trump and all those morons) to drive this country into a corporate dictatorship. I honestly believe they only want our kids to learn enough to do menial minumum-wage jobs once they get older, so our children of color or low economic status can be kept as slaves for the rest of history.Chalk Dusterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08983784261421373401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3677625880025493774.post-84239700523345208452011-05-15T07:15:31.084-07:002011-05-15T07:15:31.084-07:00Thanks for another great post about reality. In ou...Thanks for another great post about reality. In our district there is now free breakfast(in elementary schools) and lunch for all students, and some elementary schools have started breakfast in the classroom instead of before school (to make sure all kids get to eat.) But I think that breakfast is important for middle school kids too. In Kindergarten and Pre-K the kids get breakfast, lunch, and a snack. If basic needs are not met, how can kids learn? Think about all the money being wasted on testing and standards,and evaluating teachers. When will the corporate geniuses address poverty?Angie Villahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01994217997761386028noreply@blogger.com