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Schools Serving Breakfast?

Mitchell

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What do forum members think of the idea of schools serving breakfast to students? I'm not a parent yet, so I know little about this subject. I was having a discussion with someone about this today, but wanted to post the topic first, and get some feedback, before posting the details of my discussion, and my own opinion.

Any participation would be appreciated. Thanks.

Mitch
 
They always served breakfast at my schools growing up, K-12. They were usually pretty healthy options that included milk, cereal, some sort of fruit/fruit-cup, and cartons of juice. On Fridays they would serve something more special like French Toast or pancakes 🙂 They never served meat though at the breakfasts at school, but bacon from a school cafeteria just sounds terrible!
 
They had a school breakfast program in my old highschool. Kids who were taking cook training could volunteer time for this and get extra credit, and kids who often had to take the early buses in could just eat at school before class. They offered such a great variety, for a good price. They also had a program for low income families to be able to get breakfast for free if they needed to. It was totally great, and very cost effective.
 
Thanks for the replies, Per, and Tropic. Now, I'm going to post my thoughts on this subject.

Before I do, I want to make clear that what I am about to post is directed at someone who commented on this subject, who I personally can't stand.., (a non forum member), and is NOT directed at any forum members who might, and do, disagree with me, as I'm sure there will be.

This morning, my assistant, who, as I've posted on here before, is a small minded jackass, with a big mouth.. said..

"I don't think kids should be served breakfast at school. I'm a taxpayer, and I'm footing the bill for this program. I think they should cut out school breakfast.. the kids dont need it. Let them eat at home".

Hello.. Maybe some of these kids don't have TIME to eat at home, if their mothers and fathers have to hustle them, and a couple of siblings.. off to school. Maybe in this bad economy.. a family struggling to get by.. can't afford to feed their kids three good square meals a day.

This rant, by the way.. is coming from someone who has three homes. He wouldn't, and doesn't, understand the idea of kids needing to perhaps be fed at school, because of need. lack of time.. lack of money by their familes, and perhaps, lack of food in their fridge. This yutzhole's biggest problem is deciding where to go on his next vacation.,. or to his next house.

As I said.. my rant is directed at HIM, and not any forum member who disagrees with me, as I suspect some will. I respect an opinion if it's different than mine is.. but NOT in the way he presented it!

Mitch
 
See, that's why it was beneficial to my school, because it was like the cafeteria lunch program. You still had to buy it, it wasn't free.

Obviously that guy doesn't have kids, which is probably a good thing.
 
I had a mom that made me breakfast every morning but we had a breakfast program at our schools as well. We had fruit, milk, cereal and even oatmeal. Some kids get out in the morning on their own because they have two working parents. I think it is a great program for schools.
 
Actually, Tropic, the guy I mentioned DOES have two, grown sons, and two, grown grandsons. However.. nothing seems to matter to this guy, from a social conscience standpoint, unless it touches his pocket.

Texas, you were lucky that your mom made you breakfast. What you said about some kids having two working parents, who might not have time to make their kids breakfast, is an excellent point. '

As I said before, this guy is not the sharpest knife in the drawer. He has a lot of.. issues.

Mitch
 
When I went to school, my school served breakfast for the K-6 students. At one point it was free, but I believe now parents have to pay for it. Of course, there are programs for low income families who can't afford it.

Breakfast at school is good because, at least around here, many students often get on the bus at 7am, sometimes earlier than that. It gives kids a better breakfast and less time between breakfast and lunch. Kids, who eat breakfast and are not hungry, are better students.
 
Nemesis, my school didnt serve breakfast, as I said before, but.. I agree with you that serving breakfast at school, can serve to motivate kids better.

I was telling my friend Adam about what my assistant said. Adam's mother is a retired teacher, who used to work in the Washington Heights section of Manhattan for many years, with kids from low income homes. Adam told me that at the school his mother worked at, they always offered breakfast, for the reasons I stated earlier, in case the families didn't have money for breakfast.. or the parents couldnt take the time to make the kids breakfast, during the morning, because they had to get ready for work or school.

Excuse me if this sounds like a "low blow", but.. just so everyone knows.. these "rants" are coming from a 250 to 300 pound man, who probably never missed a meal in his miserable life, at least for most of his life, so.. what the hell would he know, about being not able to get breakfast, with his three homes, and his well heeled life.

Mitch
 
All my schools had breakfast in the morning if you got to school early enough. I never ate breakfast at school.... hell a vast majority of the time I didn't eat breakfast period.

Sleep >> Food.
 
Thanks for the replies, Per, and Tropic. Now, I'm going to post my thoughts on this subject.

Before I do, I want to make clear that what I am about to post is directed at someone who commented on this subject, who I personally can't stand.., (a non forum member), and is NOT directed at any forum members who might, and do, disagree with me, as I'm sure there will be.

This morning, my assistant, who, as I've posted on here before, is a small minded jackass, with a big mouth.. said..

"I don't think kids should be served breakfast at school. I'm a taxpayer, and I'm footing the bill for this program. I think they should cut out school breakfast.. the kids dont need it. Let them eat at home".

Hello.. Maybe some of these kids don't have TIME to eat at home, if their mothers and fathers have to hustle them, and a couple of siblings.. off to school. Maybe in this bad economy.. a family struggling to get by.. can't afford to feed their kids three good square meals a day.

This rant, by the way.. is coming from someone who has three homes. He wouldn't, and doesn't, understand the idea of kids needing to perhaps be fed at school, because of need. lack of time.. lack of money by their familes, and perhaps, lack of food in their fridge. This yutzhole's biggest problem is deciding where to go on his next vacation.,. or to his next house.

As I said.. my rant is directed at HIM, and not any forum member who disagrees with me, as I suspect some will. I respect an opinion if it's different than mine is.. but NOT in the way he presented it!

Mitch

I completely agree with you. Breakfast is the most important meal of the day, and alot of families have their own personal reason for having their child eat at school. Whether its money, or anything else. And those buses sure do come early..
 
Thanks, Hope, and yes, the buses do come early. I used to catch buses by 7 or 730, so, because I had to eat at home, I would usually eat between 6 and 630, with no lunch until at least 11, and, depending on schedules, sometimes as late as 1230 or 1.

Mitch
 
Noobs. Breakfast is the meal of chumps!

Unless it's IHOP pancakes... although I've had IHOP pancakes at 9pm, I don't care. They're made of WIN.
 
ok, sock, so.. according to your estimation.. everyone who eats breakfast is a "chump" How Nice.

Newsflash: Some people HAVE to eat breakfast, from young, to middle aged, to old, to take meds. For example, I take BP meds in the morning, so I must eat something.. fairly early, because my Dr said I cant take the med on an empty stomach. When I was a teenager, I used to go to Atlantic City with my parents for weekends, and we often wouldn't eat on Sundays until the fancy hotel brunch at noon. Back then, I'd survive.. because I wasn't on any meds. Was it now, I'd likely have to get a donut to chomp on, because I can't wait that long to take my med.

Not everyone who eats breakfast is a "chump", sock. People do things for different reasons.

Real nice.

Tell ya what.. if my eating breakfast, "being a chump", and taking my bp med, keeps me alive, until say.. 80.. instead of dying at 50.. I'd rather be a "chump" then not one anytime!

Mitch
 
My god, get a sense of humor 🙂

Are you really taking people serious in a thread about breakfast?
 
You're right. Sorry. I may be a bit.. touchier than usual. You may have read that my mom has cancer. She's going for a really important scan on Tuesday to see how her treatment is going, and maybe I'm being a bit.. sensitive.

Mitch
 
You're right. Sorry. I may be a bit.. touchier than usual. You may have read that my mom has cancer. She's going for a really important scan on Tuesday to see how her treatment is going, and maybe I'm being a bit.. sensitive.

Mitch

Ah, I'm sorry to hear that 🙁 I hope the scan shows something good! *fingers crossed for your family*
 
Mitch,

I totally agree with you, and every other pro-breakfast poster in this thread. I don't see how programs like these are a super drain on the public funds of the state. This guy your in debate with, sounds like a douche.
 
Well at least taxpayer money is going towards something positive like feeding a hungry child.

Back in my day breakfast and lunch was free for those who couldn't afford it. By junior high breakfast wasn't served but lunches were free.

Mitch, your assistant is an idiot! In my part of town, most times these were the only meals the kids were getting. You could tell who they were too; I used to feel sorry for them and pray for them to get through the weekend because you didn't know where that next meal was coming from.
 
Thanks, nv. The guy is a major douche. My mom is the only reason he still has a job, but, we need him now.. so..

Kis, that's terrible about the kids not knowing where their next meal was coming from. That's good about breakfast and lunches being free.

Yes, my assistant is an idiot. A major one. He hates all people that aren't white. He hasn't used the dreaded "N" word in front of me, because I would have fired him if he had done that, but, every time we drive through the area of Lancaster where the less fortunate live, the scumbag always says: "Some of Lancaster's finest" The same thing, all the time. Maybe if the fat scumbag came down a few pegs, he would understand humility. Most of us are happy to have one home. I know I sure am.

Mitch
 
Something else about this guy, and excuse me if this is slightly.. off topic.. but.. to illustrate my point about just what a dick he is:

His adult grandson, who is in his early 20's, lives with my assistant and his wife. The adult grandson prefers to date either African American, or Hispanic, girls, which, of course, is the grandson's freedom of choice. Right now, the grandson is dating a Hispanic girl. My assistant.. the fucking schnook, always says to his grandson: "Zak, why don't you date a nice "white" girl?". The grandson says he doesn't like "white" girls.

This guy is a fucking moronic idiot.. on two levels. First.. in his 20s, it's his grandson's choice of who he wants to date. Second.. in certain cases.. there are Hispanic people who are "White", depending on exactly who their parents were, and where their parents came from.

Just so everyone knows.. the only one I despise worse in the world than this guy.. is my father. Not to go off about my father again, because that isnt the point of this thread.. but.. just shows how low this guy really is.

Mitch
 
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