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=Why there should be more time for school lunches=

By Jordan Mohling
"If they feel they don't have enough time to eat (students) don't participate in the lunch program. They race by a vending machine or leave campus or just don't eat. That's what we believe." said Warren Gaddis assistant director of child nutrition for the state office of education. [] Who wants that to happen? Kids should get longer school lunches for many reasons. And not just high schools. ALL schools. Why should they? Because kids want to have an enjoyable lunch, they need energy, and they could have the possibility of getting sick.

Don't you want to have an enjoyable lunch? Well, kids do too! Sometimes people, even kids want to sit down and relax. They don't just want to rush through eating. They also want some free time were they they can just calmly do something that they like to do. You can't do what you want to do when you are rushing. So, you can't even just sit down and talk with your friends. That's kind of sad. You can't even talk to your friends? Everyone likes to talk with people they know. The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends that kids should have at least 20 minutes to eat lunch. Not when they enter the cafeteria, but when they first sit down. []

Another reason kids should get longer lunches is because they don't want to slumping around tired with no carbohydrates or anything. Students can get tired from not having enough energy. Also, if our district wants our kids to be smart, kids need to be awake and active or else nothing will register in their head properly. If students have more time to eat lunch, they can finish their lunches. If students finish their lunches they get energy. If students get energy, they will be awake and active to learn and they will stay energized throughout school.

Eating rapidly can put kids in the danger of getting sick. That will cause attendance to drop which is obviously not a good thing. Plus, that means kids wont learn. See how expanding lunchtimes can shoot attendance up? Additionally, the way kids get sick is from devouring food in such little time. That isn't even fun! Besides, who likes having upset stomachs?

For these reasons, there should be more time for school lunches. Kids want an enjoyable time and they need energy //and// they won't get sick. Now, pushing schedules around can be difficult. But all you have to do is shorten 1 class period to fit in just about 10 extra minutes. Isn't that better than kids going home si ck? It will help a lot with school learning. Kids get there time too eat and talk, then learning is much easier when they get free time. No we don't have too push it all the way up to 2 hours like in France because that //would// be challenging. But 10 minutes of your life changed from learning to eating, what can that matter in the next //years// of your life?