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Sazerac · 10-09-2002, 09:53 AM

I for one rarely do, because I don't get up in time enough to prepare it. If I grab a banana or a glass of juice on my way out the door, that's about as much as I'll do. Being that my lunch hour is at 11:30 a.m., it's not really a very big deal.

I was reading an article the other day about Denton High School students, some of whom do not get to eat lunch until 1:30 p.m. If they don't eat breakfast, some of them are just about fainting by the time 1:30 rolls around. Those in athletics are really hard-strapped. Apparently there's too many students for the lunchroom, so they have to break lunch up in shifts between 11:30 and 1:30. Those who eat late are habitually tardy to class because they're hitting the vending machines, and they're not allowed to bring in cokes or other edibles into the classroom. A lot of these kids, according to the article, aren't getting proper nourishment and not getting proper sleep. Some of them also fall asleep in class (due to sleep deprivation and food deprivation).

What are your views on this? How do you cope if you don't eat breakfast and then lunch is seven hours off?

-Sazerac

10-09-2002, 09:53 AM	#1
Sazerac Ironworks Moderator Join Date: January 7, 2001 Location: Monroe, LA Age: 61 Posts: 7,387	I for one rarely do, because I don't get up in time enough to prepare it. If I grab a banana or a glass of juice on my way out the door, that's about as much as I'll do. Being that my lunch hour is at 11:30 a.m., it's not really a very big deal. I was reading an article the other day about Denton High School students, some of whom do not get to eat lunch until 1:30 p.m. If they don't eat breakfast, some of them are just about fainting by the time 1:30 rolls around. Those in athletics are really hard-strapped. Apparently there's too many students for the lunchroom, so they have to break lunch up in shifts between 11:30 and 1:30. Those who eat late are habitually tardy to class because they're hitting the vending machines, and they're not allowed to bring in cokes or other edibles into the classroom. A lot of these kids, according to the article, aren't getting proper nourishment and not getting proper sleep. Some of them also fall asleep in class (due to sleep deprivation and food deprivation). What are your views on this? How do you cope if you don't eat breakfast and then lunch is seven hours off? -Sazerac __________________ "And all my days are trances, and all my nightly dreams, Are where thy grey eye glances, and where thy footstep gleams, In what ethereal dances, by what eternal streams..."