When the first school lunch policies were put into place in 1946, many celebrated their implementation. They praised that their children would be offered a nutritious and filling lunch to help them improve their academic outcomes. As years passed, however, there have been changes made to these original policies which have gotten away from the policies’ original intentions. These newer policies have caused unrest among students and parents.
Today’s policies implemented by the government have been aimed more to combat the problem of childhood obesity. They are, in fact, are having the adverse effect on the students. My personal experiences with school lunch policies have helped me establish the position that they are pushing students more …show more content…
“A nutrition education program means that students receive nutrition education messages not just in health education classes and the cafeteria, but through their core curriculum and throughout the school” (Cho and Nadow 422). Implementing the policies into the regular classes is seen as a problem, because it is taking valuable learning time away from other subjects being taught. In my personal experience, teachers seem to barely be able to teach us all the material necessary during the time we have. When material about school lunch and nutritional policies are added, it only creates more of a workload for the teachers and …show more content…
The officials in charge of the policies may feel that the parents are not well enough informed to make the decisions about what their child eats. This, however, is not always the case.
Some parents felt that schools were overstepping their boundaries, as exemplified by the following statement: ‘I don’t think they have the right to step in and say, ‘You’re not allowed to bring these products to school,’ just because they think it’s not healthy. I don’t think that’s their right. That’s up to the parent. They’re our children, and their outcome in life, whether it 's’ good or bad, is left to us.’ (MacLellan et al. 175)
Students are around their parents more than any person during their lifetime; they learn all they are able to from them. If the parents object to what the policies are attempting to do, then their child will naturally have a negative view about what the policies are trying to achieve. This will lead to even more confusion and limited effectiveness of the policies. Another problem seen by both students and parents is the quality of lunch being
Today’s policies implemented by the government have been aimed more to combat the problem of childhood obesity. They are, in fact, are having the adverse effect on the students. My personal experiences with school lunch policies have helped me establish the position that they are pushing students more …show more content…
“A nutrition education program means that students receive nutrition education messages not just in health education classes and the cafeteria, but through their core curriculum and throughout the school” (Cho and Nadow 422). Implementing the policies into the regular classes is seen as a problem, because it is taking valuable learning time away from other subjects being taught. In my personal experience, teachers seem to barely be able to teach us all the material necessary during the time we have. When material about school lunch and nutritional policies are added, it only creates more of a workload for the teachers and …show more content…
The officials in charge of the policies may feel that the parents are not well enough informed to make the decisions about what their child eats. This, however, is not always the case.
Some parents felt that schools were overstepping their boundaries, as exemplified by the following statement: ‘I don’t think they have the right to step in and say, ‘You’re not allowed to bring these products to school,’ just because they think it’s not healthy. I don’t think that’s their right. That’s up to the parent. They’re our children, and their outcome in life, whether it 's’ good or bad, is left to us.’ (MacLellan et al. 175)
Students are around their parents more than any person during their lifetime; they learn all they are able to from them. If the parents object to what the policies are attempting to do, then their child will naturally have a negative view about what the policies are trying to achieve. This will lead to even more confusion and limited effectiveness of the policies. Another problem seen by both students and parents is the quality of lunch being