Any time you read or hear about “school lunch debt” you should ask yourself why, in the wealthiest country in the history of the world, “school lunch debt” is a thing that we allow to exist.
When I was a kid (in a staunchly Republiklan and devoutly christian area), every day in class they passed out a grey paper ticket to every kid who’d bought the school lunch. Then they called the one kid whose family was receiving aid alone and gave him a purple ticket.
Because, like all good Republiklans & christians, they thought that all help – however grudgingly given – should be accompanied by a good solid dose of humiliation.
dwane.scoty1 over 4 years ago
See? No good deed goes unpunished! That was no fun @ all, was it, Cyn!
gawaintheknight over 4 years ago
Any time you read or hear about “school lunch debt” you should ask yourself why, in the wealthiest country in the history of the world, “school lunch debt” is a thing that we allow to exist.
dwane.scoty1 over 4 years ago
Grade 1-8, we brown-bagged. Great sandwiches, etc. kids would offer thier cafeteria lunch + $’s for mine! Only took it when Desparato for cash!
Cozmik Cowboy over 4 years ago
When I was a kid (in a staunchly Republiklan and devoutly christian area), every day in class they passed out a grey paper ticket to every kid who’d bought the school lunch. Then they called the one kid whose family was receiving aid alone and gave him a purple ticket.
Because, like all good Republiklans & christians, they thought that all help – however grudgingly given – should be accompanied by a good solid dose of humiliation.
kpmarcks Premium Member over 4 years ago
Someone just donated $10,000 to the Riverside (CA) Unified School District to pay off school lunch debt.