A Problem at BHS

Daniel L

Per #5

4/7/11

Problems at Bell High

There is a big problem at Bell High School, and it is not about the education, teachers, or environment. It is about the terrible food they are serving us, because it is not healthy, well cooked, or tasty. It is unfair that we have to eat this food everyday because we have no choice.

          One day in my fifth period class after lunch, my English teacher Mr. Pierson comes in the room complaining about the French fries he had ate from the school. He said: “These fries are so greasy I can put in on my hair.” If a teacher is even saying bad things about the food, then something must be wrong. Grease isn’t good for anybody, it slows you down, and students need to have energy to perform well in the classroom. Teachers and students need better food to work well in school.

          Not to long ago, I had basketball practice and I felt my stomach was hurting, I was wondering what I could have ate to make me feel sick but then I remembered I ate lunch from school. It probably wasn’t cooked right, which made my stomach feel awful, and I could not practice well. From that moment on I have not really ate school food because I fear that I am going to get sick and I do not want to be missing school or practice. This affects the school as well because if kids are getting sick, then they don’t get money.

          Lastly, the food does not taste good like how its says its suppose to. When you are in the cafeteria you see the ads about how great the food is and how it is suppose to be good for you when it is not. It taste disgusting, and does not feel like its real food. A lot of people are starting to bring their own lunch from their homes or settling for pop- tarts because they cannot stand the food they give here at school. That’s why students are buying burritos and tortas from other students because it taste way better then what they serve us.

          In conclusion, our school has to do a better job to feed the students right. The food has to be good for us because if its not, then we will be unhealthy. They tell us to eat right and stay active, but we would not be able to do that with the lunch we eat. It might seem odd that food can be such a difference to how we do in school, and in life.