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Несъедобные обеды американских школьников

At my school, there was no cafeteria. Each morning, my mom awoke early and packed lunch for my sister and me. It grew monotonous, eating the same sandwiches and fruit each day. Secretly, I dreamed of being like my friends who went to public schools, lining up each day to have some old woman with a net around her hair throw slop on my plate. In the U.S., there's constant debate over what school children are fed in the cafeteria. A lot of schools have removed snack and soda machines, and guidelines about nutritional values for school meals are always shifting. Over the weekend, I looked at the menu from my nephew's elementary school, listing the meal choices for each day in the month of May. Common choices include pizza, tacos, hot dogs, hamburgers, chicken nuggets and pastas, all served with some type of vegetable and potatoes or rice. There's always one healthy option like grilled chicken or fish, and a wide-variety of fresh fruit is available for purchase. Yet only the most disciplined of children would pick such options when there are tastier and more indulgent choices placed in front of them each day. All of this creates a very sad picture on the white tray. I grew curious, and began to read about school lunches around the globe, and here's what I discovered!

Look at the culinary delights thrown on these plates from Brazil, Greece and France. The Greek dish looks especially appetizing to me, while the plate from Ukraine has the same sad and pathetic appearance as the USA lunch, filled with greasy sausages, potatoes, cabbage, borscht and a pancake.
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If the topic is of interest to readers, I can take my camera and join my nephew for lunch one day to explain more about what school kids in the USA eat. Of course, many parents still pack lunches for their children, so they aren't forced to eat this cafeteria slop each day. However, I think there's some level of excitement for most young kids to go through the cafeteria line each day, pick from a choice of foods, and create their own meals. It's a rite of passage for almost all American school children.

What did you eat during your school days? Cafeteria food, or homemade lunches? I have no idea what Russian children are served in cafeterias or dining halls, because I've never once visited a school there. Has it changed a lot from the Soviet era? What happens if the family has no money to pay for a child's lunch, does the Russian government subsidize it?

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мичуринск - это город, районный центр в тамбовской области, в той школе учились дети с окрестных деревень, они приезжали туда по сельским дорогам. порой их путь составлял больше часа по времени в одну сторону.
В московской школе тоже хорошие обеды были, немного отличались, без души и по некому стандарту. но в целом старались делать хорошо, хотя иногда было не очень удачно.

I am always amazed that some Russian school children walk so far to get to school! In the U.S., this is rare because almost all school districts have school buses.

у нас там тоже есть школьные автобусы. но иногда на него можно опоздать, или он проходит не самым удобным маршрутом. девочка из моего класса, что ездила издалека, предпочитала городские автобусы школьным. и школьные автобусы неудобны, если учиться приходиться во вторую смену.
в той школе очень-очень(!) много деток учится, мой класс был переполнен, и параллельных классов было много. в москве я такого не встречала никогда.

Edited 2015-05-26 16:52 (UTC)

ммм))) прям самые хорошие воспоминания всплыли))
вот немного о моей первой учительнице http://nsportal.ru/lilidayos
а вот имя кого носит сама школа https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%B2,_%D0%AD%D0%B4%D1%83%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B4_%D0%94%D0%BC%D0%B8%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87
когда я училась, школа была лучшей в области, теперь лучшей считается та, что через квартал. то есть соседняя с нашей))

It's nice! I remember my first grade teacher. His name was "Mr. Hill". He was very old, with gray hair and a big mustache. A kind and patient man, and definitely one of my favorite teachers!

как здорово, когда первые учителя в жизни такие))
нам повезло))

I neither remember my first teacher nor think it's important to remember school days. But I always greet my ..well, German language teacher when we ocasionally meet. I don't know how to explain it but in Russia in secondary school many teachers are responsble for certain classes. Usually a teacher picks a class at 5th grade and is in charge until its 9th or 11th grade.

It's not important, but some people leave a real impression in your life. Otherwise, you just forget them. :) I forgot almost all of my teachers, there was nothing remarkable about them in my mind, except for Mr. Hill. I'm sure he's dead by now. :(

Have you ever masturbate imaging sex with him?

NO!! I was a young child then, not thinking about sex!! :))

фу(

to us in school some children walked (in the summer often by bicycles) 6 kilometers - in the morning, and in the evening back. It was especially heavy in the winter.
Later in the winter DT-74 catarpillar began to carry them - it dragged "a lodge on a sled" - the cloud of children jammed there) here to them was cheerful!!!
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к нам в школу некоторые дети шли пешком (летом часто на велосипедах) 6 километров - утром, и вечером назад. Особенно тяжело было зимой.
Позже зимой их стал возить гусеничный трактор ДТ-74 - он тащил "домик на салазках" - туда набивалась туча детей) вот им было весело!!!

Why doesn't Russia develop some type of school bus system, to haul children to school so they're not walking so far in brutal winter conditions??

It was long ago, in the USSR, and not Russia - and Ukraine.
Now where I grew up - almost absolutely there are no children, in classes - on 3, 5 or 7 children.
The USSR collapsed, and villages began to become extinct. Very sad to realize it. Alas.

I know about the current condition and legacy of Russian villages! You did not read my recent story, where I spent the day in a nice village in the Kostroma region? But I've also seen so many abandoned, decayed villages in Central Russia. Very sad.

Живу в Тюмени, в Сибири. Школы в обязательном порядке имеют автобусы, в которых детей забирают из деревень

я не знаю, были ли вы допустим в сибири зимой, где-нибудь около полярного круга. но окажитесь там сразу станет ясно, что тогда идеальный школьный автобус - это вертолет или на оленях))

No, unfortunately I have not yet been to Siberia. :( Hopefully soon and in winter time!

If the frost reached a point in minus of 28 degrees Celsius - children had legitimate right to stay at home and not to walk in school) - a small holiday)))
And we did homework houses by the light of an oil lamp.
And only when I went to the 7th class, there was an electricity. About as!)

Russia - only for the strong! Esp. in Siberia! :)))

It was Ukraine.
Now such frosts - a rarity)

правда я совсем не знаю как со школами обстоят дела сейчас.
а насчет сибири.... опять по ассоциативному ряду из воспоминаний, рассказ моего деда: бывало, что их домик в какие-то зимы полностью, прямо по крышу заносило снегом. так что тут уж никакой автобус не пройдет)) если я, конечно, правильно помню то, что он рассказывал. давно это было. такие истории вполне можно найти в литературе))

ps. вот смотрю я на картинку с украинским завтраком и думаю, что она не соответствует действительности. у них долгое время система была та же самая, что и у нас. уйти далеко от нас они не могли, да и толком этим никто и не занимался.
но кажется, там ниже про это уже отписались про данное несоответствие.

о!а вы смотрели японский мультик Тоторо? там тоже девочки довольно таки далеко в школу холят.

No, I can't understand Japanese anime or cartoons! This subculture is very strange to me, but it's quite popular in the USA.

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