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re: Friday was the best day for the school cafeteria!
Posted on 1/5/24 at 3:32 pm to Micks bro-in-law
Posted on 1/5/24 at 3:32 pm to Micks bro-in-law
Two fishsticks, catsup, rice, English peas, and some type dessert. And those school house rolls.
I sort of get emotional when thinking about school lunches. You see, I grew up in the day when there were no free school lunches yet lunches were priced so cheap thanks to Earl Long that $1.25 a week would feed you.
Yet a lot of kids brought their lunch and their sack was really pretty pitiful. They weren't bring a lunch because they didn't like the food, they couldn't afford the 25 cents. Often we'd share our food knowing they didn't have two nickels to rub together.
A lot of kids back then actually got their best meal at school. Lots of poor, sawmill town youngsters whose families had a difficult time making ends meet.
And we were a segregated society back then so I ain't talking about minorities. Every damn body was poor but most of us didn't realize it.
No doubt the situation was as dire in the black schools if not worse.
I sort of get emotional when thinking about school lunches. You see, I grew up in the day when there were no free school lunches yet lunches were priced so cheap thanks to Earl Long that $1.25 a week would feed you.
Yet a lot of kids brought their lunch and their sack was really pretty pitiful. They weren't bring a lunch because they didn't like the food, they couldn't afford the 25 cents. Often we'd share our food knowing they didn't have two nickels to rub together.
A lot of kids back then actually got their best meal at school. Lots of poor, sawmill town youngsters whose families had a difficult time making ends meet.
And we were a segregated society back then so I ain't talking about minorities. Every damn body was poor but most of us didn't realize it.
No doubt the situation was as dire in the black schools if not worse.
This post was edited on 1/5/24 at 3:34 pm
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