re: I know Texas loves their HS sports, but this is a little ridiculous - Walnut Grove HS

That is really awesome! Some thoughts

1. Lets say a kid plays sports and is not the star players but is good enough to get a 2 star ranking. He gets offers from lower tier colleges and its likely he goes fo one with much worse facilities.

2. When I grew up for lunch we had a punch card for 20 meals to buy, and 20 drinks (milk). Our school secretary sat in a chair and as you approached she would use a hand held punch and click off 1 of each. If you wanted 2 milks she clicked 2 of that card.

Then us kids would send a message to the meal prep moms for things we never ate. No one ate peas. So the first kid who finished eating we would all scrape our peas onto their big 4 section plate and pile it as high as we could. Then we would return our plates and thought it was funny with the one piled high. Of course, we never realized it made their job easier to clean plates since all but one were clear of food. Kids. Sometimes a kid would forget their punch card (or parents were poor and never renewed) and we’d have the punch lady do 2 so they could eat. My parents would get mad though as I was asking for lunch money before my brothers/sisters.

Seeing how kids have so much offerings nowadays is really cool. But I do wonder since we give kids everything now if that helps or not in the bigger scheme of life things. I used my upbringing to work my arse off in life to be successful, knowing where I came from.