Internet, this is exactly what we’ve been saying. Pretty much every cafeteria in the elementary school world derives its menu from the dreaded “kids’ meal” concept. That is, for reasons so mysterious and so dogmatically followed as to be entirely occult, kids are assumed to abhor vegetables, and to only eat greasy food with lots of cheese, meat that has been ground up and re-molded, small portions cut into primary shapes, and bright colors whenever possible. It’s completely irrational, yes, but for some reason no one ever thought that kids might like to eat like regular humans. Well, it turns out they do! A bunch of kids in Chicago got together and demanded that the school district feed them better. It’s about time, too. I mean, kids can be tougher than adults, they tend to bounce back from all kids of things, but eating sloppy joes and translucent fries every day for years is something no one should be subjected to. It’s a little sad that kids have to tell school officials that they want to eat real food, you’d think adults would remember the lunches they got stuck with in school, but I’m excited to see kids pushing schools to do better for them.
