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title: 'VII. Journal [Food (Part 2)]'
author: Mingjie Jiang
draft: true
date: 2015-12-15T00:09:44.000Z
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    The is one thing, and might me the<br /> only thing that I could not bear in the United States is the food. This oily<br /> food looks so bad! This time, let&rsquo;s take a look at the school foods. Many of my<br /> friends thought as they are &ldquo;school&rdquo; provided foods, they should be<br /> healthier. Wrong! Just so you know, there&rsquo;s a recent study showing the foods<br /> provided in American public schools are gradually moving towards fast food. As<br /> for me, &ldquo;MUCH WORSE THAN FAST FOOD&hellip;&rdquo; &#8211; it is not healthy, and NOT<br /> TASTY! (Apparently I am writing this with anger @~@)
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  <p>
    Here&rsquo;s one of our school&rsquo;s menu.
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  <blockquote>
    <p>
      Monday
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    <p>
      Cherry<br /> Blossom Chicken+ WG Rice Bowl       <br /> 398-432
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    <p>
      Pepper<br /> Jack Burger~ w/ WG Onion Rings       526
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    <p>
      ^Cheese<br /> or +Pepperoni WG Pizza                  <br /> 310-330
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    <p>
      !+Spicy<br /> or +WG Chicken Bites w/ WG roll        307-320
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    <p>
      ~Hamburger<br /> or ~Cheeseburger on WG Bun    270-288
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    <p>
      +WG<br /> Chicken Patty Sandwich on WG Bun      <br /> 400
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    <p>
      +WG<br /> Chicken Nuggets w/ WG Dinner Roll(s)   <br /> 386-456
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    <p>
      Source:<br /> Montgomery County Public Schools
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    <p>
      <a href="http://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/foodserv/menus/secondary_lunch.aspx" target="_blank">http://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/foodserv/menus/secondary_lunch.aspx</a>
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  <p>
    The names don&rsquo;t look so creepy, but<br /> what if I tell you the numbers after the foods are calories? We need about 2000<br /> calories a day, and maybe more for us teenagers. Let&rsquo;s divide that into 4<br /> parts: breakfast, lunch, dinner and other snacks, then that will be 500+<br /> calories per part. With those light breakfasts and not so many snacks, the<br /> lunch requirements should be approximately above 600-650 calories. The school<br /> supplies are way too few! Look at those lunches with only 300 calories&hellip; How<br /> is that able to support our active lifestyle at school? No wonder why I feel<br /> hungry in the afternoon&hellip;
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  <p>
    Here’s my personal part. As the<br /> school foods are neither tasty nor healthy and not even enough, many of my<br /> friends chose to bring their own. When I asked my mom to bring food to school.<br /> She refused to do so. It is not that hard! Just cook a little bit more food at<br /> the night before, and save them for my school! Here&rsquo;s her two<br /> &ldquo;<b>EXCUSES</b>&rdquo; [Excuses are like noses, everybody&rsquo;s got one. (&ndash;Mr. Krohn,<br /> my band teacher) and my mom&rsquo;s got two.]:
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  <p>
    1.    I don’t have<br /> time to cook that food for you!
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  <p>
     All right, you don’t:<br /> you don’t have a job right now, and you are always staying at home watching<br /> your stinky computer doing nothing effectively. Just save 10 minutes on your<br /> cell phone and you will have some time.
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  <p>
    2.    It is not so<br /> healthy to eat food from last night.
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  <p>
    Sounds like a good excuse! Think about the oily, nasty food<br /> that my school is offering, whose food is unhealthier?
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  <p>
    That&rsquo;s all I want to say and hope my mother can consider<br /> this for another time. Surely, I don’t want to look like a pig when I finish<br /> high school here lol.
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  <p>
    update: 1/20/2016 Grammar fixes
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