I wondered how he would adjust to a seven-hour school day without an afternoon nap and how quickly he would make new friends. I never imagined lunch would be the worst part of his day.
The school found that 15 minutes was not enough time to eat if the children were allowed to talk. Sacrificing important social time for the arms race of academic achievement is troubling.
But they come at a serious cost to students' wellbeing. It is a well-documented fact that rushed eating means less time for students to make choices about what they want to eat and results in.
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