It should not be legal to throw away a child's lunch because his or her parents owe a few dollars to a school lunch account. Millions of American children live in poverty through no fault of their own. The best way for them to get out of poverty is through a good education. The best way for them to achieve good grades is to study on a full, satisfied stomach. Throwing away poor students lunches is humiliating, sadistic and abusive. It teaches children that their health is worth less than a debt of a few dollars, a debt for which they are not responsible. We should be giving our children a healthy lunch and a chance to succeed. Humiliating and starving them for their parents' minor debt should be illegal.
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