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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Gonna weigh in on this. When I was in grade school, I was dropped off at something like 7:30 which meant eating breakfast around 7am, and my lunch was not until 12:30. I remember my stomach grumbling through tests and feeling uncomfortable, both starving and because I felt embarrassed. I ate a normal sized breakfast and later even started stuffing myself at breakfast to try to make it through the morning as snacks were not allowed. This was around 3rd grade.

Fast forward to an exchange program in high school when I was 16. The school I attended in Germany had primary and middle attached to it, and we moved throughout the entire building for various classes. Since we (the exchange students) were very elementary in our language skills, we spent a portion of the day with elementary school students for grammar lessons. I recall being blown away that students were allowed to pull out snacks at any time they damn well pleased. They ate during class and cleaned up after themselves. No biggie. No one batted an eye.

Why on earth should this be such a problem in the U.S.? Allow kids to eat when they are hungry and develop healthy eating habits. End of story.[/quote]

Same thing happened to me, but in high school.  I actually nearly failed a class because it was the period before lunch, and I was so hungry I used to feel dizzy and nauseous.  Plus, I was super embarrassed about how loudly my stomach would growl toward the end of class.  I used to get on the school bus at 7, and get to school almost an hour later, then lunch was around noon.  Over five hours without food was too much.  [/quote]

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