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eating out, restaurants will make the food only when
the student orders the food. Therefore, the food
will be hotter and more delicious. Apart from that,
the portion size of the lunch boxes is inadequate
for growing adolescents. Lunch gives us the
sustenance to support the demands of the afternoon
lessons. If we do not have enough energy, it is hard
for us to focus on the sometimes tedious classes.
However, in the current situation, we could only have a little food, and consequently,
we still feel hungry even though we have had lunch. Furthermore, it will be easier to
have a large scale food poisoning accident because all of the students will be eating
food from the same manufacturer, not to mention the generally undesirable state
that the lunchboxes are in. Looking at the reasons above, it is clear that there is a
great health risk posed by the current arrangements and they must be improved.
Thirdly, there is a range of benefits associated
with a proper lunch. First, it is possible that we will
learn better time management through the process
if we can eat out or go home for lunch. The reason
is we have only one hour for lunch and we need
to have our lunch and come back within an hour.
We have to make wise choices on restaurant
and food, and come back as soon as possible.
Besides, many consider lunch time as a welcome break between the morning and
the afternoon lessons. If we are limited to staying on the school grounds, we will
have fewer chances to exercise, since we need to walk for a while until we get to
the restaurant. We will have more chances to flex our limbs after sitting on the rigid
classroom chairs for the whole morning. However,
we could just go up and down the stairs if we cannot
leave the school. Moreover, the small basketball
court will be packed with students just loitering
around with nothing to do after finishing their tiny
lunchboxes, and those really keen on the sport
cannot enjoy the basketball game. Ultimately, lunch
time is supposed to be an opportunity for students
to socialise with each other, but by limiting students

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