7 Strange Things Stephen Colbert Just Bought South Carolina Students
7. $2122 for fake food
Mrs. Watson at the Garrett Academy of Technology, on the other hand, thinks her students eat plenty of crepes already, and should try eating healthier foods instead.
“My students eat ‘junk,’ every day, all day long!” says Watson. “School lunch isn’t usually very ‘creative,’ and typically caters to the ‘popular’ foods teens eat: fried chicken, burgers, pizza, fries, etc.”
To fix things, Watson wants to buy thousands of dollars in replica food items (such as this $6 strip of bacon) so that her students can use them to practice building healthy meals.
“Food portion sizes are grossly distorted! Being able to touch the models and create meals will be helpful,” she says.