Posted on 05/04/2019 3:22:06 PM PDT by dynachrome
In the coming weeks, thousands of college students will walk across a stage and proudly accept their diplomas. Many of them will be hungry.
A senior at Lehman College in the Bronx dreams of starting her day with breakfast. An undergraduate at New York University said he has been so delirious from hunger, he’s caught himself walking down the street not realizing where he’s going. A health sciences student at Stony Brook University on Long Island describes “poverty naps,” where she decides to go to sleep rather than deal with her hunger pangs.
These are all examples of food insecurity, the state of having limited or uncertain access to food. Stories about college hunger have been largely anecdotal, cemented by ramen and macaroni and cheese jokes. But recent data indicate the problem is more serious and widespread, affecting almost half of the student population at community and public colleges.
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Who are these people? 1/10th of 1% of college students?
>>Ramen noodles are still made.<<
Yep. El cheapo beer (”Lucky” in my day). Home Hamburger Helper (noodles, ground beef and gravy mix). All are as cheap now (adjusted) as they were 30 years ago.
This is just snowflakes not able to deal with growing up.
The times my stomach rumbled helped build me to prepare for when life wasn’t “fair.” Old stump-runner car where you choose gas or food.
Little wimps.
>>Who are these people? 1/10th of 1% of college students?<<
I think they are 90%.
There ya go!
Hungry people strive.
Sounds like they prioritize giving their money to fake “perfessers” of fake disciplines like “gender studies” above eating.
That’s their prerogative, but it’s not anyone else’ problem.
They can quit buying drugs, booze, and Starbucks, and they’ll have enough money to eat.
Good. Hope they starve and die. Buncha’ soft snowflakes of this generation. If you do not have the intelligence to make the logical decision to actually WORK part time like millions of college grads for the past 100 years, then you do not deserve a diploma.
I worked part time and paid off my tuition in less than 5 years PLUS I never asked any money from my parents. My mom was worried, even during graduation that she kept asking how I didnt ask them for any $$. i just said ‘ i did not want to burden you anymore..”
For most of my college years I was actually making money. I was on an athletic scholarship. The dept had a lending library for text books. Ate supper at the training table and had a campus job.
The last few months were tough tho. I used up my eligibility. Just had the job for those 3 months. I ate a lot of soup and cheese sandwiches.
More likely they are examples of student lifestyle choices. For some reason even college students with unlimited access to funds and food skip meals. There are many reasons, including sleeping too late since you stayed up too late and realizing you need to be in class in fifteen minutes.
Most colleges require full time residential students to be on a meal plan. In that case if you forgot to eat lunch it isn't really about the money.
For students living at home, or in off campus housing, it doesn't take much money to buy enough food for one person. Students that claim they can't afford to eat are spending their money poorly, or aren't taking the time to earn extra money.
From what I have seen the students who lack money for food have no problem paying for Netflix, buying music on iTunes, paying for games on Steam, and using Lyft and Uber instead of walking. And when they do buy food it is at Panera Bread, Starbucks, Whole Foods, 7-Eleven, or other expensive sources of nutrition.
Fake or true, doesn’t matter. If the New York Slimes is really concerned they need to blame the higher education complex. Not only are they overcharging, they are doing a disservice to their students by teaching them garbage instead of what they supposedly are paying for. They are not giving them skills and preparing them for the future, instead they are setting them up for catastrophic failure.
Ten years out of college, one of my boys jokes that when the market goes up, he can afford Cup Ramen.
As a busboy for a Chinese restaurant back in the late 60’s, I ate like a king - plus got a meal at the end of my shift.
I think most Freepers are missing the point! The schools are charging horrendous tuition fees with no regard for the students being served. The students will leave these institutions with loads of debt.
They are getting an object lesson of what living under the control of leftists is like, but they will not learn.
Beer is food too, and I bet they always have money for that.
When I was in college, I got a job as a night watchman.
I needed to make my rounds once per hour and It took 25 minutes. I was allowed to study between rounds.
Obviously written to convince us to accept “free” college.
And they all have xbox, internet and $100/month iPhones
Do a little cost-benefit analysis before burying yourself in student loan debt, cupcake.
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