We should have grade-separated lunches
The first two days of the 2018-2019 school year were plain chaos. I’m not the first one to think this. The main problem students have is they have no friends to sit with. I was in the exact same boat for a week or two, but then I found an old friend to eat with. We are in only classes with our grade level peers. Which means we spend the most time with people in our grade level and that means thats who we’re friends with. It should be up to us the students who we spend our lunch with. It may be a fair system, but when has that ever meant it was the best system.
I get why the lunches are the way they are, but that doesn’t mean it’s the “best” or “right” way.
If you’re curious the way students are placed into lunches, it is a computerized system and is completely random. Your advisory and 4th hour are accounted for in the system. I get the frustration. I myself, along with every 6th, 7th, and 8th graders have fewer of our friends in our lunches because the odds really are stacked against us. Generally, 6th graders are friends with 6th graders and 7th graders are friends with 7th graders etc. The reason for that is we have classes with them and are in mostly the same points in our lives.
I get why the lunches are the way they are, but that doesn’t mean it’s the “best” or “right” way. One better way that would let the students enjoy their lunch, would be maybe letting the students have some sort of a say. The best solution, in my opinion, would be to do it by grade (and if that’s not possible do like mostly 8th with some seventh graders or another combination). Lunch is our time, and mostly the only time at school that is our time. We should have grade-separated lunches.
Kenza • Dec 20, 2019 at 10:36 am
I disagree because u like being able to meet people from different grades. In elementary I rarely talked to a person from another grade. All my friends were in the same grade as me. Now being in middle school you get to meet other people and it’s fun to talk about the differences between us.
Rebecca • Oct 17, 2021 at 12:36 pm
I see what you are saying, but think about the people who don’t have many friends-or are more introverted. Lunches like that would be terrible. It’s better if you are in same grade lunches so less things like that happen. Some people probably would make friends, but some will be sitting alone all year.
Meredith Larson • Dec 20, 2019 at 10:28 am
I personally think it would be a huge benefit to have grade separated lunches. It’s super sad to have all your friends in a different lunch. But I know it can help you meet new people but we spend most of our day with our own grade levels. Overall I agree that I would be a benefit for grade separated lunches.
Esther • Feb 13, 2019 at 10:25 am
Great article, I definitely agree on your opinion on having grade separated lunches beacause all of my friend are in 7th grade like me but I don’t have lunch with them, I think this would be a good improvement.
Ian Lindgren • Dec 21, 2018 at 1:15 pm
I agree with this, having lunch separated by grade level would be amazing. I feel this because teachers always say “lunch is a time for you to socialize with your friends that you may not have classes with,” but I think this isn’t really possible. Almost everyone that sits at my lunch table, I have a class with them. And the there is one of my friends who didn’t have any friend in his lunch period when the year started. I believe the grade separated lunches would be the best way to have the lunches separated.
Savannah • Nov 16, 2018 at 9:06 am
I would like to have lunch with all of my friends instead of only a few. If we had grade lunches I think I might be a little better because we hang out with the people in our grade the most. We also have all of our classes with our same grade so we know them better and probably are friends with them.
Gabe k • Nov 15, 2018 at 2:05 pm
I agree, I think we should have lunch with our own grade because sitting with people I don’t know is awkward.
Lauren Foss • Nov 15, 2018 at 1:06 pm
This is really well written and persuasive, but I agree. Being able to eat lunch with our grade would make things much easier on the students.
Mohamed • Nov 15, 2018 at 12:59 pm
I also think we should have grade separated lunches.
Christantine • Nov 15, 2018 at 12:57 pm
AaI honestly agree with this article we wanna have lunches with our grade only. But having mixed lunches is good as well because you can interact with new people instead of interacting with the same 8th graders everyday.
Riya • Nov 15, 2018 at 12:51 pm
I agree! It’s harder to find people to sit with and it’s very chaotic in mixed lunches. This article is very well written!
Lindsay Maxfield • Nov 15, 2018 at 12:50 pm
I agree that the lunches should be separated by grade level.
Person • Nov 15, 2018 at 10:07 am
I think mixed lunches is a good idea because you meet new people you wouldn’t usually talk to, but, I think grade separated lunch’s is also a good idea because then you would be able to sit with your friends.
That kid Ben • Nov 15, 2018 at 9:12 am
I think you should have lunches with our own grade because I don’t have many friends in my lunch and it would be nice to have all of my friends at one table
Godzilla Peña • Nov 14, 2018 at 1:59 pm
I would actually like it if the grade level lunches were brought back, the 7th graders budge in the lunch line way too much from making you the 10th in line to 30th in line, also they end up learning our bad behaviors which intern will make each year worse and worse with their common behavior…
Emily Bauer • Nov 14, 2018 at 1:53 pm
I do agree, many of my friends are separated from be during lunch. We are always told to “Talk to your friends during lunch”, by how can we when we don’t have lunch with them? However, I do see why they do this. Perhaps it is a way for us to find more friends in other grades? But I do agree with you more.
Tristin Plank • Nov 14, 2018 at 1:49 pm
I think that this is a good thing to talk about and I agree with this issue
Sophia W • Nov 14, 2018 at 1:22 pm
I don’t think there should be mixed lunches, one reason is that having four lunches makes it difficult to go to teachers advisory’s because they could be teaching a class during your lunch.
Lauren • Nov 14, 2018 at 1:06 pm
I think this article is very well written. I agree, I would like to have lunch with my grade.
Dylan • Nov 14, 2018 at 1:02 pm
I like my lunch because it has my friends.
Shabraya • Nov 14, 2018 at 12:59 pm
I agree that the Lunches should be mixed with different grades.
Olivia • Oct 16, 2018 at 11:57 am
I actually enjoy mixed lunches. I get to meet more people and make new friends and not stay with the same friends. I have lunch with 6th grade and 8th grade, and it’s great to be able to leave an impression on them and I meet so many great people in the lunch lines and sitting down. Having lunch with only 8th graders like myself would be so much less interesting because I would sit with the exact same people and stand in line with the same people every. Day. I understand people want to be with their friends, but that is the point! To meet new friends!