Written 8/16/19 by WIlla

It has only been my second day of school, but there is one thing that has completely 
changed since elementary school, other than switching classes, and getting lockers. 
School lunches, are amazing. Middle school lunches have completely changed my
 mindset on school lunches. In elementary school we had two lunch options, and a 
side bar. I used to eat the school lunches close to everyday when I was in the younger 
grades of elementary school. We had nachos, chicken patties, hamburgers, salads, 
and tons of fruits from the side bars. “It is good for school lunches”, some would say. 
What is that supposed to mean? Are restaurants superior to school lunches? I have 
never felt strongly about school lunches, it has never been a topic of research for me, 
since I have not had any other schools to compare our school lunch too. I personally
 like our school lunches, and thought they were good. I haven’t ate school lunch since
 third grade, I just got tired of the same things every week, and the same sides everyday. 
Then, rumors flew around the fifth grade lunch tables.

 “My brother said that middle school has ice cream”

“I heard that you get to have chips, and juices at lunch in Middle school”

I heard it over and over again, but never believed it.On August 15th, 2019, I 
found out the truth. It was the first day of school and the cafeteria was filled 
with newly hungry fifth graders. The lunchroom didn’t have much of a smell when 
we walked in, but I still imagined the lunch food being normal, and there was no ice 
cream of chips at all. Boy, was I wrong. There is ice cream, rows of chips, sparkling
 waters, apple juice, and dozens of scrumptious sides. The entrees are unexplainable
 though. Every day of the school week, there are six different lunch options to choose from. 
Today was the yummiest sounding pizza I have ever heard of, buffalo chicken pizza. 
On Monday, I’m going to eat school lunch for the first time in three years.