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In elementary school I was able to pick 2 days a week to buy hot lunch. If I did extra chores, or was extra good I could pick a 3rd. I didn't get to pick what was in my lunch, and was usually leftovers in Tupperware, which sound good now, but at the time were a target for teasing (what 4th grader brings leftover steak). I hated sandwiches (mom only used Roman Meal bread unless she was on a WW kick, then I got whatever bread she was eating) and would bring them home uneaten.
In middle school Lunchables came out, and it was much easier on my mom to send me with those and a squeeze-it. Healthy, no. But she was a healthy cooker who was on a perpetual WW kick by then and rabbit food was very much a part of dinner.
High school was awesome. I got to buy lunch every day. I loved those crappy turkey sandwiches and school chocolate chip cookies. Heck, I still love the chocolate chip cookies they serve.
Looking back, I was very lucky. I always had a lunch and I had the best of both worlds.
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