Kids can form better eating habits when schools provide them with healthy food, but unfortunately, not all of these establishments are capable of doing so.

There’s a notion that students from the US or the UK usually walk to their cafeteria in disdain while their Asian peers (especially, South Koreans) are getting served mouth-wateringly fresh and varied meals.

But is this always the case?

To show you that not everything is black and white, we at Bored Panda put together a list of photos that reveal what schools from all over the world put on their plates. Bon appetit! (Or not.)

#1 My School Serving Almost Raw Pizza

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#2 The Vegetarian Option For Bolognese At My School Is Literally Just A Bag Of Ketchup

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#3 What A School In UK Calls A Hotdog

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#4 Mashed Potatoes We Got At School Today

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#5 Here’s My Awesome Korean School Lunch! Schools Have A Qualified Nutritionist To Plan The Lunch Menu

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#6 My School Meal

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#7 Raw Chicken In My International School In Thailand

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#8 The Cheese They Put On Our School’s Hamburgers

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#9 My Korean School Lunch Of Udon, Egg And Pork Cutlet Deopbap, And Various Banchan

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#10 Public School Lunch In Minnesota

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#11 My School’s Free Turkey Lunch For Christmas

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#12 This Is What Swedish School Lunch Looks Like

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#13 Pizza From Our Local School. And It Cost 3€ (Slovakia, Eastern Europe)

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#14 Apparently A School Lunch

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#15 Food In One Of The Moscow Schools. It’s Macaroni And Cement I Guess

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#16 “Sausages” (I Think) At My School

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#17 School Food. I Am From Sweden

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#18 My Korean School Lunch Of Jjajangmyeon, Jjampong Soup, And Various Banchan

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#19 My Mate’s Lunch At School In Australia. And Yes, That Sandwich Is Just Buttered Bread

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#20 My School Lunch In Beijing, China

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#21 Public School Lunch In Sweden

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#22 My School’s Idea Of Dessert Is Three Pieces Of Cereal In A Half Cup Of Yogurt

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#23 Today Was Veggie Burger And Sweet Potato Fries For Lunch In The School’s Cafeteria In Germany

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#24 “Food” At My School In America. Spaghetti And Emptied Balls

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#25 Sliced Ham In A Beautiful Bread Served By My School’s Cafeteria. Near £2 For This, Could Get A Ready Meal For Cheaper

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#26 A Single Cauliflower In A Single Use Plastic Wrap From A School Lunch

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#27 This Hotdog My School Was Selling For £1.85 (UK)

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#28 Chicken Parm Sandwich At My School

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#29 A Hamburger Patty At The Local High School

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#30 My Korean School Lunch Of Crab Soup, Braised Chicken And Potatoes, And Various Banchan

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#31 My School Lunch. Paid $3.25 For This

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#32 I See Your Korean Private School Lunches And Give You Maryland Public School Lunch

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#33 Typical School Lunch In South Korea

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#34 Are We Still Doing Lunch? This Is The Teacher Lunch At My School. All This Was For $4.50

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#35 My School Serves The Highest Quality Cuisine

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#36 Happy National Cereal Day From My School

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#37 School Lunch At Its Finest

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#38 Our Breakfast At School This Morning. Yes That’s One Piece Of Bacon Folded. No, There Were No Alternatives, And Any Sides Cost Extra

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#39 My Swedish School Lunch (100% Free)

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#40 School Christmas Lunch In Finland (Free)

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#41 School Lunch Today Was Chicken Nuggets In A Hotdog Bun

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#42 Complaining About School Lunches? Here’s My School’s “Philly Cheese Steak”

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#43 My Kid’s School Lunch Today. Pancake Sausage Burger With Cheese

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#44 My School’s “Mashed” Potatoes

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#45 My School’s $7 Take On Avocado Toast

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#46 My School’s Egg Salad

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#47 Here’s A Quesadilla. It’s A School Food

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#48 Raw Chicken At School

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#49 The Sandwiches Our School Sells

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#50 My School Served Moldy Bread Today

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#51 Since My School Is Going Online, The School Provides Weekly Lunches. Here’s One Of Them

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#52 Depressing School Lunch

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#53 Pizza From My School. Not Gonna Lie, It Was Alright

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#54 School Lunch

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#55 School Cafeteria Lunches In Finland

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#56 Bread

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#57 My Finnish School Lunch (Vegetarian)

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#58 My School Lunch. It Was Very Nice. UK

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#59 Refried Beans

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#60 My Free School Lunch Today In Finland

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#61 Zucchini Quesadilla With Sour Cream And Salsa, Courtesy Of High School Cafeteria. Tasted Okay No Bamboozle

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#62 School Lunch From My Country. Where Am I? France

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#63 Wtf Is This

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#64 Lunch At A Korean Elementary School

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#65 This Is The Syrup Bowl At My Boarding School In UK Breakfast. They Call Me Crazy For Bringing My Own Bottled Syrup But Now They Understand Why

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#66 My School Lunch Expected To Keep 15-18-Year-Olds Fed For The Whole Day

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#67 Genuinely How My School Packages Their Chips. They Just Gave Me Four. I’m In The UK

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#68 School Lunch In Sweden

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#69 The School Lunch From A Elementary School In Colombia

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#70 My Schools Lunch Today

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#71 The Pickle Sushi That My School’s Dining Hall Served Has LED Me To Reject My Faith Because No Benevolent God Would Ever Let This Abomination See The Light Of Day

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#72 This Corn Soup With Popcorn We Had In Our School This Week

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#73 Ordered A Grilled Cheese From School’s Dining Hall

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#74 ‘general Tsos’ School Lunch

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#75 My School Likes To Do Fruit Water In Our Dining Hall. So Today We Got Jalapeño And Pineapple Water

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#76 My American School’s Lunch. It’s “Steak And Cheese”

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#77 “Tuna Pizza” From My School Lunch Today In Japan. I Feel Like This Belongs Here

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#78 My School’s Mac And Cheese

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#79 Some Kid’s School Lunch

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#80 My School’s Ramen

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#81 Beef And Cheese Casserole At School

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#82 Our School Canteen Last Week – Fish Fillet With A Lentil Salad. Czech Republic

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#83 My School Cafeteria’s Attempt At Chicken And Waffles

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#84 My School Lunch. Chicken Nuggets And Mashed Potatoes

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#85 Mmm School Lunch

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#86 “Scrambled Eggs” At My School’s Cafeteria

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#87 My School’s Pizza. It’s Basically Just A Piece Of Bread With Tomato On It

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#88 Whoever Thought That A “Cheese Sandwich” Would Be A Nourishing Meal For The Low-Income Kids (Who May Rely On School Meals) At The School I Work At

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#89 “Pizza” My School Served Us On The Morning Of SAT Testing. It’s Meat, Not A Mold. The Plastic Just Makes It Look Worse Than It Already Is

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#90 The Waffles At My High School Can Break Forks. All I Did Was Try To Cut It. It’s The US And They Don’t Allow Plastic Knives Here

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#91 My School’s Excuse Of A Burger

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#92 School Lunch In America Since We’re Posting School Lunches

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#93 School Is Giving Out Free Frozen Lunches. Turkey With Gravy And Sweet Potatoes

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#94 School Lunch In Sweden, Fish And Cornflakes

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#95 Lunch Is A Little Disappointing At My School In Ohio

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#96 My School’s Chicken Nuggets

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#97 The School Lunch

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#98 School’s Turkey Looks Like Cat Food

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#99 One Of The Chicken Sandwich At Our School Is Hollow From The Inside

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#100 Is School Lunch Considered Cheating? Because School Lunch Should Be Considered Cheating

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#101 Schools Lunch. Grilled Cheese And Baby Carrots

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#102 My Friend’s School Lunch. I Saw The Other Post And Thought I Would Post My Own. It’s A Pizza Bagel Thing

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#103 My Kid’s School Lunch (US)

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#104 School Lunch, Didn’t Leave A Crumb

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#105 School Lunch In Kentucky

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#106 Since We’re Posting School Lunches (USA)

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#107 This Was The Lunch That My $40k Per Year School Served Today (Private High School In USA)

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#108 My School’s Lunch

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#109 Our $5.00 School Lunch Today (North Eastern Ohio)

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#110 Served This At Lunch Today At My School. Tasted Like Paper

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#111 School Lunch Today. USA

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#112 Gotta Love School Lunch Fries

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#113 My School Had This Good Looking Sandwich Until

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#114 Here’s One Of My Nutritional School Lunches

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#115 My School’s Attempt At “Meat” (South Eastern PA)

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#116 Elementary School Lunch In Chesapeake, VA (Minus The Cupcake I Brought)

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#117 School “Burger” With Potatoes And Peanut Butter (California)

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#118 “Vegetarian Sub” At My High School

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#119 Amazing Entree From My School

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#120 This Ruined Pizza For Me

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#121 My Lunch Was Called A “Chunky Monkey”

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#122 My School’s Pizza

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#123 Grilled Cheese

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#124 Elementary School “Green Eggs And Ham”. This Is USA, It Was For Dr. Seuss’ Birthday

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#125 My School Put Out A Bowl For You To Put Your Fruit Into If You Aren’t Going To Eat It. They Put It Back Out The Next Day. I’d Imagine This Came From There

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#126 This Is Supposed To Be A Hamburger

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#127 Today’s Lunch At My Child’s Elementary School

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#128 And You Thought Your School Lunch Was Bad

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#129 Some Pictures Of My School Lunch In Japan. Nutritious And Delicious, Japan Knows How To Feed Their Kids

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#130 School Lunch At My High School In Mid-Western America (Free)

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#131 Yo Wtf?

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#132 Breakfast At A Public Charter School, Austin, Texas

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#133 This Is The Lunch My School Makes Me Pay For

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#134 Middle School Lunch (Hawaii)

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#135 School Lunch In Denmark

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#136 My Wife Forgot Her Lunch Today. The School Cafeteria Kindly Gave Her, A Teacher, A School Lunch

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#137 How About Lunch At A Hong Kong Secondary School?

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#138 A Slice Of Pizza From School

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#139 University Cafeteria Serving Something For The Crust Lovers Today

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#140 What Free School Lunch Looks Like

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#141 Ladies And Gentlemen, My School Lunch (Tasted Worse Than It Looks)

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#142 My School’s Take On “Grilled Mac’n’cheese”. And Yes, It Was As Dry As It Looks

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#143 Nobody: “…..” School Lunch:

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#144 Saw A Pic Of School Lunch, Here’s Mine, A Bag Of Chips With Non Melted Cheese. I’m A Senior In High School

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#145 Did Someone Say American School Lunch?

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#146 My School Cafeteria Calls This The Walking Taco, Beef, Cheese, Salsa, And Fritos Tossed Up In The Bag

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#147 My School Lunch

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#148 $4.50 Well Spent. Thanks School

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#149 What My School Thinks Is An Acceptable Lunch For High School Kids. USA

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#150 My School Lunch

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#151 Got Pizzas For An Event At School. This Is The Vegetarian Pizza

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#152 My School’s Attempt At “Grilled Cheese”

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#153 My School Lunch, Processed Cheese And A Square Of Mystery Meat

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#154 My School Calls This “French Toast With Sausage”

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#155 “Philly Cheesesteak”. My School’s On The Southern Border In The US

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#156 Chicken Fingers Served At My School In Alabama Recently

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#157 My School Served Queso Mashed Potatoes Today

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#158 School In Gave Us “Hotdogs” For Lunch, Which They Reheated From Last Week. This Is Disgusting And Not Healthy For Anyone. New Jersey

The color had gotten dark and the hotdog was wrinkled and stale.

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#159 “Chicken & Waffle” At My School

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#160 My Roast Beef And Cheese Sandwich For School Lunch

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#161 Another School Lunch Delicacy. Spicy Chicken Sandwich

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#162 Ham And Cheese “Sandwich” At My School

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#163 My School Strikes Again With Its 5 Star $2.30 Grilled Cheese

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#164 Mold In School Food. They’re Feeding This To Kids

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#165 My School Ran Out Of Chicken For Orange Chicken, So They Used Chicken Nuggets Instead

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#166 My School’s Chicken And Waffles

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#167 BBQ Chicken With Buttered Corn

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#168 School Food In New Jersey

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#169 This Was Today’s NYC Public School Lunch

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#170 I See Your Finnish, And Swedish School Lunch, And I Raise You Our USA School Lunch

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#171 I Present, The Average Lunch At My School In Us That’s Supposed To Last Me 6 Hours. It’s $3.50

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#172 Somehow, This Is Considered A Lunch

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#173 My School’s Rendition Of Chicken And Waffles

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#174 I Was Told This Belongs Here. My School Served This “Pizza” Yesterday

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#175 School Lunch Is A Beautiful Thing. Real-Life Mystery Meat. It Was Supposed To Be A “Burger”

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#176 My School’s “Pizza”

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#177 School Lunch

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#178 My School’s Lunch. It Costed 8$. Montreal, Canada

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#179 School Breakfast

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#180 Christmas Dinner At School In Britain. I Paid Money For This

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#181 My School’s Christmas Lunch (US)

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#182 My School’s Try At Making Burgers. Netherlands

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#183 Glistening School Pizza

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#184 School Mac And Cheese Topped With Pulled Pork

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#185 School Pizza

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#186 Pizza From My School

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#187 The Quality Of Everyday Free School Lunch In Finland

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#188 Not As Bad As Others But My School’s Quesadilla

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#189 Saw Someone Post Their School Lunch So I Thought I’d Share Mine. NC, United States. For Reference Those Are Cheese Sticks

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#190 This Was My Lunch At An American School Since We’re Doing Photos Of School Lunches Now

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#191 The Quesadillas They Served Us During Lunch In School

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