Uproar over Restricting the Sale of Canteen Items
By Ingy Fahmy
As it currently stands, Schutz students have been banned from the following: ordering food from restaurants and cafes, drivers bringing in food during lunch hours, the purchasing of chocolates and soft drinks from the canteen, and the availability of Mentos and Halls from the canteen.
It has been a long-standing issue that students are not quite satisfied with the food provided at school, whether it comes from the canteen or the cafeteria. In the past, many efforts have been made by the student council in the hope of obtaining outside caterers to replace the canteen. At the start of this year, a change did in fact occur. Roasto has been operating the canteen since the start of the school year; however, it still stands to be a great disappointment. The food being offered is no different than what last year’s canteen, which was operating under the school’s supervision.
The banning of the purchases of chocolates and soft drinks from the canteen has been due to nutritional reasons. The administration has asked the canteen to eliminate these items and not make them available for purchase by the students. However, at the same time the current canteen still offers hamburgers, chips, and biscuits, etc. So, does that mean that somehow chips are more nutritional than chocolates?
The ban on Halls and Mentos has been due to the results left behind from students. Teachers have complained on numerous occasions that wrappers have been left behind in classrooms. Also the students have been accused of eating these two items during class time. As a consequence, the administration has once again asked the canteen to stop providing the students with these items.
As a solution, some students have preferred to turn to outside restaurants and cafes to provide them with their lunches, or even have a driver bring them food from home during lunchtime. But, once more, this practice has been banned. According to the administration, allowing deliveries to enter school and drivers to bring in food is a great hassle. They further explain that the logistics of such a practice can engage in a lot of unwanted disruptiveness. When asked whether that specific ban had anything to do with any security issues or regulations, the administration denied the claim.
The age group being dealt with here is teenagers! Teenagers are possibly the most difficult age group to handle and be involved with—ask any parents! They are known for being rebellious, disobedient, and resistant to anything possible. With all the banned actions the students are experiencing, disagreements are bound to occur. Not everything the students want they should get, but at least there should be a comprise of some sort from both parties. The administration should realize the students concerns about the “food” issues they are facing and try to sit down with them and come to agreeable conclusions. The students, consequently, should hear the administrations concerns about certain troubles.
All in all, both sides lack a sense of mutual communication among one another. Often times, it is the misleading facts that cause a group of teenagers to feel the urge to be rebellious. In any case, the solution to any, if not all problems, is definitely not by banning. If anything, the practice of banning creates more uproar and discontent for the parties, the administration and students.
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