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Me: "Find out tomorrow and let me know."

Ashanti: "OK."

The next day, when Ashanti returned from

school, she said to me, "Dad, I found out that she

doesn't have any money for LUNCH."

When she said that, tears started flowing down

my face. It took me back to when the lunch lady

leaned down and told me I had no money and had

to return my food.

After contemplating my past, my wife looked at

me, and I looked at her. We both decided to pay for

her lunch for the remaining three months of that

school year. We didn't ask if we can meet with the

parents, we didn't ask the school to fix this problem.

WE JUST WANTED TO SOLVE THE

PROBLEM.

Soon after, I found out students who have a
certain amount of debt owed to the school, are

offered only a cheese sandwich from the cafeteria.

This process is called 'LUNCH SHAMING.'

As a nation, this is our issue in our schools.

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