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We all have experienced the terrible days of eating school lunches. Five days a week you sit in a room full of loud and obnoxious kids as you try and enjoy the not so fantastic food that is served to you. When I was in grade school we were given this meal that I absolutely loved out of the rest and it was called Stromboli. It was made of bread, ham, cheese, and a delightful marinara sauce. It was the meal I always looked forward to each month. After a few years though, they had to eliminate Stromboli from our school lunches. I was very disappointed until this year, I noticed on the school lunch menu they were back! I was thrilled. I couldn’t wait to get my hands on the flavorful dish. After being patient and waiting, the day had finally arrived …show more content…

Every once in awhile I add on to the conversation, but I mostly just tune in to what they are discussing. As I try and focus on that days topic of volleyball, the background noise is filled with several other discussions making the room brimmed of loudness. At this point I couldn’t concentrate on the plays in volleyball they were talking about, so I block the voices out and read through my phone. I can still hear what i being said, but I don’t pay attention to it. I start to just hear myself talking in my head wishing that the Stromboli turned out better. I start to zone out when I hear the bell ring letting us know that lunch is over and everyone evacuates the cafeteria. This is how every day at lunch goes for me as I eat and listen to my peers conversate.
As I experience the three senses of sight, hearing, and taste of school lunches, Stromboli day was the most memorable and dissatisfying. We have all been there and done that with getting your hopes up for a delicious school meal, and it turning out to be a disappointment. If there was a way to go back in time, I would just so I could reminisce the good ole days of eating some fantastic

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