In your country, are free school meals offered to poorer pupils?

[Tooting Carmen]

In Britain they are, and the percentage of pupils entitled to them in each school is used to measure how affluent or deprived the school's intake overall is.

[Hulu]

Yes, in my state close to 80% can get free meals if they want to.

[Duke]

I am not sure, but for instance in collage, you get a card to get discount food, you get solid lunch for a price of chewing gum, and every student has this

[calxpal]

In the US yes, where I lived they didn't have to be that poor relatively for a discount or free meals I was eligible myself a few times as a child. I totally support the free meals program, however they really should have had healthier options the quality of food in the school meals was terrible usually, and most of the food was gross and unappetizing sadly I brought a lunch 80% of the time or more.

*Sorry to clarify I'm talking about the US not Canada since that's where I went to school.

[Incal]

Nope, you have to take your own meal.

[Laredo]

Nope, you have to take your own meal.

Welcome to Latin America I guess that's one thing you can tell easily apart from first world to third world countries.

[Laredo]

In the US yes, where I lived they didn't have to be that poor relatively for a discount or free meals I was eligible myself a few times as a child. I totally support the free meals program, however they really should have had healthier options the quality of food in the school meals was terrible usually, and most of the food was gross and unappetizing sadly I brought a lunch 80% of the time or more.

I thought Canada doesn't have a free school lunch program like In the U.S? Correct me If I'm wrong.

[Rædwald]

Not that I'm aware of, I'm sure there are programs in some places though. My school had free breakfast in the form of fruit, cheese, toast, cereal bars, orange juice et cetera

[Incal]

Welcome to Latin America I guess that's one thing you can tell easily apart from first world to third world countries.

Dunno, I'm assuming they probably offer free food in Argentina and Uruguay. Maybe on Lula's Brazil too.

[Creoda]

No.

No such thing as a free lunch here.