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In reply to the discussion: Saddened and Humbled by a Student [View all]Tatiana
(14,167 posts)2. I like to slip gift cards to grocery stores to my students in-need.
Not sure of your location, but I often do Jewel-Osco or Aldi.
This is becoming a problem. I teach elementary, but my students often complain of being hungry or try to sneak food from the cafeteria to go home. These families are afraid to apply for food assistance.
It's hard to accept the horrible turn this country is taking.
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Practically everyday, at Rutgers, there are meetings and conferences with a boatload of excess food.
TheBlackAdder
Oct 2017
#4
Our Mary Antonette Wannabe in the White House can't understand how this is possible
Snake Plissken
Oct 2017
#25