For some reason, we live in a country that refuses to spend money on its children, be it for childcare, healthcare, transportation, or food. Recent laws in some states have made it illegal for public schools to serve free food, but judging by the way that school food looks, they really should be paying the kids to eat it. It's not a school lunch without small portion sizes, atrocious choices, and the most stale consumables you can find. 

Fed up with their situation, multiple young people took to the r/mildlyinfuriating subreddit and shared photos of their daily malnourishment, starting a train of posts. "The school lunch system is disgraceful," one of them wrote. "I compiled some pics of the horrible things that got served that no one questioned... it really is ironic given how adamant they all are about 'eating healthy by including every food group.'"

Even last year we shared a post about a Kentucky high school student and his awful burger. Here's to hoping our children can start eating better than prisoners in the near future.