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Yeah, comments like this are why so many people have turned against techies. A) There are plenty of students in the goldilocks zone of being from families to p

Yeah, comments like this are why so many people have turned against techies. A) There are plenty of students in the goldilocks zone of being from families to poor to afford a meal plan but too wealthy to qualify for free meals from their college. Some of these students are able to qualify for academic scholarships out of high school. The rest take on multiple jobs, including work-study, so that they can afford tuition and board. B) When college campuses shut down for COVID, many shut down their food halls as well, which affected those students poor enough to qualify for subsidized meals. Not everybody lives your life. Food insecurity is a real thing for thousands of college students.

musicale 5y ago
> A) ... There are plenty of students in the goldilocks zone of being from families to poor to afford a meal plan but too wealthy to qualify for free meals from their college As I understand it, public and private 4-year universities in the US usually include meal plans in the financial aid package. Colleges may even force students to purchase (expensive) meal plans to make them profitable. You may get stuck with oppressive student loans and mediocre, overpriced food, but you shouldn't starve. You're not entirely wrong about COVID though - it disrupted food services and made it harder for students to get meals. You see students with meal plans resorting to food hoarding and even theft, which they rationalize based on the cost of the meal plan and lack of access.