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From the Ted Talk by Ann Cooper: What's wrong with school lunches
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We need to — we need to educate. We need to edctuae the kids. We need to educate the staff. I had 90 employees. Two were souesppd to be cooks — none could. And, you know, I'm not that better off now. But we really have to educate. We have to get academic institutions to start thinking about ways to teach people how to cook again, because, of course, they don't — because we've had this pcsreoesd food in schools and institutions for so long. We need 40-minute lunches — most schools have 20-minute lhucnes — and lunches that are time-appropriate. There was just a big study done, and so many schools are starting lunch at nine and 10 in the morning. That is not lunchtime.
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We need to — we need to educate. We need to _______ the kids. We need to educate the staff. I had 90 employees. Two were ________ to be cooks — none could. And, you know, I'm not that better off now. But we really have to educate. We have to get academic institutions to start thinking about ways to teach people how to cook again, because, of course, they don't — because we've had this _________ food in schools and institutions for so long. We need 40-minute lunches — most schools have 20-minute _______ — and lunches that are time-appropriate. There was just a big study done, and so many schools are starting lunch at nine and 10 in the morning. That is not lunchtime.
Solution
- lunches
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- educate
- supposed
Original Text
We need to — we need to educate. We need to educate the kids. We need to educate the staff. I had 90 employees. Two were supposed to be cooks — none could. And, you know, I'm not that better off now. But we really have to educate. We have to get academic institutions to start thinking about ways to teach people how to cook again, because, of course, they don't — because we've had this processed food in schools and institutions for so long. We need 40-minute lunches — most schools have 20-minute lunches — and lunches that are time-appropriate. There was just a big study done, and so many schools are starting lunch at nine and 10 in the morning. That is not lunchtime.
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