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flo84
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Hi
Is there a word to qualify students who take their lunch at school? I know that students that spend the whole week at school are referred as boarders but I can �t think of a word for students who take their meal at the school canteen. Can somebody help me?
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30 Aug 2013
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MoodyMoody
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In the USA, we call them "students." All students typically stay at school for lunch, whether they buy it in the school cafeteria or bring it from home. Students from qualifying families may be eligible for reduced-price or free lunches from the cafeteria. Of course, this is for kindergarten - high school students. College students are on their own. |
30 Aug 2013
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flo84
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Thank you. I have no choice than to make a long sentence "students who eat at the school canteen" then. So does it mean that in the USA no students are allowed to take their meal outside school (either at a restaurant or their home) ?
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30 Aug 2013
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nathalie891
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In the highschool where I spent a few months, lunch break was really short, so no time to go back home! |
30 Aug 2013
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mfraczek
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In my 6� book, they are called Day boarders , but it �s in England. Hope it helps you |
30 Aug 2013
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cunliffe
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Two main groups: Students who have school lunch and students who bring a packed lunch. In secondary schools (11-18), not many go home for lunch because the time is too short and they live too far away. |
30 Aug 2013
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flo84
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To all thank you very much
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30 Aug 2013
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MoodyMoody
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In some high schools, students are allowed to leave campus for lunch. However, the lunch break is usually only 30 minutes, so even going to a nearby fast food restaurant is tricky. |
30 Aug 2013
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Jayho
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To us here, boarders are students who "live" at the school and not with their families (usually students from isolated country areas or overseas students). They only go home in the holiday breaks, and sometimes not even then. Students who attend regular school hours are simply referred to as students. Some private schools might refer to them as day boarders if the school provides meals as arranged with the parents. In Australia, schools do not provide meals. Students are not allowed to go to the local shops. Some students, with school permission, might go home for lunch but most students bring a packed lunch. A small proportion of students will buy their lunch from the school canteen (mostly staffed by parent volunteers). The canteen does not usually have seating facilities - it is more like a kiosk. Students eat outdoors in the fresh air - in the grassed or undercover areas - where there is plenty of seating. If there is no canteen on site, there will be an arrangement with a local cafe which provides a limited school lunch menu and will deliver pre-ordered lunches to the school. Cheers Jayho |
30 Aug 2013
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sebs29
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School dinners (to have lunch at school) and packed lunch (homemade) , that �s how we ref. to them in the UK. |
30 Aug 2013
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Pelletrine
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There are really not many other countries than France that have 1.30 or even a 2 hour �s lunchbreak .... so kids rarely go out of school to have lunch elsewhere: hence no name for those students. In our English - classes we call them "half-day borders" (to translate the French "demi-pensionnaires". Le Robert & Collins : demi-pensionnaire = day pupil/�tre demi-pensionnaire = to take school lunches.
Enjoy your week end and have a nice schoolstart on Monday ;o)) |
30 Aug 2013
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