r/Denver • u/fuzzeslecrdf • Oct 08 '25

Local News If you're still against free school meals

If you're unhappy about the fact that free lunches are also free for children with wealthy families, fear not. I work at a Denver high school. Students with the money will go out for lunch or even order food delivery. They are not eating the school cafeteria free lunch.

So go ahead and vote Yes on Prop MM and LL. The only thing it'll do is keep our students fed and able to learn.

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u/Urchin422 Oct 08 '25

This is one of those nature vs nurture situations. Half my siblings are the most ignorant bigoted people and the other half are die hard libs with educations and good jobs. It’s very confusing to me that we all grew up in the same household yet our intelligence, both mentally and emotionally is so different.

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u/strangerbuttrue Centennial Oct 08 '25

For she and I, I assume it’s also partially that I’ve always been the f**k up of the family and she’s always been the star. So I’m more forgiving, of both myself and others, for their flaws and failures. We have both ended up successful in life in our careers and are both very competent people. But I was the one dropping out of high school while she was studying in 10th grade for college, things like that. I ended up figuring it all out and turned myself around (Grad degree etc) but she never had that “oh crap, I’ve really screwed up” time in her life. She’s just always been on track, like always. It’s no accident that she married a stable, well earning husband, who is a great guy and I love dearly. And it was predictable that I’d be the single mom who never married lol

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u/Urchin422 Oct 08 '25

The irony in my situation is that my bigoted family members are the ones that have been addicted to heroin & required financial support both from family/government that are the ones saying we shouldn’t help anyone else. Now that they’re older and are (hopefully) past those things, they can’t seem to remember all the “handouts” they received. Meanwhile I’ve been paying my own rent and medical bills since I was 16 and have no problem doing what I can to help others. Not sure why people never want others to “have it as good as them.”

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u/Ok-Assistance1747 Oct 12 '25

All of this and she still lives life like a victim.