Watch: Fed up with lunch blogger who exposed bad school lunches revealed

It all started one day at the beginning of last year when she forgot to pack her lunch. Mrs. Q–a pseudonym that this elementary school teacher used for a year online–had to, for the first time, eat a meal from the school cafeteria with her students, reports the Huffington Post. She wasn’t happy with what she was presented with: a hot dog in soggy dough, six tater tots, a Jell-O cup and chocolate milk, USA Today reports.

“That particular meal seemed barely recognizable as food,” she told Good Morning America Wednesday. “I was struck by the fact that the students I’m working with really rely on the school for so much, including potentially their best meal of the day.”

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Think you’re an auditory or visual learner? Scientists say it’s unlikely

We’ve all heard the theory that some students are visual learners, while others are auditory learners. And still other kids learn best when lessons involve movement, NPR reports. But should teachers target instruction based on perceptions of students’ strengths? Several psychologists say education could use some “evidence-based” teaching techniques, not unlike the way doctors try to use “evidence-based medicine.”

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