SCHOOL IS COOL???

Many studies relate productivity to the working surroundings. If so, will a well-designed cafeteria encourage healthy dining of the students? Aside from jail and correctional institutions, school cafeterias are stereo-typed to being providers of uninviting delicacies, could the eating environment contribute to the distaste of menu? And could this be a factor of the flailing performance of students?

The School Food Trust of the United Kingdom seem to think so. In their aim to improve the quality of school food and to promote the health of children, they are creating new school dining environments across the UK by hiring renowned architects to transform dull, lifeless cafeterias into the chosen rendezvous spot on campus.



Their pilot project in a Southampton School boasts artistic and functional features which has become a popular hang-out spot for its students.

THE CLICKING TRENDS
Being Alive : Society has geared towards good health and well-being, and are aware that wellness is a contributor to a better quality of living. These consumers extend this concern to their offsprings.

Icon Toppling : Gone are the tough-love days of the educating body. Students are the consumers of this service and are treated fairly as children of tax-paying (or tuition-paying) parents!

Vigilante Consumer : Whether by pressure or protest, consumers will fight for what they think is right. And the last thing you need is a frustrated, raging Vigilante Mum!

S.O.S. : Fearful of the damage we have done to our society, we aim exercise corrective measures to seal us a better future. Hence, consumers are favourable to establishments who display a social conscience attuned to better education.

by SHEENA