Many students complain their school is too strict, but they don't realize just how lucky they are.
   It may feel good to go to school in a safe environment, but there are many high school students who have never experienced that feeling. While American students are supplied with security, they tend to complain, ridicule and despise the system that is installed for their safety.
   "I absolutely hate it. I feel like we are in a prison. The whole security system is crazy," said Alexandra Roque of Buchholz High School in Gainesville.
   There are complaints from security to the cafeteria food. "I feel dirty when I stand in line for the cafeteria food. I just bring my own lunch," said Chloe Holdren from Lincoln Park Academy in Fort Pierce.
   It seems that they tend to complain about the extra things that are installed for their benefit. There are countries such as Brazil, Mexico, Zaire and India with schools that have never had a cafeteria, nor inside bathrooms, computers or desks.
   Along the same lines, security guards, cameras and fences are a few of the safety precautions that are taken for the interest of the students here in the United States. While they spend thousands of dollars on up-to-date technological devices for their school systems, the schools in Third World countries can use that money toward better schooling.
   There are many children who don't have the privilege receiving an education equivalent to ours. There are even more of them who don't have the opportunity to receive an education because they are forced to work. Though there are many unfortunate people in the United States, the children from under-funded countries even consider them rich. U.S. citizens need to recognize how lucky they really are.
   Whenever they take a bite of the "nasty" cafeteria food before complaining, they need to start thinking about all the children who don't have any food. They all can be a little ungrateful at times, myself included. It's the people who are completely naïve to the fact of exactly how many children there are who don't eat, receive an education or even have a bathroom. They need to start realizing that every time they throw away their leftover food it could've been a full meal for a starving child.