Wildcat
Retired Moderator
It's not really the same in France, since the age of 14-15 (I don't know how you call the corresponding level at school) I'm free to leave school for lunch. Before my parents had to sign a paper so that I could eat at home, but it was also possible.
And now I have to leave school for lunch, because there's nothing to eat there! I have to go to a students' restaurant somewhere else in the city.
And I think here is the big difference, my university is a single building with nothing around, whereas I think you have bigger campusses providing all you need to stay !
That's interesting. You guys don't have a cafeteria where they serve lunch at school? All schools, I believe, in the US have a cafeteria where they cook lunch every day that you can buy. Eat at your own risk though. 14-15 year olds would be considered 9th graders, or freshmen. They are too young to drive so they can't leave anyway unless they ride with someone or walk.