I remember feeling conflicted inside as I watched those hungry and malnourished 7-to-9 -year-old school children eating “lugaw” (Filipino rice porridge) brought by a government agency as their lunch that day under the agency’s school feeding program. I felt conflicted because on one hand, I was glad that those kids (a lot of them came to school with an empty stomach) had lunch that day. On the other hand, I was sad because there was nothing appetizing about the porridge. They were serving the impoverished students something that they themselves might not even care to eat. I wondered what that says to these impoverished students who already have a very low view of themselves?