We've all have probably been "hangry" before. The combination of being hungry and angry is actually real science. When you eat food, the carbs, proteins, and fats that we digest travel through our bloodstream and give us the energy in order for us to be able to get through the day. When the nutrients in your blood decrease, the brain will react as if would if you were in a stressful situation. Another factor is that your blood glucose levels drop. Blood glucose help stimulate brain activity during the day. When your blood glucose levels drop, your brain will get "tired" and it will be hard for you to pay attention. This is how this may tie in to the graphs that we are looking at.
These graphs show scores from fourth and eighth graders and their reading and math scores that they get in school. If you look at the pattern, kids who are eligible for free or reduced meals tend to have lower scores then those who are prohibited from having the free or reduced meals. Kids that apply for free meals usually don't come home to a nice meal waiting for them on the table. The cold hard truth is that the sometimes their only meal they receive is at school. If kids are hungry in school, their minds will probably wander off and have an irritable attitude towards learning. They probably don't feel like dining into a math assignment! They probably want a ham sandwich with a side of chips.
There could also be more explanations to kids just being hungry. Things like social classes could also tie into how kids perform in school. If you are in a family that does financially well, you make try harder in school. The graphs suggest that if you don't need free meals, you do better academically compared to having free meals and struggle in an educated setting. Learning habits can also be learned by how the parents performed in education institutions or how they present themselves in today's society, whether their broke, rich or earn enough to support everyone under the roof. All these things make an impact on how kids perform in school: Food, Wealth, Education
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