This year the cafeteria replaced all of the plastic forks and spoons with sporks. A spork is a hybrid of a spoon and a fork. It has a shallow scoop with three or four fork prongs. They were invented in the 19th century and are presently used by fast food restaurants, schools, prisons, and airlines. Combining a fork and a spoon into one utensil seems like a great idea. This is until you try to use a spork to cut a leftover pork chop or get poked continuously with the prongs will eating pudding.  Many students complained about this switch and were nostalgic for the days when they had the option of a spoon or a fork. Senior Grace Lesesne expressed her distaste for sporks, “they’re just really annoying. They think that they are being innovative, but they’re not.” The cafeteria heard our cries and have ordered only forks and spoons for the rest of the year. One cafeteria worker commented, “we don’t have sporks anymore. No one liked those so we only order forks and spoons now.”