Budget Cuts
Philomath Middle School and High School are making budget cuts. To help save money, the school board has proposed three ideas. The first idea is to cut all P.E. and Health programs. The second idea is to put soda machines and vending machines full of junk food in the school hallways. the last idea is to build a McDonald’s between the middle and high schools, having 10% of proceeds going to both schools. Although these ideas will help “raise” and “save” money, they are terrible.
I disagree with the idea of cutting P.E. and Health classes. Cutting P.E. would mean going through the troubles of dealing with P.E. loving students. Cutting Health would have students 6th through 12th grade not be well educated about bullying, teamwork, or the body systems. Cutting these would save money because you wouldn't need to buy school equipment or pay the teachers but firing those teachers means that they are out of good paying jobs.
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I think this because eating junk food and drinking soda is bad for you. Not only will it make you fat, but after consuming large amounts of sugar you’ll go on a sugar high, then you’ll go on a major sugar crash afterwards. 1 The rate of obesity has doubled for kids and 2 and tripled for adolescents. I, personally, would prefer apple slices and peanut butter for snack.
Building a McDonald’s between the middle and high school would cost money not save it, even though 10% of proceeds will go to both schools. 3 1 in 3 Americans eat fast food daily, if all schools served McDonald’s that rate would raise to 3 in 4 Americans, and 4 40% of American meals are fast food already. McDonald’s food is filled with fats and calories, if we ate it everyday our bodies would go on overload because 5 girls recommended calorie intake is 2,000 calories per day and 6 boys are to take in 2,500 calories per
From Morgan Spurlock’s documentary “Supersize Me”, an inference can be made that fast food can and should be taken with certain precautions especially in america where obesity is at an all time high. A correlation can be made that there is a fast food restaurant on every corner and the vigorous ads and commercials that are displayed on billboards, televisions, radio and cell phones teasing the audience to go out and buy this new burger instead of them staying home and eating something that would actually be beneficial to their health. Americans are not safe from the alluring temptation of fast food. In the video documentary “supersize me” Morgan Spurlock admitted that his body had cravings after 3 days of eating McDonalds non stop.
A McDonald’s big mac contains 563 calories and 33 gram of fat, while a small order of fries adds an additional 200 calories and 10 grams of fat. With a soda to the mix, and you are looking at nearly 1000 calories for one meal (Source: USDA). The problem with fast food is not just which nutrients children consume, it also which ones they don’t. With the rising intake of fast food also comes an increased intake of soda, which are high in calories and processed sugar but offer no nutrients of any kind. According to a 2003 article in “The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition,” sixty four to eighty three school-age children and youths out of hundred drink soda.
Fast food has not always been an issue. It used to be just a once in a while dining experience but over the years has grown to be a couple times a week. As the portion sizes grow rapidly so does the obesity rates. "When Mcdonalds first opened, a soda was 7 ounces. Today, the child size is 12 ounces, a small
Cafeteria's are trying to decide to rid the studants of "junk" food like pizza and burgers for healthy things like veggies and fruit. If they take that away what will we eat? A lot of the students perfer the junkfood over the healthy stuff, because they have chosen the unhealthy food their whole lives. Unhealthy choices are chosen above healthy because they known unhealthy food their whole lives and everyone perfer the taste over whats good for you. Ever since the students of this generation were born, they have been given the "unhealthy foods" such as pizza, burgers, and fries.
That’s the main reason why so many people are obese and overweight in the United States. Although they do have some excuses for eating so much fast food. McDonalds restaurants are everywhere. Wherever you go, if you ever want McDonalds, you can be sure that there is one nearby. Advertisements for fast food are everywhere; street signs, advertisements
First, if the school eliminates the foods students' like then some might stop buying lunches from the
this is a nightmare! Fast food is good in all but this is absurd, this is also absurd too. Let me tell you a story real quick... caesar barber is a man who loves fast food he ate at Mcdonalds Burger King and kfc and subway 4 to 5 times a week! This lead to him getting over weight he soon came to be 300 pounds! Ges, If that is not bad here this.
In the film “Super Size Me”, the guy doing the experiment in which he eats Mcdonalds for a whole month ,goes to some schools to investigate what kids are being given during lunch time in one of the schools he went to they were being fed “junk” they only ate greasy and sugary foods which as we all know is bad for you. In the other school he visited was completely different they actually got real foods that were actually cooked by the lunch ladies. In our school , we are being sold chips and other unhealthy foods. Instead of selling us this there can be an
School funding should be equal because every student deserves a chance to succeed. One reason why is because one school should not have to be overcrowded while another school is below the maximum capacity. The first school, P.S. 79, has 1550 students, while school P.S. 24 only has 825. School P.S. 79 does not have enough classrooms so they combine two classes and divide them by just a blackboard. With the classrooms being overcrowded the students are really close together.
Students tend to eat school food that is appealing to them because it is something they look forward to eating, where as other food doesn't appeal to them. Studies show that waste has inflated significantly since the “Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act” was placed in 2011 by Michelle Obama. (Wanjek) Waste wouldn’t have increased so much if school took a vote on what students like better, instead of making all of the food “healthy”, but then still giving us vending machines,and ala carte with chips,
The big question is who is willing to pay for these resources? Research will show you the different areas of spending that schools do in their districts and where their funds go. The
To start out with the money that the school board could save can help schools fund for field trips. Next the money could help schools get better playground equipment. Finally if there were no more after school sports kids would be able to focus on their homework. These are just a few positives, but there are plenty more to this. Now let’s go back to the reason that I’m writing this paper, the negatives.
OUT WITH THE SCHOOL FOOD IN WITH FAST FOOD Hold you ever questioned why we could not have McDonalds for lunch at school. Although some people say that fast food will make you fat, but we say school food is disgusting and awful. They think it cost too much money. Well is it beneficial for you? Is it because it cost so much money?
Fast food is considered popular because it 's convenient, it 's cheap, and it tastes good. But the real cost of eating fast food never appears on the menu. Fast food marketers marketing to children and adolescents has skyrocketed throughout the last century. According to The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, funded by the government, "In the United States, the percentage of children and adolescents affected by obesity has more than tripled since the 1970 's" ("Healthy Schools"). In fact, this statistic is predicted to increase significantly as fast food restaurants are continuously being built everywhere in the U.S. Fast food restaurants are everywhere.
Obesity is an important disease in the developed countries over the world, especially for children. Soft drinks, snack foods, and fast foods make us to get obesity easily and quickly; in addition, we can see these foods everywhere, and we can buy them in store or from vending machine with very cheap prices. According to the article: “Why Are We So Fat?”, we can get a meal containing 77 percent of our daily caloric requirement at McDonald’s only with 12 dollars – too fast, too convenient. That’s why in this article, Kelly Brownell favors the intervention of legislation suspending food advertising directed at children or removing soft drinks and snack foods from school vending machines. When I go to school, I usually buy a snack and a bottle of coke everyday just because I feel my cravings.