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Corporate Sponsorship In High Schools

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Time and time again, high schools are allowing big-name companies to advertise their logos on school property. This form of corporate sponsorship can have many benefits and/or detriments. Corporate sponsorship exudes endless financial possibilities for schools. If schools allow this kind of corporate funding, they can put the money received towards an array of new school supplies, updated textbooks and technology, better sports equipment, and hiring determined and willing tutors. Although schools may enjoy all of the new materials, they may forget that corporate sponsorships in high schools can make teens’ way of thinking more dependant on advertisements. Being able to buy new, updated textbooks would mean that students can have accurate information without having to use a technological device. Current textbooks would also mean that students would not have to worry about outdated information, or being wrong about an event that has changed since the publication date of …show more content…

Not only would professional tutors help with individual students grade, they could also increase the success rates for standardized testing. Increasing those rates would then act as a catalyst for more money, because the Department of Education would be willing to pay more money to academically successful schools.
Corporate sponsorship can be mentally detrimental to students as well. The advertisements seen by students can deter students from thinking independently, and they can have a much more narrow psyche when referring to certain companies. This is something I agree with wholeheartedly. Corporate influence is alive and more prevalent than ever, and is completely inimical to students’ mental health. These capitalist companies do not care about how they are hindering students ability to think for themselves. All these companies care about is brainwashing youths and making a profit off of

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