The stores around Fraser Heights Secondary (Starbucks, Subway, DDDN, etc.) are very fortunate for having us. Why? It is because to them, Fraser Heights Secondary is like a gold mine. If the school were to close down, the stores would lose the hundreds of teenagers buying lunch every day. So why do the teens buy lunch? There are many reasons, including things like forgetting to bring lunch, forgetting to make lunch, and the occasional treat. Most parents/guardians know that they buy lunch and allow them to do it sometimes. Even though parents have given permission, some schools don't trust the parents letting kids buy lunch or even making lunch themselves. They want to prevent obesity and get students to eat healthier. Schools are wanting all of the students to eat in the cafeteria and only the foods they sell. This can cause huge problems because of financial, choice, and other issues.
Some students don't buy lunch not because their parents don't want to waste money or become fat, but it is since that they are in a financial crisis and owe a lot of debts. The other reason is that they are part of the hundreds of new immigrants coming to Canada annually. They wouldn't have a lot of money since they are new to Canada and may have problems buying food. Buying food everyday can make you lose a lot of money and then, people will start eating less, or not eating at all.
Every day I bring food to school to eat, my food is healthy, and I am not obese. I rarely buy lunch, about once a month and that is since my parents don't have time to take me out to restaurants. Most of my friends buy food once a week, sometimes more, but they are not obese either. If the school were to force us to eat in the cafeteria, neither me nor my friends would be able to eat at stores. No donuts, frappuccinos, pizza, or other treats. Only healthy food.
There are other things that could happen if students are forced to eat in the cafeteria. The cafeteria would have to change its menu and make the menu larger for more choice. They would need more cooks and food to provide hundreds of students food. They would also have to rebuild the cafeteria and make it larger to serve food faster. The stores around the school would also have a great decrease in customers. Students and parents would also start protesting since they dislike the way that the school thinks that they have control over the students.
A public school is not a day-care center. We do not pay the school to take care of us, so why would they have the right to control what we eat? That is something a parent needs to do for their child. The better way of solving obesity is being more active (physically). The school could try to get their students to walk/bike to school if they live close. They could also tell students to exercise more, though that usually doesn't work.
In conclusion, schools shouldn't have the right to tell students what to eat and what not to eat, and parents should control their kids more. A good parent would already have given their child restrictions on what they can and cannot do.
Sources:
http://oncampus.macleans.ca/education/2011/04/26/the-state-has-no-place-in-the-lunch-bags-of-a-nation/
Some students don't buy lunch not because their parents don't want to waste money or become fat, but it is since that they are in a financial crisis and owe a lot of debts. The other reason is that they are part of the hundreds of new immigrants coming to Canada annually. They wouldn't have a lot of money since they are new to Canada and may have problems buying food. Buying food everyday can make you lose a lot of money and then, people will start eating less, or not eating at all.
Every day I bring food to school to eat, my food is healthy, and I am not obese. I rarely buy lunch, about once a month and that is since my parents don't have time to take me out to restaurants. Most of my friends buy food once a week, sometimes more, but they are not obese either. If the school were to force us to eat in the cafeteria, neither me nor my friends would be able to eat at stores. No donuts, frappuccinos, pizza, or other treats. Only healthy food.
There are other things that could happen if students are forced to eat in the cafeteria. The cafeteria would have to change its menu and make the menu larger for more choice. They would need more cooks and food to provide hundreds of students food. They would also have to rebuild the cafeteria and make it larger to serve food faster. The stores around the school would also have a great decrease in customers. Students and parents would also start protesting since they dislike the way that the school thinks that they have control over the students.
A public school is not a day-care center. We do not pay the school to take care of us, so why would they have the right to control what we eat? That is something a parent needs to do for their child. The better way of solving obesity is being more active (physically). The school could try to get their students to walk/bike to school if they live close. They could also tell students to exercise more, though that usually doesn't work.
In conclusion, schools shouldn't have the right to tell students what to eat and what not to eat, and parents should control their kids more. A good parent would already have given their child restrictions on what they can and cannot do.
Sources:
http://oncampus.macleans.ca/education/2011/04/26/the-state-has-no-place-in-the-lunch-bags-of-a-nation/
I totally agree with you Xinglu. Good job on the post and thanks for trying to fix my highlighted post. It was a pretty good post for the first time! I hope to read more of your posts.
ReplyDeleteGood job XingLu. This blog post includes lots of possibilities that may happen if government agencies or schools start regulating our lunch. I agree that the parents have the responsibility of taking care of their own children and preparing them a healthy lunch and this should not be of the school or government's concern.
ReplyDeleteYour post shows that you did some thinking but you should try using varied sentences to make your paragraphs more interesting and have a better effect on your audience. Also, you should try using more than one source to support your ideas and add some facts that will grab your audience’s attention to your post. For example, you can add something like: “The number of overweight teens has doubled in the past 25 years. Of those, the cause of __% of overweight teens is due to unhealthy eating."
Nice work for a first post!
Great start of your CE posting XingLu! Second paragraph was great, considering you pointed out some of the reasons people don't buy lunch, which caused this whole situation. You did a lot of research, but you could add more details and use more sources like what Emily said.
ReplyDeleteI noticed you use contractions too often, you should try to avoid them to create a more formal essay. I see that you listed all the problems that might happen if we have to buy lunch in school. However you did not tell us the benefits of buying school lunch. Maybe you could add "buying from the school cafeteria can help students by providing healthy food ". Next time, remember to present both sides of the argument
Great job for your first post!