Fast Food Nation Argument Analysis
I am currently a student at Delphos Jefferson Senior High School, and we recently read Fast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser in our senior English class. It is a nonfiction novel that discusses the dark side of American fast food. As we’ve been reading, I’ve realized that a large amount of students at Jefferson Senior High drink soda purchased at school-offered vending machines. While these students are young adults and can make their own health related decisions, our responsibility as a school is to ensure that students receive healthy treatment. I understand that soda machines offered in our school are under the circumstances of corporate advertising; a practice that grants our school extra money towards general funds.
And it’s not only soda machines that advertise company’s products, it’s also the use of First Federal Bank calendars or sports billboards that advertise McDonald’s. The difference between those advertisements and the Coke-A-Cola soda machines is that soda is offered in our school, whilst McDonald's and First Federal Bank services are not. Although some corporate advertising is helpful to our school, I believe that the school board should limit the amount of products offered here, especially soda or …show more content…
We are by no means a rich school; we rely on extra funds to make sure students here receive a acute education. “The proponents of advertising in the schools argue that it is necessary to prevent further cutbacks,” which means that as a result of having Coke-A-Cola products in our school, we have a chance to earn money to put into our school’s funds (Schlosser 52). This can help with supplying new textbooks to classes that need them, such as our Calculus class needed them for the 2017-2018 school year, or supplying teachers with other needed supplies. In reality, corporate advertising helps further our student’s
And it’s not only soda machines that advertise company’s products, it’s also the use of First Federal Bank calendars or sports billboards that advertise McDonald’s. The difference between those advertisements and the Coke-A-Cola soda machines is that soda is offered in our school, whilst McDonald's and First Federal Bank services are not. Although some corporate advertising is helpful to our school, I believe that the school board should limit the amount of products offered here, especially soda or …show more content…
We are by no means a rich school; we rely on extra funds to make sure students here receive a acute education. “The proponents of advertising in the schools argue that it is necessary to prevent further cutbacks,” which means that as a result of having Coke-A-Cola products in our school, we have a chance to earn money to put into our school’s funds (Schlosser 52). This can help with supplying new textbooks to classes that need them, such as our Calculus class needed them for the 2017-2018 school year, or supplying teachers with other needed supplies. In reality, corporate advertising helps further our student’s