Should Schools have Vending Machines? They can be a great way for students to get a snacks in the day. Recently, in some states, laws were passed that schools should not be allowed to have vending machines. Should this law be passed throughout all states or should schools be allowed to have vending machines?
First, vending machines can be a great way for students to get snacks without being hungry throughout the day. In many schools, the lunches are very late so the students get hungry waiting for lunchtime. A great way for students to get a snack is to stop at a vending machine in between classes. This way, students won't feel as hungry while waiting for lunch. Along with that students claim that they are not being fed enough and that the food tastes horrible. With vending machines, students can choose what they want to eat and how much of it. Most schools have
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Also, usually all of the snacks in the vending machine are under $2.00 so if students that can't afford a lunch or breakfast can always use the snacks out of the vending machines. Debate.org, did a study that if a student is hungry during class it is harder for them to focus and get their work done. As a result, students can fulfill their hunger if they’re snacks are accessible through vending machines close by.Furthermore, if students are hungry and buying snacks in between breaks, that means the machines are going to make money. Now buying a vending machine can be expensive, but after a while of selling the snacks, you will get back the money you spent on the vending machine from the snacks you sell. After that point, you will start making money. Some of the money will then be spent on buying more snacks, But most of it could be spent on the school. They could pay for school field trips or new technology. The vending machines will make the school
Since the beginning of time, schools were always a place we could trust. A place where we could send our kid(s) off to without worry of what they may be learning, doing, or eating, but perhaps we should be. As the craving of fast food is growing, so is the demand for it. Some schools have taken advantage of this and brought fast food into their schools, providing it for lunch. A high school in California serves McDonald’s, Subway, and even Quiznos to their students for lunch (Lehmann). The school claims the kids are more likely to buy school food when they see brand foods (n.p.). Schools get money from the National School Lunch Program for every meal they serve, but that money from the government only covers so much (n.p.). To pay the rest of the lunch staff, facilities costs, and food, schools turn to the money they make by selling lunches and breakfast to their students (n.p.). Another school in California has even tried to mimic Round Table, a brand name pizza in their area, with healthier ingredients, but was only able to sell 250-300; when they sold Round T...
This doesn’t help kids focus in the classroom for hours after consuming these fatty and sugary foods. The kids will get a sugar high but then crash hours after and won’t be focusing in class but instead, falling asleep during an important lesson. Anita states that, “school cafeterias, of all places, should demonstrate how a healthy, low-fat, well-balanced diet produces healthy, energetic, mentally alert people,” and teaching this at high schools is the best place to change the food because in this generation, kids are becoming overweight and unhealthy because of all the “junk food” they are eating. Teenagers in high school tend to eat more when they are stressed, so if they serve unhealthy foods in the cafeterias then the student will eat the “junk food”, but if the “junk” is switched with fruits, vegetables, and some salads then the students wouldn’t have the sugar high and be focused
Unhealthy foods are what make the money for schools and that is why they serve them for students. (Schlafy) Schools feel like they need the extra money in the budget, even though it is at the student’s expense. Data shows that nearly 60% of all middle schools in the US serve soda from vending machines. (Schlafy) Soda is very high in sugar and is not at all good for children, but it is still sold in school vending machines. The ways food in schools is now are way too high in fats and sugars. This is not good for the children and very bad in the long run. Elementary schoolchildren have an estimated $15 billion of their own money that they can use to buy whatever they want in schools, and parents have almost another $160 billion to give students for food money. (Schlafy) Big businesses see this as a big source of profit and therefore encourage children to buy their products, and want them to be offered in school because of th4e likelihood of children buying the business’s product. All in all, obesity in the US is greatly influenced by the foods offered in schools
In December of 1947, there was a “World’s Fair of vending machines” in Chicago with over 5,000 attendees. The Billboard magazine used to set aside their final 15-25 pages to focus exclusively on the vending machine industry for all their issues released from the start of the 1930s up until 1970. The National Automatic Merchandising Association (NAMA) continues to hold big conventions annually for companies in the business, from the well-known soda corporations to unheard of companies manufacturing and managing the machines all around us. Today the vending machine business is approximately a thirty billion dollar industry (Atkins 2016). Most people do not give the large quiet boxes very much thought but the development of vending machines has
The spinners have caused many distractions in a countless number of schools across the country. Teachers want them banned because their students play with the toy instead of paying attention in their classes. Students have even attached pencils to the bearings making it a hazard. Fidget spinners are supplying students with entertainment, rather than help with anxiety . Sadly, many have taken advantage of their cause, leading to using them for the wrong purposes.
Yet the greatest difference between the two high schools lies in the nourishment. At Ridgeview High School, at least one snack machine and one drink machine can be found in virtually all the buildings. These vending machines consist of various sugary foods and drinks like honey buns and Coke. Additionally, Ridgeview offers a coffee and a cookie portable. During 1st, 3rd, 5th, and 6th period, the coffee shop sells small ($1) and large ($2) frappuccinos, iced coffees, hot coffees, and smoothies. The cookie portable, however, is open all day and sells various types of cookies and brownies for a $1 a piece. During lunch, Ridgeview has 3 different lines that sell international foods such as pizza and nachos, and chicken nuggets with mashed potatoes.
In “Hooked on ‘Caramel-Colored Gold,” Melody Nelson claims “Despite the increased awareness of the benefits of good nutrition, we are a nation hooked on junk food, and many school administrators are taking advantage of the situation ” (par. 3). Nelson propose a ban on vending machines in schools because junk food is unhealthy for children, and they risk future health problems. I agree with Melody Nelson and believe that vending machines should be banned from school campuses, because they sell unhealthy food, they cause more money to schools for hiring extra custodians, and they are affecting children learning abilities.
How would you like your school, having focused and working students with gum in their mouths or having disorganized students with nothing in their mouths? Students should be allowed to have gum in school because it helps them. Chewing gum helps their brain and their education. And most of all, it helps them focus. Some people might say that gum is bad for your well-being, that gum in school shouldn't be allowed because it distracts people and it’s too messy and noisy.
First , vending machines should be allowed is because they could keep students focused . Sometimes kids get dizzy and don’t stay focused . So we need vending machines to prevent kids from getting ill . Also it would provide a greater selection of food options . So if the vending machines are here it would make students happy .
The vending machines which have mostly sodas and chips are also convenient for kids, but they are consuming tremendous amount of sugars that are so unhealthy for their diets. In high schools, their hormones are changing and when they eat or drink foods that are not healthy, their hormones respond to those, by making them hyper, unable to learn and to comprehend subjects better in schools.
How could are schools use our money wisely. Maybe it goes to the teachers. Maybe it goes to are academics. Or maybe just maybe it goes to the students. First thing first, cafeteria. The students think that vending machines are very necessary because it would shorten the lunch lines. The students who are really hungry could get lunch faster. Also more lunch lines would be easier to get are food. Second, school busses. For the parents that work early in the morning and are always rushing, this could help them out. Students would get to school on time and parents don't have to stress about getting their kids to school. And there could be a bus for each town. Now, finally new subjects. New subjects would expand our minds and we could learn new
If you observe students buying lunch in the cafeteria, you don’t often see them buying these kinds, but not limited to, foodstuffs: burritos (which are just beans wrapped in tortillas), “burgers” (meat slapped on two slices of bread), etc. Even the chicken nuggets aren’t very popular. And the price is great! $3.75-$4.75 is not worth such “garbage”, as a teacher would say. Out of the 25 students I surveyed, 56% stated that they would like to see their cafeteria changed.
Today’s cell phone is the front line technology at our fingertips. Keeping this in mind the use of cell phones have become an affair when it comes to allowing teens to use them in educational environments, such as schools. One part of society supports the use of cell phones while the other part of society disapproves the use of cell phones. I personally believe that cell phones should not only be allowed in school, but cell phones should be mandatory just like a textbook. Cell phones do not only allow students to stay united with friends and family, but cell phones are also a magnificent learning system, and they boost the liable use of technology.
With the blooming development of science and technology, mobile phones have become an indispensable part of life. The increasing number of teenagers who use a cell phone in schools which disrupts classrooms orders has become a major concern. However, mobile phones should not be banned in schools. Actually, it is not necessary to ban mobile phones in schools. Additionally, using mobile phones in schools has some positive influences. Furthermore, it is likewise a human right for students.
There is no doubt that almost all people in developed country using mobile phones, from teen until old peoples. They are using mobile phones for business communication, keeping contact with family and friends, and even just followed the trends. This essay will focus on using mobile phones in elementary and high schools. There are many disadvantages of using mobile phones in school such as, students use mobile phones for cheating, as well as that can destroy concentration while study in classroom. It also be shown that other electronic devices to facilitate student while study at schools. However, this essay will argue that mobile phones should be banned in schools.