What’s the point of having soda machines in schools again? By putting them in a “progressive” environment that promotes health, …show more content…
If we don’t start making efforts to improve health in public schools, and the kids of today keep consuming the excessive amounts of soda and other garbage at the rate they do now, they’re going to pass down their unhealthy dieting habits to their children, just like the Baby Boomers and Generation X did to the current two generations to a lesser extent. We don’t want to ruin the health of future generations too, do we? At this rate, they’re already doomed.
The final point I need to bring up is the fact that the idea of a soda machine in a school is entirely contradictory to the purpose of school to begin with. Why do schools exist? To create better citizens for a better future. What are soda machines prone to doing? Creating unhealthy citizens, as stated previously. Why is the inclusion of soda machines in schools something that happens at all? It’s so backwards that it blows my mind, and I really can’t say much else about