Selling Candy No Longer Sweet? Mawk Talk
CONS:
Karsyn Schkolnick
PROS:
By Matty Merritt
Breyanna Hellerich
There are some Lincoln Southwest programs
It’s no longer necessary to go to the store to
that have been fundraising by selling chocolate
buy your chocolate bar. You can purchase them
bars, such as the marching band, choir and
in class or even walking down the hallway during
orchestra; they have done so for a number
passing period from students fundraising for their
of years now. There are many things that the
organizations.
proceeds will go too such as traveling and
Candy is not only bad for you, but it can create
uniforms.
bad habits and weight gain because it is filled with
The pros for selling this treat are uncountable. sugars and saturated fats. Some people believe
Chocolate is a popular candy and tons of people
that because we sell candy at school, we are
love it. There is also a variety of chocolate bar
promoting unhealthy habits, which can lead to
types you can purchase, like milk chocolate,
obesity. Eliminating some of the unhealthy choices
dark chocolate,
would also
caramel and
eliminate
more. They
the option
are great in
students have
quality for the
to purchase
reasonable price
them.
of $1.
Not having
“I think
these candy
people will buy
bars sold in
the chocolate
school could
because
easily prevent
everyone loves
bad habits
chocolate,”
from forming.
sophomore Zach
Fruits,
Jewell said.
vegetables
Jewell is
and pretzels
currently selling
could also
chocolate bars
be sold for
to fundraise for
fundraising
marching band.
and could be
One of the
a healthier
best parts about
alternative.
selling this
For
Choir and band students can be found carrying their trademark
candy is that the “World’s Finest” chocolate bar boxes to help raise money for themexample,
money helps the selves to help fund their expenses.
after school
Southwest music
during the
department. Southwest has an outstanding
week of Oct. 14, the speech and debate teams sold
band, orchestra and choir, and receiving a
different kinds of pretzels to raise money to pay
delicious chocolate bar and supporting each of
for transportation and tournament fees. Instead of
the departments is a great trade off.
selling candy, the healthy choice of pretzels had a
Chocolate will definitely catch peoples’
lot of people buying them, myself included.
attention more than healthier snacks would, due
Selling candy during school also causes
to taste and popularity.
distractions and interferes with class time. A lot
Though the healthy snacks are more
of teachers don’t allow food in their classrooms,
nutritious, they don’t have the sweet, mouth
especially when students are eating or drinking
watering taste that a chocolate bar has. Plus,
products that could easily spill or leave crumbs. If
healthy snacks are available at lunch as part of a
candy or any sort of food is to be sold, it should
school lunch for much cheaper than sold for, so
be sold outside of class where it can’t cause
why buy?
distraction and confusion.
Overall, having chocolate sold at
It’s a school rule that you can’t sell candy at all
Southwest is a good idea. It is great tasting, it’s
until 3:00. FBLA students are allowed to sell their
popular, and it’s a sweet treat kids love to buy.
healthy snacks in between passing periods.
Chocolate is a keeper!
Candy can be good for some people, but only
at the appropriate time should you be able to buy
them. School is not one of them.
November 15, 2013
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(Sound it out)
Try to imagine a world without laughter. A world where
you trip up the stairs and no
one videotapes it and puts it on
the internet. A world where we
live in ignorant bliss and never
look at things from a different
perspective.
Luckily, this “world” does not
exist, but it very well could, if
the inhabitants don’t understand the importance of
satire.
You may think satire is not as valuable to our
society as things like food, sewage treatment or
medical research, but it is in fact, more valuable!
The first known record of satire is actually in
the Bible. In Leviticus 18:22 it says, “You shall not
lie with a male as with a woman; it is an abomination.” As you can see, satire dates back 3500 years
ago. Without satire, people may believe that this
statement was meant to be taken seriously! This
example of satire shows us that these sassy stories
can be found in biblical proportions.
Of course, when discussing satire, we could not
forget about one of the most influential satirists,
Jonathan Swift. In 1729, Mr. Swift wrote an essay
encouraging the Irish to eat their own children in
order to prevent the children of poor families being
a burden on their parents. A lot of people were incredibly disturbed, thinking this article was actually
encouraging people to eat their young.
It seems that many people in this day and age
are dealing with the same problem of being unable
to understand satire. If we cannot look at things
from different perspectives, we may be missing out
on not only humor, but also the important issues
hidden within that humor.
If you would like to practice your witty skills of
satirical writing, remember to discuss important
things like:
● The growing trend of house arrest bracelets
amongst students.
● Why water bottles will probably never be
allowed at a southwest sporting event.
● What makes dance parties enjoyable in the
slightest.
● Why Hillary Clinton isn’t president already,
like seriously.
● How not to get hit by a truck.
● What else the cheerleaders can make Tshirts for.
Satire is important to not only help us look at
things from a different perspective but also for the
well being of our lives.
As a satirical writer, I want to make people
laugh and enjoy themselves, which is why pretty
much everything I write in this column is a joke.
Or maybe, everything I write is just disguised as a
joke, but it’s really focusing on issues I believe are
important to recognize.
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