Soda Drinking In Schools

Although I do disagree on some points. < > Kids can make money on their own and can use that to buy sodas but in today's world a newspaper route for kids in surburban, rural, and even most cities areas is unrealistic. Babysitting is common and produces a good income but most are lucky to get one babysitting job a month. From that they get say around $40. That's about a soda a day. One soda a day is not that much and nobody get's obese from one soda a day. It's not a better alternative than water or milk but it is not going to hurt you that much. Other jobs include lawnwork which is a job that you have to work to get money. The work you do for that will normally almost cancel out the calories from soda that cause obesity. < > Soda has very little relation to drugs. In your next argument please give me some examples of people handling drugs responsibly (not medical or perscription drugs). Soda is not an addiction and kids who do it do it because it taste good, not because they have a mental need for it. The argument that some kids can't help themselves and this causes obesity is baloney. Yes some kids without rules will take advantage of soda but once again as long as the parents aren't funding them it is not financially possible for the majority of kids. My personal opinion is that most obese kids are somewhat lazy and won't do much work to get the money. < > Students don't drink soda for the chemical stimulation. They do it because it tastes good. There are more ways to get a sugar rush than soda and many easier and cheaper (i. e. candy, chocolate, other sugar high drinks). Plus, almost every class has a trouble maker and honestly the difference between one disruptive student and 4 is almost nonexistent. If a teacher can't keep a class under control that's her fault, not soda's. <> Yes soda does not help a student's learning processes but it also doesn't hinder them. An average student with little soda drinking is under control, and those who drink it a lot are used to it and don't get out of control that often because of it. The biggest point I'm trying to make is soda is drank for the simple reason of taste, not for a sugar high, to annoy teachers, or to be "cool". < > Teachers are underpaid but that is not this debate. Plus, teachers are still paid more than the average babysitter. Sure they have to deal with some hyperactive children but that's their job. They have good and bad students. Parents should be able to impress their ideals on the child. Any child who is "addicted" to soda as you try to put it is an absolutely wrong proposition in my opinion, although I do see somewhat where your coming from. Children become what their parents make them. You find one kid who isn't affected by his parents. If a child has a problem with soda it is probably because of the parents. One shouldn't ruin it for the all. Is it fair to say that if one person does chemotherapy for a high that nobody should be able to use that? You might as well ban pizza from school too as that isn't the healthiest food either. And cookies, and smoothies, and chocolate milk. I don't see a) why should people who can control soda drinking be punished for those who can't? b) why are other kids blamed for the upbringing of other kids? I look forward to your response.