When a family goes out to eat out at McDonalds, they buy meals that are extremely over portioned or "meals that can easily make up to half of their recommended daily intake of calories"(Brownlee 1). Restaurant's commercials appeal to the much younger generation. It makes them want to go eat there and usually get the toy that comes along with that Happy Meal. That's where parents need to step in and say no, instead of giving in and taking them to go eat since it's an easier option. According to David Barboza, author of "If You Pitch, They Will Eat", "increase in food marketing to children has closely tacked their increase in weight"(5).
At the end of the day, the child is hungry, and most parents stop by the favorite fast food to get dinner as part of their busy lives. My audience would be the parents of children and their children. My persuasion will try to invoke them to promote healthy eating habits and planning at
Amy L. Mills Foundations Ronald McDonald House My experience at the Ronald McDonald house was something I gained so much from and I am very appreciative to have been a volunteer for that day. We spent the morning preparing food for the sick children and their families, but for me the experience was much more than just being able to cook and prepare food. We started the day by cooking breakfast for the children. Slowly the children and their families came down to eat the food we prepared. The children had the most amazing personalities and were so happy, which amazed me, knowing what they are going through.
I started to go to community college for a little while but couldn’t seem to stay focused on anything but getting messed up with my friends and nothing really bad had happened, meaning no consequences for anything so why not keep on partying? So I did that for another year and squeaked thru a year of community college and decided I was gonna go to Culinary school in Santa Barbara because I loved to cook and had worked at a pizza place thru high school and that year of college. I was good at it and why not make a living doing it!!! Plus everyone partied!! Excellent decision I thought.
The importance of a Bishop Noll education this past year has surpassed my highest expectations. It has opened my eyes to the reality of what a great school can do for you both academically and spiritually. From the first day of school, the challenges & hurdles that have come my way have been great examples of what life has in store for me at the college level and in the future workforce. This philosophy is made clear at Bishop Noll, starting with the faculty, teachers, coaches and advisors. These values then get absorbed from every student and it becomes a trickled down affect that empowers us all.
Next year I know I will miss the comforting feeling I receive when I walk into her classroom. It was an absolute honor to learn and work with Mrs. Perkins. No words can express how grateful I am for all of her hard work and effort. A good teacher is one that helps students to understand difficult concepts, but Mrs. Perkins is a great educator that not only motivates teenagers, but sincerely cares for and helps each of her students. Because of her, I am now able to thoroughly enjoy and understand music.
Working hard towards something that could change a life is exactly what she is doing. She has her head on straight and is looking forward to helping each and every student one step at a time. The many life lessons she endured has strengthened her, and she is taking that strength and using it for a good cause. h This year, math teacher Angela Munday began plans to re-establish a volunteer mentoring program that faded away years ago, for students at the high school. Munday, who is working to match volunteers with students in need, hopes to kick off the program May 1 so that it can continue through the summer.
Food distributed by the National School Lunch Program contains some of the same ingredients in fast food... Yet this is how the government continues to "help" feed millions of American school children. (Heron 11)" I believe that if you receive money from the U.S.D.A. that schools should invest in a kitchen to serve freshly salads, fruits, and vegetables or as a minimum take a step into having a healthier school diet and lunch. If students would have known that fast food ingredients were found in our school lunches.
I use her mistakes as learning tools. "Make a child happy now and you will make him happy twenty years from now in the memory of it. And happiness is a great thing … It contributes to the making of a normal childhood, which is in turn the foundation of normal manhood and womanhood." Happiness in this account is the key bond between parents and children—" (Stearns, 2010, Sec
Along the way I found my passion for cooking which is why I am here today, to obtain that degree and move on into the “real world”. It was my sophomore year in high school when I was taking a Restaurant Management class. It was an elective class following Foods 1 & 2. My teacher had asked if anyone would be interested in entering a cooking competition to represent our school. A few classmates and