Should Students be Allowed to have Lunch Off-Campus?
Subject: Outdoor Lunch
Audience: School Board & Principal
Occassion: A board/faculty meeting during the school year
Purpose: To persuade the School Board that students should be allowed to go outside for lunch
Speaker: A high school graduate currently enrolled in Cornell anniversary
Dear Faculty and Our Beloved Principal,
I am a former student from Francis Lewis High School, currently majoring in Statistical Analysis at Cornell University. I am here to speak about the issue regarding going outside for lunch. This school has implemented a rule prohibiting students from leaving the school premises once they arrive. Therefore, many students cannot enjoy or in some cases, eat lunch.
As we are aware of the school's policy's, we are also aware as to the reason why these rules exist some of which are: injuries from car accidents, skipping class, and parent's concern for their child's safety in general. Although it is true that accidents are more prone to happen near school premises, it is not always true. According to a study done in California, one accident in 10 years of a 5,000 student school shows the chance of accidents are rare. As for skipping class, the principal, Elaine Boyrer of North Shore High School, states "95 percent of the students use the privilege responsibly." Lastly, parents concern can never be appeased but if we assure them that there will be guards/officers at the intersections and shops, it will provide them with some satisfaction. The parent's concern for their children is obviously a major factor, but if their child is starving, the child will do whatever is needed to eat. The effects of not eating can result in depression, anxiety, sudden weight gain, and fatigue/headaches.
In addtition, allowing students to of outside for lunch gives them a feeling of being in charge and in power. When students feel in charge, they tend to be more confident and motivated. Many students also dislike the choice provided because they may feel the food is dirty or just doesn't not fit their taste buds. ABC News have stated, "Government figures show that over the past decade there have been 300 outbreaks of food illnesses in schools, affecting 16000 students." Many students have reason to question the sanitation of school food. Therefore, many choose to go outside for lunch regardless of the school rules. As a former student, I have experienced first-hand the effects of starving during school hours and the frightening moment when you stop out of school grounds for lunch. Not eating have cost me and many other students to feel exhausted to the point where our heads hurt and stomachs start to growl like lions. I mean, which student can concentrate on learning on an empty stomach? Because of their fatigue to to hunger, it cause them to be unfocused and thoughts like "who can hear my stomach growl? I hope no one" start to surface. To prevent all these troublesome thoughts, the rules regarding lunch should be altered so teachers can see improvement in students and students can see improvements within themselves. Many students do not heed the rules and go out regardless which results in a phone call home or a note home. Being allowed to go out can have a positive effect on school performance and the student's mentality.
Audience: School Board & Principal
Occassion: A board/faculty meeting during the school year
Purpose: To persuade the School Board that students should be allowed to go outside for lunch
Speaker: A high school graduate currently enrolled in Cornell anniversary
Dear Faculty and Our Beloved Principal,
I am a former student from Francis Lewis High School, currently majoring in Statistical Analysis at Cornell University. I am here to speak about the issue regarding going outside for lunch. This school has implemented a rule prohibiting students from leaving the school premises once they arrive. Therefore, many students cannot enjoy or in some cases, eat lunch.
As we are aware of the school's policy's, we are also aware as to the reason why these rules exist some of which are: injuries from car accidents, skipping class, and parent's concern for their child's safety in general. Although it is true that accidents are more prone to happen near school premises, it is not always true. According to a study done in California, one accident in 10 years of a 5,000 student school shows the chance of accidents are rare. As for skipping class, the principal, Elaine Boyrer of North Shore High School, states "95 percent of the students use the privilege responsibly." Lastly, parents concern can never be appeased but if we assure them that there will be guards/officers at the intersections and shops, it will provide them with some satisfaction. The parent's concern for their children is obviously a major factor, but if their child is starving, the child will do whatever is needed to eat. The effects of not eating can result in depression, anxiety, sudden weight gain, and fatigue/headaches.
In addtition, allowing students to of outside for lunch gives them a feeling of being in charge and in power. When students feel in charge, they tend to be more confident and motivated. Many students also dislike the choice provided because they may feel the food is dirty or just doesn't not fit their taste buds. ABC News have stated, "Government figures show that over the past decade there have been 300 outbreaks of food illnesses in schools, affecting 16000 students." Many students have reason to question the sanitation of school food. Therefore, many choose to go outside for lunch regardless of the school rules. As a former student, I have experienced first-hand the effects of starving during school hours and the frightening moment when you stop out of school grounds for lunch. Not eating have cost me and many other students to feel exhausted to the point where our heads hurt and stomachs start to growl like lions. I mean, which student can concentrate on learning on an empty stomach? Because of their fatigue to to hunger, it cause them to be unfocused and thoughts like "who can hear my stomach growl? I hope no one" start to surface. To prevent all these troublesome thoughts, the rules regarding lunch should be altered so teachers can see improvement in students and students can see improvements within themselves. Many students do not heed the rules and go out regardless which results in a phone call home or a note home. Being allowed to go out can have a positive effect on school performance and the student's mentality.
1. Ethos is effectively established since you have included research from highly credential people from a publication like ABC news and from a student's experience from not being able to eat lunch. Logos is established since there are many facts and statistics used to persuade the audience about having lunch off-campus. Cause and effect statements are also used to show that not eating leads to depression, anxiety, fatigue/headaches, and not being able to concentrate in class. Pathos is established because a personal anecdote is used by the speaker to show how bad it is to not have lunch since there is no privilege of going out during school hours.
ReplyDelete2. Your use of vocabulary is outstanding because it helps you appear knowledgeable in your speech. The arrangement of your words and phrases helped create well-formed sentences that helps you in your argument for having lunch off-campus.
1. Nice job using Ethos, Logos, and Pathos in your argument, the use of statistics and connections of students not being able to eat lunch due to the fact that the university does not let one go, just makes your argument more effective and hard for one have a counterclaim, since your argument is well written and backed up with facts and evidence.
ReplyDelete2. It seems that your grammar and spelling is not a problem, this shows that you deserve a well high grade if this was to be graded. All your sentences make sense, and do not see any run-on sentences, which is a good because you can clearly start and end a statement.