“對垃圾食品說不”

“對垃圾食品說不”

Walking along the street, it could be easily observed that youngsters tend to visit fastfood stalls selling burgers and soft drinks or street stalls selling curry fishballs. They simply prefer them to traditional meals or even healthy meals. Besides the low nutrition value and lack of fibres from green vegetables, vast amounts of fat, particularly trans fat, starts alarming the public. In response to the government’s promotion on healthy diet, our tuck shop has been told not to sell ‘junk food’. However, parents, teachers and students take on quite different views and, consequently, they seem not to have reached any compromises yet.

Although parents and teachers seem to be on the same side, their interrelational effects are quite subtle. Teachers are indeed caught in a dilemma. On the one hand, they have the responsibility to take care of their students’ health as professional educators. On the other hand, they could be in trouble if some students accused them for ignoring students’ right to choose. Balancing the pros and cons, of course the school put the students’ welfare first. This can also be seen as a boon to the society because improving the health standard of students today means relieving society’s medical burden in future. Last, but not least, schools are committed to providing students with the right value instead of fulfilling their every request.

From parents’ viewpoint, the opinions could be quite divided. The majority would consider the ban on junk food at school as a blessing. Some may be misled by the shocking adverse effects greatly exaggerated by the media. Despite the fact that cancer, heart attack, coronary disease and obesity are developed if – and only if – one takes in food with high fat content and low nutrition value constantly over a long time in vast amounts, parents often receive a distorted view: they think not only junk food, but other unhealthy snacks should be banned. They think the school has not yet got the job done. Some may think the reason they send their kids to school is to ‘enjoy’ school life, but not to ‘suffer’. They are the ones who put kids’ happiness at the first place. These polarized views could slow down the discussion considerably. Ignorant parents may even think schools should solely shoulder the responsibility.

Students are the recipients of the service. They are of course the major critics of the idea. No matter what their views towards junk food are, they would not welcome the idea of having their choices reduced. For the junk food supporters, obviously they are the major victims, since they will not stop consuming junk food even if they are asked to. The lack of students’ support puts students and teachers in different ends and they lack mutual understanding.

Concerning this issue, parents should understand the school’s standpoint and act as a bridge between the school and students. Parents could start the practice at home and make sure the students understand the meaning of the policy. Students should be made willing to support the school, instead of being forced to. The school should explicitly point out the dark side of junk food so that the students can understand why they should not eat it, instead of restricting them. This may be a counterproductive way because the students may even take in more junk food in their leisure time. Never will the school succeed if she works alone. It is high time the school allied with parents to give the students a healthy future.

沿着大街行走,可以很方便地觀察到年輕人打算去參觀小吃小攤,賣漢堡和軟飲料或街頭小攤,賣着咖喱fishballs。他們只是喜歡他們傳統的飯菜和甚至健康的飯菜。除了低營養價值和缺乏纖維從綠色蔬菜,大量的脂肪,尤其是反式脂肪,開始令人擔憂的公衆。在迴應的政府的促進健康的節食,我們的塔克商店已被告知不要賣“垃圾食品”。然而,家長、老師和學生們選擇完全不同的觀點,因此,他們似乎並沒有達成任何妥協呢。

儘管父母和老師似乎是站在同一邊,他們的interrelational效應是相當敏感。老師確實陷入進退兩難的境地。一方面,他們有責任照顧他們的學生健康以及專業的教育工作者。另一方面,他們將會很麻煩,如果一些學生被他們忽視學生的選擇權利。平衡利弊,當然學校學生的福利放在第一位。這也可以被看作是一個恩賜給那些社會,因爲提高健康水平的學生在今天意味着緩解社會的醫療負擔,在未來的。最後,但並非最不重要的一點是,學校也在致力於給學生提供正確的值代替履行自己的每一個要求。

從父母的觀點、看法可能蠻分開。大多數人會考慮在學校禁止垃圾食品的美好祝福。一些人可能會被嚴重誇大了這令人震驚的不利影響的媒體。儘管事實是患癌症、心臟病、冠心病和肥胖是發達如果-且僅當-你花在吃脂肪含量高的事物和低營養價值不斷在很長一段時間在數額巨大,父母經常接受一種扭曲的觀點:他們認爲不僅垃圾食物,但其他那些不健康的零食應被禁止。他們認爲學校尚未完成了工作。有些人會認爲這就是爲什麼他們送小孩上學的學校是“享受生活,但不要抓得“受”。而他們正是把孩子們的幸福放在第一位。這些極化的觀點將拖慢討論較多。無知的父母甚至可能認爲學校應該單獨承擔責任。

學生大部分接受該服務。他們當然是主要的批評家的`主意。不管發生什麼,他們的觀點對垃圾食品,他們會不受歡迎的想法讓他們選擇減少。對垃圾食品的支援者,很明顯,他們是最大的受害者,因爲他們將不會停止食用垃圾食品,即使它們要求。學生的支援的缺乏使學生和教師在不同的結束和他們缺乏相互理解。

針對這一問題,父母應該瞭解學校的立場,並且作爲學校和學生之間的橋樑。家長可以先在家修行,確保學生瞭解政策的意義。學生應該願意支援的學校,而不是被迫的。學校應該明確指出黑暗面的垃圾食物使學生能夠理解他們爲什麼不應該吃它,而不是限制他們。這可能是一個反作用的方式因爲學生們甚至可以吸收。