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The facts are clear; more needs to be done. All beverages that contain high amounts My Notes of sugar should be removed from schools, even if this means losing the money that schools
make off of their sale. More schools should be like the ones in the Eula Independent
School District in Texas. There, students are told that sodas purchased outside the school
are not allowed in their cafeterias. Also, if school is the only place where young people are discouraged from drinking unhealthy beverages, it seems unlikely that we’ll ever really put a stop to the obesity crisis. The study that showed students shifting to different sugary drinks also warned about other ways that students make up for school-based bans. While students who were not heavy soda users did drink less due to bans, heavy drinkers made up for the bans with increased consumption outside of school. This is not to say that soda bans should be abandoned. Instead, we need to do more, expanding the bans to more sugary beverages and looking for ways to discourage children and teens from drinking these drinks in their free time. The country faces a genuine health crisis that is threatening our youth. This is no time for half measures.
Works Cited
“Childhood Overweight and Obesity.” CDC: Overweight and Obesity. Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention. 7 June 2012. Web. 4 April 2013.
O’Connor, Anahad. “Soda Bans in Schools Have Limited Impact.” New York Times. 7
November 2011. D1. Print.
Park, Madison. “Are School Soda Bans Effective?” The Chart. CNN.com. 8 November
2011. Web. 3 April 2013.
“Eula Schools Student Handbook.” Eula Independent School District. n.d. Web.
4 April 2013.
After Reading
Language and Writer’s Craft Practice: Paraphrase or Direct Quotation
When writing to present information that you have researched, you should remember three important terms:
Plagiarism, which is using information as your own without identifying its source. Paraphrase, which is restating information in your own words.
Direct Quotation, which is using the exact sentence or phrase that you read in your source.
Practice: Take the following quote from the previous activity and practice paraphrasing.
The study that showed students shifting to different sugary drinks also warned about other ways that students make up for school-based bans. While students who were not heavy soda users did drink less due to bans, heavy drinkers made up for the bans with increased consumption outside of school.
Responses will vary
Punctuating Direct Quotations
When directly quoting, it is very important to avoid plagiarism by setting off words taken from another source with quotation marks.
For example:
“To thine own self be true.”
or
Shakespeare once wrote, “To thine own self be true.”
Writing Workshop 6 • Research Writing 3
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