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Mason Donaldson 6-06 5/3/10 **Snacks or no snacks** __//**Mason Donaldson**//__

Assume you are sitting in class starving. You didn’t have any breakfast, and you can’t have a snack. What are you going to do? I think that kids should be allowed to have snacks in class. One reason is focus. Face it, how well can you focus when your stomach is growling? Another reason is some students don’t eat breakfast, so they would need to go through a whole morning without food. Last, snacks in school could be a way for teachers to teach students how to be healthy and for students to become healthier. I hope my reasons built up your appetite. A big concern in school is focus, or lack of focus. Teachers are always telling kids to focus. I think that since food helps me focus, it would also help other children focus. One reason is food helps your brain to work better. While it is helping your brain work, there is also something to do at your desk to keep busy. If students were busy snacking at their desks, they wouldn’t have to get up all the time. Who doesn’t want good grades in school? Allowing snacks would mean more focus and better grades. Would you like to see a kid starving because they didn’t have any breakfast? I sure wouldn’t. Some students don’t eat breakfast because they don’t have time. Some students don’t like to eat so early in the morning. For these students a snack becomes a breakfast. Can you imagine having to wait until lunch to have your first food of the day? Health issues for teenagers are a big concern. The snacks that students bring in can be required to be healthy. Take a look at how student lunches are becoming healthier. With healthy snacks teachers can help guide students to make healthy choices. That could be something that a Family and Consumers Science teacher could do. Some examples of healthy snacks include bananas, apples, pears, watermelon, yogurt, and cheese. Healthy snacks mean healthier students. I hope that teachers give more thought to allowing snacks in class. Snacks will benefit students by making them focus more. Also snacks will make it so students wouldn’t have to go through their mornings on an empty belly. Lastly this is a chance for teachers to guide students to a more healthy life by helping them make the right snack choices. Allowing children to have snacks during school would make them better and healthier students.