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 * We Should Have Snack Every Friday **
 * Christina Bleiler **
 * 6-06 English **
 * 5/3/10 **

Crunch… crunch… crunch!! Yum! That’s the sound you will enjoy if you allow students to have snack every Friday. It is important for kids to have a snack. Some kids don’t eat breakfast and are hungry at school, a teacher could use it as a good reward for kids, and some foods even give the brain extra energy. I hope you will agree with me after you hear my reasons for having a snack on Fridays.

I am first going to talk about why kids don’t eat before school and the problems kids have when they are hungry. Some kids don’t have breakfast in the morning. They might not be morning people and they aren’t ready to eat that early. Other kids wake up late in the morning. They don’t have enough time to eat because they might miss their bus or be late for school. When kids are really hungry, sometimes their stomach hurts. If students get a snack in school, then they won’t be so hungry. This might help kids be able to focus more during class and kids would feel better. Instead of their stomach hurting and asking to go to the nurse, they would spend more time in class. Maybe if students ate a snack at school, they could concentrate more and there would be less stomach aches.

Another good reason for having snack is it could be used as a reward for doing something good. For example, if you get an 89% or higher on a test, the teacher would allow you to have snack during your next test. If students raise their hand a lot to answer questions they might get rewarded. The teacher could ask a student to tally how many questions each student answers or how often kids raise their hand for the week. If they answer lots of questions, they will get a snack. Also, if kids do all of their homework and class work each day, they might get a special snack on Friday. Maybe snacks will help kids do more homework, class work, and even participate more.

Lastly, kids should have a snack because some foods give you extra brainpower. This might make it easier to study for a test. If you are taking a test, it might make you be able to think better. Some healthy snack foods are any fresh or dried fruits like apples, oranges, raspberries, and dried apricots. Nutri-grain bars that are high in fiber and cheese and crackers are all good for you. These are some examples of snack foods that can help you think.

Don’t you think eating snacks at school seems to make a lot of good sense? You now know how it would help kids who have not eaten breakfast, how a teacher could use it as a good reward for trying to do your best, and some ways it could give us brainpower. I hope you agree with my idea of eating snacks in school.