Snacks locked away from students

ILLUSTRATION BY JEREMY GUTIERREZ

Many California schools limit their students' consumption of junk food and foods containing excessive fats, salt and sugars, leaving students to bring their own snacks from home.

School administrators blame the ban of students selling snacks on campus on health, diet, and safety. Administrators fail to realize the benefits of students selling snacks on campus and completely disregard the opinions of students. Students should be allowed to sell snacks on campus.

Selling snacks on campus allows students to experience and explore their business, social, and communication skills as they learn to handle money. Students being

Students share their opinions on current topics.

Why or why not should students be allowed to sell snacks on campus?

introduced to an income can introduce healthy money management habits as they become entrepreneurs, marketing to their peers. Student sellers are also less likely to take money from students without giving a product, unlike vending machines that eat up students' product and money. Almost daily, students fear the broken vending machines that leave their snack stuck in the machine taunting them as they are forced to leave. Students who sell snacks provide a variety of yummy snacks with low prices and leave a smile on students' faces.

Many households lack snacks that students crave throughout the school day. Students have come up with the

Aviva Chu, 9

“It really depends. If students are allowed to sell snacks it gives them experience in business, but also takes away funding that the school could get.” idea to sell snacks on campus to provide for other students who are missing lunch. Instead of fighting and waiting for school lunch, students can simply go up to a student selling snacks on campus and buy something that they are missing in their day, perhaps a drink, granola bar or even a sweet treat. Although students should be allowed to sell snacks on campus, students tend to lean towards selling unhealthy snacks during the school day, binging on hot cheetos, candy, chips and sodas. If students would provide both healthy and unhealthy options , student vendors would become more appealing to the eyes of school administrators.

Claire Chen, 10

“I think it's a good way for students to gain experience and interact with other students. It is also a great way to make connections and earn money.”

John Hu, 12

“Yeah, they can sell snacks on campus considering there are students on campus that are hungry and the sellers can make a profit.”

“They should be allowed to sell snacks since I buy snacks and they are pretty good. It would be a great way for students to make profits and combat the struggles of vending machines.”