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Do Children Up To College Students Ramen Noodles And Box Mac And Cheese?

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Administration and student council, do you think that children up to college students know how to cook something other than ramen noodles and box mac and cheese? (T1: Rhetorical Question) According to Huffington Post, (2011) (S1:Parenthesis) 28% of Americans did not know how to cook. ‘51% said they had a spouse or partner who does most of the cooking. The other major excuses were “not having enough time” 21% and “not wanting to clean up afterwards” 25%. Many also indicated that the time it takes to go grocery shopping is a major impediment’ (Satran). To put it simply, too many Americans (T2: Synecdoche) just don’t know how to cook. Since our diets consist of highly processed foods that sadly have contributed to a health crisis, more than …show more content…

Through cooking, children learn lifetime skills through practicing basic math skills like counting, and weighing, and measuring, and keeping track of time. (S4: polysyndeton) They also are exposed to using social skills by working together as a team and communicating in the cooking work space. Students work like sink sponges. (T3: simile) They absorb information. Information that we need to give them, for them to use. (S5: Anadiplosis)
Here at Souderton Area High School, we are exposed to classes like CHCI and Food and Nutrition where we are given the option to learn nutritional facts and then actually make food and use communication skills with the classmates. There are food and nutrition classes in some other high schools, but those classes are only offered as well and not mandatory to take. Students should have the opportunity to learn that homemade food is more nutritious and wholesome than fast food and learn some of the basics of cooking so that they can grow up to be able to provide for themselves and teach their family. If we don't start taking action, our society in America is going to continue to have unhealthy lifestyles.
In a class called CHCI, that is available at Souderton High School that most freshman take, they show a movie called Supersize Me. Supersize Me is a social experiment in which a guy ate food from the McDonald's menu for an entire month. In the process his weight balloons, his energy level plummets

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