Chapter 4
1. Jean Anyon agrees with the arguments that other authors make about children in different social classes receiving different treatments in school. I know she agrees with the other authors because she says that her "article offers tentative empirical support."
2. David Zinczenko's, Don't Blame the Eater, discusses why people are suing Fast Food companies. Zinczenko agrees with the people who sue Fast Food Companies, because of many reasons, one being that he once was fat from eating fast food. He suggests that fast food companies should have clear nutritional information for their food. Zinczenko brings up a counter-claim in his argument that says "Shouldn't we know then to eat two meals a day in fast-food restaurants?" He responded to that by saying teenagers cannot find "alternatives."
Fast Food Restaurants are not the main problem with today’s obesity. The food they serve is not healthy at all, but everyone I talk to knows that. If everyone knows fast food is not healthy, then why is it such a big shock when people gain weight after eating fast food all the time. When Zinczenko talks about teenagers not having other alternatives, I find it hard to believe. Being a teenager myself, I make my own food at home most of the time. Teenagers could go to the grocery store and pick up healthy foods to eat. I just do not see how people can blame Fast Food entirely when they made the choice to eat that food.
