Blog 2

In chapter two of Fast Food Nation, readers gain insight to how some of the nation's public schools receive extra funding. Students are not allowed to have a cell phones in school but they can be bombarded by advertisements in classrooms and lunchrooms. This is a contradiction because the idea of having children attend school is to learn and the marketing school officals are allowing to take place within the school is distracting. "Whether it's first graders learning to read or teenagers shopping for their first car, we can guarantee an introduction of your product and your company to these students in the traditional setting of the classroom"(Schlosser pg.52). At any age or place in life advertisters feel its okay to market to children.