Advertisements in Schools

“In 1993 District 11 in Colorado Springs started a nationwide trend,” writes Schlosser, “becoming the first public school district in the United States to place ads for Burger King in is hallways and on the sides of its school buses.” (51)? What arguments might be presented in defense of and in opposition to such practices?

Strike for 15

Fast-food workers in about 100 cities will walk off the job today in a push for higher pay. Do you agree with the article we read in class arguing that these efforts are futile, or with the workers that are hoping to make $15 an hour?