Why the School Store Expands Students' Bodies
Article: Hannah Kim, Seunghoon Choi, Jaejun Ku
Editor: Hannah Kim
Designer: Sarah Cho
Editor: Hannah Kim
Designer: Sarah Cho
In the months following the school’s new policy regarding a ban on the local CU, SIS has taken the hungry student population and turned them into a lucrative business opportunity.
In fact, the school store has dedicated an entire corner of its business to selling junk food. Gone are the racks of hoodies, flashlights, and accessories- replaced by shelves of cheeseballs, wafers, and gummy bears. More students have started dipping into the school store for a quick bite before their next class, and the once deserted school store has been transformed into a popular place of social rendezvous. But the change isn’t necessarily for the better. It is not uncommon to find a student walking into P.E. class, carrying five or six candy wrappers while shoving the last bits of their Enaak into their mouth. And speaking of Enaak- here’s a fun fact. A popular snack sold at the school store, ‘Enaak’ has 80 calories per pack, and most students eat 3 to 5 per day - close to 400 calories. Furthermore, the sodium and trans fat contained in the snack is over the limit of how much a regular adult should be consuming. |
So why is SIS allowing the school store to sell unhealthy junk food to students?
The answer is simple. This frenzy for food is matched only by the store’s exponential growth in sales. Profit has skyrocketed since the introduction of junk food into the school store, and it continues to grow ever since.
The answer is simple. This frenzy for food is matched only by the store’s exponential growth in sales. Profit has skyrocketed since the introduction of junk food into the school store, and it continues to grow ever since.
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According to an interview with Ronald Ko, manager of the school store, the store earns nearly 100,000 won on average per day. That’s more than a 70 percent increase from the amount of profit that the school store earned before it started selling junk food. According to Mr. Ko, the money goes towards funding more school uniforms and more school supplies. This, of course, brings about a conflict of interest- between fitness classes and fattening junk food, it’s not hard to see the glaring contradiction that the school store represents. SIS should have an obligation to keep their students healthy. |