Should changes be made to the regulations for foods that are served in public schools?

It is important to provide nutritious meals to school-aged children in order to avoid obesity and other obesity-related problems in the next decade. Obesity has become one of the most significant issues confronting most public schools (Liu, Wisdom, Roberto, Liu, & Ubel, 2014). This is due to the form of foods sold there, which are high in calories, fat, and sugar, causing children in public schools to become obese. Primarily, the foods that are served in public should healthy and notorious which will enable the kids to concentrate and studies and become physically active and participate in sports that will improve their academics (Hawkes, Weinberg, Janusz, Demont-Heinrich, & Vogt, 2016). Consequently, students in public schools prefer buying foods from the vending machines that are installed in their schools rather than consuming the balanced diet and nutritious foods prepared in the schools.

The audience of the work is the government, schools, teachers, parents, students, and public schools governing bodies. These are the people and institutions who are affected by the regulations of the foods in the public schools.

Thesis statement: Food control in public schools is a major issue that requires the intervention of all stakeholders to ensure that efficient and effective regulation are put forward ensure that the students are served with healthy and nutritious food.

Topic 2: Should minors who commit violent crimes be tried as adults?

There are some instances that results to juveniles be tried in adult’s courts. Although there are juvenile courts that are responsible for trying minors. Some cases have a high magnitude, yet they are performed by the children but require the intervention of the adult court. Such cases include murder, rape, theft that are capital offenses and demand the intervention of the adult court (Aizer, & Doyle 2013). Consequently, some juveniles are commit crimes where in some states if they go by the age they will be considered adults. Similarly, some states recognize that minors who are above the age of 15 years should be tried in adults courts if the commit capital offenses. It is important to give justice to the people who the crime was committed to and provide appropriate punishment to crime offenders (Pimentel 2013). Transfer of juvenile cases to the adult courts and should be done at a regulated mode to ensure that the case that requires interventions of the adult court are the ones transferred.

The audience is magistrates, lawyers, minors, parents, prosecutions, and other interested stakeholders who may be concerned with the cases such human rights activists.

Thesis statement: Juveniles commit crimes that are considered capital cases and require the intervention of the adult court system to help determine the case.

Topic 3: Should all states require motorcyclists and passengers to wear helmets?

Motorists and passengers should be advised to wear helmets at all times they are on the road. Firstly, wearing helmets help save lives in case of an accident (Lee, Pino, & Schultz 2015). Importantly, resulting from injuries from the head are twice higher in states that without a law requiring all motorists and passengers to wear helmets when on the road. Moreover, the helmet has recorded nearly 50% effectiveness in saving lives during accidents (Harmon, Marshall, Proescholdbell, Naumann, & Waller 2015). Consequently, injuries and death rate because of not wearing helmets are on the rise. Similarly, the public supports laws on wearing helmets, as they will reduce head injuries and death toll.

The audience is the traffic police, state lawmakers, passengers, motorists, the government, and the public.

Thesis statement: The death toll and head injuries are on the rise, and all states should enforce laws that make mandatory for the motorists and passengers to wear helmets.

References

Topic 1

Hawkes, A. P., Weinberg, S. L., Janusz, R., Demont-Heinrich, C., & Vogt, R. L. (2016). An Innovative Method of Measuring Changes in Access to Healthful Foods in School Lunch Programs: Findings from a Pilot Evaluation. PloS one, 11(1), e0146875.

Liu, P. J., Wisdom, J., Roberto, C. A., Liu, L. J., & Ubel, P. A. (2014). Using behavioral economics to design more effective food policies to address obesity. Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, 36(1), 6-24.

Topic 2

Aizer, A., & Doyle Jr, J. J. (2013). Juvenile incarceration, human capital and future crime: Evidence from randomly-assigned judges (No. w19102). National Bureau of Economic Research.

Pimentel, D. (2013). Widening Maturity Gap: Trying and Punishing Juveniles as Adults in an Era of Extended Adolescence, The. Tex. Tech L. Rev., 46, 71.

Topic 3

Harmon, K. J., Marshall, S. W., Proescholdbell, S. K., Naumann, R. B., & Waller, A. E. (2015). Motorcycle crash-related emergency department visits and hospitalizations for traumatic brain injury in North Carolina. The Journal of head trauma rehabilitation, 30(3), 175-184.

Lee, C., Pino, J., & Schultz, D. (2015). Measuring the use of motorcycle helmets: observational survey of motorcyclists in Florida. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, (2520), 157-164.