Corporate Partnerships
Gannie Shekhar
Pd:2
Hurley
Corporate Partnerships Corporate partnerships allow schools to gain extra cash by advertising a product or service around the school, this allows the school to gain extra money and the company possible sales. The supporters of corporate partnerships argue that it is a necessity for cash stripped schools. However the other side argues that school environment should be ad free and uninfluenced by corporations. I believe that corporate partnerships are a necessary part of our schools and only hold benefits, up to a certain point. Too much advertising could be distracting or even annoying for students, it should be up to the school to decide the perfect balance of education and ads. The advocates for corporate partnerships argue that; it provides schools with money that they possibly couldn’t have raised before. They argue that the money gained could be used on multiple things, from things such as buying new updated books, hiring new teachers or even to finance a new wing for the main building as in the case of Clarksburg HS. Monitored advertisements for a certain product possibly couldn’t have an effect on student focus or learning. In Clarksburg HS we have ad banners on the bleachers near the football field. From my experience I haven’t seen any student second glance at them or even give them a second thought, but it does provide the school with much needed money for construction projects. Who knows if we would’ve been able to afford a new wing to replace the portables without that aid. The opposing side argues that corporate partnerships take away from the learning environment. They argue that schools should always provide an environment free from corporate influence and ads. What the backers of the opposing side don’t take into account is that students are already influenced by ads every day, from the clothes they wear to the food they eat. Students see ads on TV’s, radio’s, the internet, the apps on their phone etc. Seeing ads in a
Pd:2
Hurley
Corporate Partnerships Corporate partnerships allow schools to gain extra cash by advertising a product or service around the school, this allows the school to gain extra money and the company possible sales. The supporters of corporate partnerships argue that it is a necessity for cash stripped schools. However the other side argues that school environment should be ad free and uninfluenced by corporations. I believe that corporate partnerships are a necessary part of our schools and only hold benefits, up to a certain point. Too much advertising could be distracting or even annoying for students, it should be up to the school to decide the perfect balance of education and ads. The advocates for corporate partnerships argue that; it provides schools with money that they possibly couldn’t have raised before. They argue that the money gained could be used on multiple things, from things such as buying new updated books, hiring new teachers or even to finance a new wing for the main building as in the case of Clarksburg HS. Monitored advertisements for a certain product possibly couldn’t have an effect on student focus or learning. In Clarksburg HS we have ad banners on the bleachers near the football field. From my experience I haven’t seen any student second glance at them or even give them a second thought, but it does provide the school with much needed money for construction projects. Who knows if we would’ve been able to afford a new wing to replace the portables without that aid. The opposing side argues that corporate partnerships take away from the learning environment. They argue that schools should always provide an environment free from corporate influence and ads. What the backers of the opposing side don’t take into account is that students are already influenced by ads every day, from the clothes they wear to the food they eat. Students see ads on TV’s, radio’s, the internet, the apps on their phone etc. Seeing ads in a