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supplement the education already provided may dramatically increase school test scores and the
motivation of the student. Advertisements of different methods of gaining supplemental help in
the core areas of education such as multiplication charts and vocabulary flash cards would not be
detrimental to the development of critical thinking, but would instead give notice to the students
to how to improve their education. The school would get more funds to better their core teaching
program, the corporate business would use their profits to improve their supplemental
educational materials, and students would improve from both the school teachings and their own
supplemental learnings.
While parents may be led to believe that corporate business advertisements may hinder
their students development of critical thinking due to the influence of bias endorsements, no
research has proven this statement. The fact stands that many underfunded schools are in need of
funds that many corporate business may provide and that the advertisements that adorn the
school banquet meetings and yellow buses are often used in school assignments regarding the
effectiveness of advertisements. Underfunded, and all too usually, underachieving schools are in
need of funds that corporate businesses may provide and supplement learning material
advertisements are helpful to the school, the business, and the student with the information that
the advertisements provide. Its a win-win situation for everyone involved.
Works Cited
Boninger, Faith, Joseph Fogarty, and Alex Molnar. "Corporate Commercialism in
Schools Threatens Critical Thinking." Corporate Commercialism in Schools Threatens Critical
Thinking | Saybrook Forum. Saybrook University, 1 Jan. 2012. Web. 28 Apr. 2013.
<http://www.saybrook.edu/forum/phs/corporate-commercialism-schools-threatens-criticalthinking>.
Clark, Kena, Mark C. Foley, Geoff Freymuth, and Kerry Rodeffer. "Commercialism in
Schools." Commercialism in Schools. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1 Aug. 2002.
Web. 28 Apr. 2013. <http://education.illinois.edu/wp/commercialism-2002/policy.htm>.
Lin, Joanna. "Corporate Sponsorship in Schools Can Harm Students, Experts
Say."California Watch. CaliforniaWatch, 8 Nov. 2011. Web. 28 Apr. 2013.
<http://californiawatch.org/dailyreport/corporate-sponsorship-schools-can-harm-studentsexperts-say-13464>.