I have been teaching a pre-intermediate class Vocational Business and we �ve been doing a project on McDonald �s - jobs, with present simple; healthy eating with comparatives etc.... Would it be ethical for me to be involved with getting them a McDonald �s meal? I would say it �s OK, so long as we look at the healthy eating angle. I have a grid for them to describe their meal and compare it with others � as to whose is the healthiest choice and why.  A colleague has suggested that this is not acceptable for a healthy-eating/ free trade accredited school.

Mmm- any opinions please? 

 

This is one of those situations where colleagues will be clearly divided, plus you might need parental permission for any students under 18.  If it were me, I wouldn �t venture down that path unless I had all adults and my superiors agreed with my rationale.

 

An alternative would be for students to choose a healthy meal option from the menu but not actually purchase it.  You could even print and laminate different pictures of menu items with nutritional information printed on the reverse.  That way students can mix and match menu items to calculate the healthiest combination of items. 

 

Cheers

 

Jayho

 

 

Thank you, guys. Thank you for keeping me on the straight and narrow. I was wrong. I �ve already mentioned this to the kids and they are excited. I �ll present them with laminates as Jayho suggests and tell them that is what I meant all along.

I �m sure there �s a lesson somewhere in there for them!