SWA 12

Waters, Alice.  “A Healthy Constitution.”  The Carolina Reader.  TX: Southlake, 2012.  Print. 

          Alice Waters’ essay, “A Healthy Constitution” argues in support of an “edible education.”  By this

she means that she wants students to understand where food comes from and the values of

responsibility and cooperation that go along with it.  She says that taking responsibility for food

production builds American values of democracy in students.  Her argument for better food in schools

accompanied by understanding of food would likely be supported by Jamie Oliver.   

Questions:

Waters’ claim is that teaching students to produce food responsibly instills democratic values in the students.  She supports this claim by giving quotes of students she has worked with.  Waters also makes the link between health food and better success in classrooms due to more energy and less sick days.  She only briefly skims this topic.  A few more sentences of support would have easily inhanced her argument.