Ads in School

Certain school districts have discovered that there is a deficit in the funding available for transportation for students. As a new solution, the school districts have been allowing companies to place ads on school buses to gain money to close their budget gap. However the  idea of placing ads on school buses has caused a lot of controversy among parents and law makers. The people that are for placing ads on school buses believe that even though, it is an ad on the side of a school bus, it is nothing more than an ad on the side of a school bus. They believe that the money that they gain from allowing companies to advertise on the side of the buses will help decrease the debt caused by providing transportation for students. The small fraction that is earned is significant because it helps with the issues of the budget. 

The people who are against placing the ads on the school buses believe that by allowing companies to place ads on the school buses, they will soon want to advertise everywhere. The parents who are against the ads believe that the type of advertisements placed on the buses will make the children more vulnerable to the types of companies they do not want their children seeing. The parents believe that certain ads are inappropriate for their children. However, I feel that wherever the parents will bring their children, there will be advertisements which show the same ads that they are trying to prevent their children from seeing. They do not want the children being exposed to fast food or companies which will have the children thinking about anything inappropriate.

In my opinion, I believe that the school districts should allow certain companies to advertise on the school buses. The parents who are opposed to this believe that school buses like the one above will be driving around the neighborhood bringing their students to school. That is completely ridiculous because I am sure that the people who are in charge of selling the advertisements to the companies know how to properly censor the ads that will be placed on school buses. There won't be any "Planned Parenthood" or "Trojan condom" ads placed on a school bus. I also believe that the companies which the school districts allow to advertise should also try not to "take an arm when a hand is offered". If you are allowed to advertise on a school bus do not request an ad in the gym, on the sports field, on teachers and an announcement during sporting events. The parents on the other hand should know that if there child(ren) were brought up correctly, they can see a million ads a day but will not be affected by it. The parents biggest concern is the fast food ads, and if the parents taught their children the definition of no, there should not be a problem.