by Ashley Strehl, Editor-in-Chief
This week I thought I’d take a trip down memory lane and present you all my VERY FIRST editorial I wrote when I was a freshman.
Oh how I long for the days when life was this simple. I hope you all enjoy reading this as much as I did.
Back in these ‘good-ol’ days’ I always knew what to write about. I feel like, now, my mind is clouded and I just can’t think of anything!
However, I think that reading my old editorials can actually help me come up with ideas for new ones.
Maybe every other week I will post an old editorial. I always look for every chance I can to feel young again, whether it be eating a food I used to love, visiting a place I used to play at, or in this case, I look at an example of my old writing.
So, without further a-do, here is my first ever editorial that was published in the spring of 2017.
Greasy, salty, finger foods are a MUST for any fast-food loving American. But what is it about McDonald’s fries in particular that makes the world go ‘round? There are more than 10 ingredients in your average McDonald’s fry.
According to several studies some of these ingredients can actually be cancerous. So why do we keep eating them?
According to a poll by “Business Insider”, 34 out of 40 fast food patrons preferred McDonald’s over twelve other fast food chain restaurants.
According to a study from “Business Week” McDonald’s buys 34 billion pounds of potatoes in America each year, and there are 2-3 potatoes in a large French fry.
I know what you’re thinking by this point in the story, “Why didn’t she just title the article, ‘What would the world do without potatoes?’” That’s a good question folks; I’m not sure if even I can answer that question. Americans do a lot of things that are bad for them, is it because we are stupid? Maybe.
Or is it because we believe in living life to the fullest? The way I see it, we don’t live forever, so we can either eat fries, or not. It’s just that simple.
Do what makes you happy, and for me, my happiness is found when I hear a soft voice speak to me through a speaker saying “Thank you for choosing McDonald’s. What can I get for you today?”
The End.
What sucks is that I can’t even stand to eat McDonald’s anymore … Woops.