Written By: Alex Mueller, Staff Writer
Debates remain a large part of Poly’s identity, with each individual student and staff member maintaining different perspectives and contributing to the collective diversity of opinions on the Poly Campus. Therefore, Poly Spotlight seeks to encapsulate this aspect of school culture, hosting the most important debates of Poly History.
The pronunciation of the word “caramel” served as the first in a series of heated debates. The Polyites (people of Poly) largely favor the “Care-Ra-Mel ” pronunciation of the word, maintaining a predominant score of 64% in contrast to the 34% of Polyites who favor the “Car-Mole ” pronunciation.
(Picture Source Nestle)
Producing a nearly unanimous result, Poly vehemently rejects the prospect of applying cereal to milk, with only a small 17% of Poly students holding out against the majority.
Nearly dividing Polyites in half, the debate between In-N-Out and Chick-Fil-A remains heated. 53% of responding Polyites defend In-N-Out as a seemingly superior food chain, with one student citing Chick-Fil-A’s “numerous donations to [a]nti-LGBT+ organizations across the years.” Yet a dissenting 47% of Polyites defend Chick-Fil-A, with another student proclaiming that In-N-Out “is hyped [up].”
Resisting classical conventions, 65% of Polyites favor waffle fries, contrasting the 35% of Poly students who prefer their more conventional counterpart.
Debating the prospect of perpetually living in either 125 or 0 degree weather, characterized by the furnace of Arizona and freezer of Alaska respectively, Poly, at a value of 57% to 43%, largely favors an extremely cold climate in opposition to intensely warm conditions.
(Picture source World Atlas)
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