Is advertising in schools really that bad?

Is advertising in schools really that bad? Did you know that the free book cover's we receive during school reach are also received by half of the students across America? That's twenty five million students. Did you also know that those book covers advertise? They advertise things like, Frosted Flakes, Skittles, and Kellogg's cereal, to things like joining the military. On top of that we have "educational posters" in the halls advertising hard work and …

…graduation outdoors. Advertising isn't a big deal people are conscious of their own decisions they aren't going to be brain washed by posters in the hall or coke machines that have the front label to large. The only question I have left, is it more important to let companies try to get your friends, kids, or family to buy products or to let them get the education they need to get ahead in this world?