Editorial Final

Unfair Rules in the New School

Moving into a new school is an exciting ordeal. Getting the opportunity to be a part of something new that will be a great resource for years to come is thrilling. Getting a new set of rules that no one agrees with and rarely follow is ridiculous. A few of the rules that are questionable, the food and drink, coat, and hallway rules. Being a student that attends Tongue River High School I feel that changing these rules should be taken into consideration. Yes we understand that the teachers would like to preserve this facility and keep it as new as possible for as long as possible, but I feel that we can do that without these rules.

The first rule that the teachers should change would be the food and drink rule. The teachers may believe that the students will make a mess in the school with food and drinks in class but they should change the rule temporarily to see if students are respectable with this privilege. Plus the United States spends money every year to promote the food pyramid and the right amount of servings we need each day to be healthy but how are we supposed to get that at school when we aren't allowed to eat besides lunchtime? Some of us, including teachers, feel dehydrated and need our brain food for the day. Also due to the new school students cannot go to their lockers after they have already entered the commons area. I think that the amount of damage will stay the same if we are able to go to our lockers at lunch time than if we aren't. Last but not least, the rule about not wearing outside coats indoors should be reconsidered. The staff tell us that the building has climate control so there isn't going to be days where the rooms are freezing. There have already been days where wearing a hoodie in the classroom was not enough for some kids. They have rules enforcing us to wear more clothing, but now they are making rules for us to take some off? I don't think wearing coats is hurting anything besides the person who is cold.

Sure the new school is satisfactory, even though a little plain, but some of the rules need to be changed to regain the peace the students and teachers once had in the older school. Students still bring water and food into classrooms, and still wear their coats and it hasn't hurt the school in anyway yet so why not give some of our freedoms back?