Since the beginning of this school year, a bunch of high school students have been hanging out in the library. It seems to be a cool place to spend recess and lunch since its quiet and it’s only a small group of people who hang out because of the high temperatures. But after a while, trouble seemed to be around the corner for a particular group of students who decided to make a play ground out of the library. This continued through for weeks and weeks, until the librarians, who are the responsible to maintain order and quiet inside of the library, got tired of having to deal with this disorder twice a day, and reported the misbehavior of these individuals to the high school office.
After a few days that the bad conduct was reported, the principals decided to take action to punish the students who have caused a huge commotion in the library. I believe these students were suspended for several days, but the part of the punishment that affected at least one-hundred and eighty high school students was the decision to ban all eleventh an tenth grader from the school library during breaks. At the beginning, no one bothered about the decision even though they didn’t find it fair that two entire grades had to pay for five unconscious students. But as the heat increased through the past of the days, everybody was searching for a place in which they could chill and cool off, and the library was the only place available and at the same time unreachable for half high school students.
This started to have a negative effect on the students affected by the ban. The trouble makers who made the office take this crucial decision were threatened to be beaten up for this childish act of them. Behavior during class time was also affected, since students who didn’t find it fair at all started to revolt and misbehave in act of protest.
Some retentions have been given to banned students since few smart 10th graders have tried to enter to the restricted area trying to fool the librarians telling them they are in inferior grades, which librarians and principals haven’t tolerated at all.
As November came by and the temperature slightly dropped, students have seemed to forget about the whole ban, and spend their lunches at the caseta or at C wing as they’d normally do in past years. Everybody seems to be happy, except students who were irresponsible enough and decided to do their homework at school, and as they are unable to enter to the library, they might not enjoy to do their homework in quiet environment, or are unable to print their research or essays.
The ban shouldn’t have been made first of all; the high school authorities should have deal with the trouble makers and should have left the entire grades out of these embarrassing episode.
-Bruno Tome
christopher ortega: i think that banning 10th and 11th graders from the library is dumb. The library is part of the school and all students should be able to acces every place of the school since we pay the money to have all the previligies.
ReplyDeleteThis is one of the stupidest decisions ever made. The library is made for us to read books in our free time and increase our knowledge. This ban should have been lifted maybe a week after the events happened. No one goes to the library anyways...
ReplyDeleteInteresting article. This was something relevant that happened in school and it is good for everyone to know about it. The situation was well explained.
ReplyDelete-Denisse Chinchilla
Luis Zuniga: It is stupid and dumb that 10th and 11th graders are band from the library for something that we didn't do.
ReplyDeleteI agree with burnos point of view on the matter and support him.
ReplyDeleteWell I think that wasn't a cool think to do. You need to show respect to every person as well as you want them to respect you. That also wasn't nice, because now all the grade 10th and 11th grade are paying for it if you did it or not.
ReplyDeleteThis is unbelievable because I think that these students deserve a second chance. They should be accepted int eh library again. I agree that banning shouldn't be done because we have the right to go wherever we want. Byeee!!
ReplyDelete- Ivana C.
Vivian Kattan- The library is a place where students can study or chill QUIETLY. Sophomores and Juniors didn't seem to understand what the library should be used for and went there to make a mess. This is why they were banned from the library.
ReplyDeleteHahaha, it's funny, but stupid. How can a library be banned for students who pay for it to be functional? I wonder who came up with that idea. Students need the library to do research, they can't just obstruct students form learning.
ReplyDelete-Faris Simon