Editorial Thing

Jazmine Gaona
Essay where I can ‘bitch’

School is a place for learning, growing, and figuring out ones future. The School (Tongue River High School) has hundreds of rules. I have a problem with a plethora of rules that are school enforces. Mr. White has gone like power Nazi, and won’t allow the students and some teachers like anything because the school is new.
One rule that I find utterly ridiculous is the cell phone rule. I find it bullshit that a person can’t use technology in class. If I choose to use my cell phone during class, being fully aware that it may possibly affect my grade and possibly my future I think I should be allowed to. Teachers think they have the right to tell me what to do when it comes to my own personal objects. I feel that if I want to text and talk to people during school then I should be able to do what I want. And if it affects my learning, then it’s obviously my problem. Cell phones shouldn’t be denied from students, its there personal object and many people have other uses for it then just texting, like helping them keep track of things and reminding them of tasks that need to be completed.
Another rule I have a problem with is the ‘no drinks in school rule’! During class many student get extremely thirsty, and are denied water. Students and even teachers aren’t even allowed to carry a water bottle with a screwed on lid, because there’s a possibility that it could spill. I think this rule is ridiculous because water doesn’t stain anything, and human beings need water to survive. I have found myself becoming dehydrated because I don’t like drinking from water fountains so I don’t drink anything for 8 hours of the day. I get really thirsty, then I get really pissed off, and no one wants that.