ST Reflection 2009 – Secondary 2NA / 2E
Term 1, Week 7 (16 Feb 09)

No Loitering After School (IN! pg 7)
Q1) Why Coral Secondary School forbids students to idle around near their school in their school uniform?
Q2) Do you agree with this rule? Explain your answer.

Answers:
Q1)Their Principal said that Coral Secondary places much emphasis on inculcating in their students good habits like using time prudently, and also to prevent their students from loitering that leads to trouble.
Q2)I definitely disagree with such rules. I don't think they are suitable rules to tell students the message, therefore the students would then go defiantly against thier teachers. As for the public, they might give a bad impression on the school being too strict. The rules state that there should not be loitering at malls in uniforms, but people who are buying back their lunch are the innocent ones. So I think this rule should be erased of the book of rules and regulations. I mean instead of making such strict rule, the school should rather spend the time on workshops and lessons, teaching students to not mix around and stir trouble, walking in malls is possible as long as you do not stir trouble. I would recommend the school to send teachers around to check on students but not accusing them of loitering, the teachers could have just chec kif they stir up any trouble, and if they would, I think it is time to act according to the book, to give them detentions.