Students nowadays, are getting more and more daring, flouting school rules almost everyday.The reason? Because they feel that some school rules are redundant or are to restrictive. As a student, I myself feel that some school rules in my school are redundant, and that we should be given more freedom in deciding school rules.
In my school, ankle socks are banned. The school says that we will have a negative appearance when we visitors, or members of the public see us in ankle socks, and that we have to maintain a good appearance. However, how many people in the school are actually abiding this rule? I have observed that more than half of the school population, especially the upper secondary and secondary 2 students, are wearing ankle socks. I personally feel that ankle socks do not promote a negative image of ourselves. As the saying goes, "do not judge a book by its cover". Even if a person is wearing ankle socks, but he has a good character, people will like him, and not dislike him due to his ankle socks.
Students of my age are also getting more and more rebellious, due to puberty. Many have tendencies to defy certain school rules. They feel that those school rules are redundant and are of no importance and thus carry the "rules are meant to be broken" attitude. In my school, every student's hair cannot be longer than his eyebrow and the back cannot touch the collar. Students at this age, care a lot about their appearance and want to look cool, trendy and nice. I have also observed that many students, especially the upper secondary students, sporting hair and shoes which flout school rules. If they get caught, the discipline master will give them a "haircut", embarrassing them, and also give them demerit points. Because of this punishment, those who have gone through it will dislike or even come to hate the school.
If students are given more freedom in deciding school rules, they can propose some leniency in certain rules. For example, to allow ankle socks, but socks must at least be visible. Or hair can be longer then your eyebrow, but must never touch the eye. However, the rules must never be too lax. Of course, school has to have to the right to reject a unreasonable proposal. This way, the students will instead of hating and disliking the school, come to enjoy school life.
Thus, I feel that students should be given more freedom in deciding school rules because it will help them come to enjoy school life and not disliking school. By enjoying to come to school, it will also help them in the future as they will learn more if they enjoy schooling instead of dreading school and not learning anything.
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