The measure being considered to stop incidents such as the recent fight downtown is totally unnecessary and unfair. There are other measures that would prove just as effective against such incidents that would still be acceptable to all parties involved.
Totally barring students for going off campus may solve the problem, but it would be punishing the students who have never been involved in or caused any problems. It unreasonable to punish the whole to get to the few when they can easily be taken care of individually.
One solution that I believe would definitely help is to deny the privilege to those who are know to have caused or be involved in such incidents. This is much easier, in my opinion, than to deal with an entire class and would allow authorities to not worry about those troublesome few who earn the school it undeserved reputation.
Another solution would be to make certain areas off-limits. Those areas where the most trouble has be known to happen should be blocked off. This should be acceptable to businesses who complain the most about students near their place of business.
These solutions together would definitely help stop fights and other incidents that authorities are worried about. Totally barring off-campus privileges is unreasonable and necessary. The parties involved thinking of this measure are only thinking of themselves. If they would consider the problem from our perspective, IÆm quite sure that they would think twice before deciding that barring the off-campus privilege is the way to go. To punish the whole in order to get the few could cause more problems than doing nothing at all.
High School Diploma to Drive
I believe that the response of the second student is understandable. It is unnecessary to force this upon students. I donÆt believe that it would accomplish anything. This may contribute to underage driving and make it harder for authorities to distinguish between licensed and unlicensed drivers.
Students are capable of handling the responsibility of driving a car well before they graduate from high school. There are no valid reasons to make a student wait until he has a high school diploma for the purpose of driving. I donÆt see what it would do for any student driving related problems except cause more.
Forcing students to wait would accomplish nothing at an and could lead to more trouble than the law would actually be worth. The students would be well educated enough to operate a car properly and know the rules of the road well enough. Students wanting to drive badly enough and not having a diploma will take matters into their own hands and I believe that it would be harder for the police to know who had a license and who didnÆt.
This also affects students who have or want to get jobs that require them to have jobs as well as students who need to drive because they have places to go after school that are to far to get to any other way but to drive. This would take away opportunities that could be very important to the student if they canÆt get the job. And for the student who has to go many distant places, they would be left without any type of efficient transportation and I donÆt see anyone coming up with an answer for those students.
This law is unfair and unnecessary. It would accomplish nothing and would cause way to much trouble. There is no reason to have a high school diploma to drive since it wouldnÆt make a new driver any better than without it.
