A Voice of Reason

“As far as men go, it is not what they are that interests me, but what they can become.”
--Jean Paul Sartre

The aim of our group is quite simple. We feel that the administration at WAHS is simply engaged in a power struggle with the students. Instead of focusing on improving the high school with new organizations and sports teams, the administration has engaged itself in a constant battle over pieces of plastic. We’re sorry, Mr. Elliot, but we highly doubt that drug deals in the school have decreased simply because students can no longer carry backpacks. Instead of treating students as the wonderful young people they are, the administration has focused all its attention on disciplining students when they make mistakes. No longer are students allowed to have “Mole-Cake Day,” “Pi Day,” or have a pizza party for raising the most money for Relay for Life. It appalls us that we are treated with such disrespect that we are not even trusted to have teacher-regulated food parties in the classroom. If us students are given respect, we will respect those who are respecting us. It is very hard for egotistical teenage boys to be expected to realize that firstly respecting an authority will cause him to respect them—this group believes that it is the responsibility of the more mature administration to take the first step in achieving mutual respect with students. By treating students as adults, the administration will see that there are some that can’t handle it, but instead of looking at what “bad” traits teens might possess now, lets focus on what the future and current students of WAHS can become.

The author of this piece has chosen to remain anonymous.