Students enjoy freedom during school

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By Megan Spencer
Husky Herald Reporter

  Students, more or less, spend most of their time at school, especially when students are in afterschool activities. The freedoms students have while they’re at school are just as important as their freedoms at home.

  Student freedoms have substantial factors included: students, location of school, faculty, school district, and everything in-between. Should students have a bigger say in their rights at school, or do students ignore the rights they’re given at school?

     Mrs. Zyrowski, who teaches ELA 11 as well as AP Lit, notices how student rights correspond with learning. “Student freedoms can be conductive to the learning process,” Zyrowski quotes, “people learn the best when they feel comfortable, motivated and challenged.”

On the other hand, Chane’l Fuller (‘18) thinks we have freedoms for a different reason. “So we don’t feel like we’re in jail; so we can be prepared for our freedoms outside school,” Fuller stated.

  Moreover, rules and guidelines can have consequences, too. While students as well as teachers may look at the freedoms instead of the effect, each rule has a reason.

  Students need rules, but the rules students think they need may not be what they actually have. Sophie Darmody, (‘17) states, “I like the rules with class, but I don’t like being limited at lunch. I should be able to walk where I need to, walking doesn’t disturb classes.”

  Although the freedom is going to the students, they don’t typically have a say; when they do, it doesn’t always have an influence on the end product. To solve this, Fuller quotes, “At the beginning of the year, or anytime in the year maybe, we could do student polls on what freedoms they would like and go from there.

  The chance to have a choice is always an important part in every person’s life, not just at school. “I want to be able to decide what I can do at school,” Darmody  states, “I’m at school a lot, and when I’m not, I’m probably working on homework.”

  Overall, many students appreciate the freedoms they have already, but are hopeful for more in the future. Students could earn many freedoms, if given the opportunity to gain them over time.