JE22 Late Policy

            I think the new policy at school doesn't not have a big impact on me because I made through more “scary” and “unreasonable” rules. Some students said this school is dictatorial and there’s no freedom. Obviously they didn't go through what is called “a tough life”. However, standing in others’ perspectives, the policy is a little too harsh. There might be some reasons such as traffic. Many people take buses, trains, or being driven to school. No one can predict what is going to happen on the way to school.

            I think it is better to come up with another kind of punishment. Fro instance, cleaning the school afterschool might be an option. Locking people outside sometimes does not necessarily mean anything to some people. For those who really want to learn but accidentally woke up a little bit late or miss the bus, it would be a really big loss. Also, for the 30 seconds locking door policy, it is not that logical because if one were tardy for 30 seconds, one would directly become “absent”. I think the best way to solve this problem is to take attendance in every class right after the bell rings.

            If I were the boss of the school, I would not really make a policy like this. Basically, it is only individual problems. You cannot always make a new rule to apply to everyone just because of few people. I think, I would not even ask someone to sit in front of the glass door to mark late people. Technically school starts at 8, and if they all can make it to their homeroom, I think it would be fine. But we do need to enforce the attendance in homeroom. Also, I would try to keep the school small because when a community gets bigger, it is harder to control. That was what happened to my old school.