Eliminating Lockers Essay
How effective would eliminating lockers really be? I oppose the idea of eliminating lockers and and replacing them with benches, bulletin boards, and charging stations because I feel that even though this could solve problems such as safety, noise, and tardiness, it could possibly create more issues for students. How you may ask? First of all I feel as if lockers are a must have in middle school. I mean where else would we store our supplies? In middle school, students usually have around 7 or 8 periods and every period is usually a different subject. Which means we will have different books and supplies for those classes. I have tried not using my locker before to save time and trust me it’s not easy. Your backpack gets very heavy and you
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During the time between classes we could have someone monitor the halls such as a teacher or even a staff member at the school. They could watch over students and make sure no one is slamming lockers, playing around by the lockers, or putting illegal items in their lockers. (And) If the students choose to do any of these things then an adult could take disciplinary action or give warnings to the students depending on their actions. In addition annual locker checks could also help solve the issue regarding illegal items. Having a locker check once a week or once month could help. The teachers could check each individual student’s locker to be sure there is nothing bad in their locker that could risk other students safety. It would also be important to make students keep their lockers clean and organized so locker checks could be simple and not take up too much time. Lastly I do have to admit that not all of the rules would be too bad. I mean a charging station and bulletin board is clever but can’t we have another separate space for things like that? Maybe an empty room for a charging area or even just finding empty space on the walls for bulletin boards. My school does have charging rooms for students who are unable to charge laptops at home but we also still have lockers. So those would be nice to have just in addition to the lockers we already do have. In conclusion I believe
During the time between classes we could have someone monitor the halls such as a teacher or even a staff member at the school. They could watch over students and make sure no one is slamming lockers, playing around by the lockers, or putting illegal items in their lockers. (And) If the students choose to do any of these things then an adult could take disciplinary action or give warnings to the students depending on their actions. In addition annual locker checks could also help solve the issue regarding illegal items. Having a locker check once a week or once month could help. The teachers could check each individual student’s locker to be sure there is nothing bad in their locker that could risk other students safety. It would also be important to make students keep their lockers clean and organized so locker checks could be simple and not take up too much time. Lastly I do have to admit that not all of the rules would be too bad. I mean a charging station and bulletin board is clever but can’t we have another separate space for things like that? Maybe an empty room for a charging area or even just finding empty space on the walls for bulletin boards. My school does have charging rooms for students who are unable to charge laptops at home but we also still have lockers. So those would be nice to have just in addition to the lockers we already do have. In conclusion I believe