Rules, Pt. 1

This year, we saw many changes to the rules we came to know and respect. We saw many asinine stipulations come into play. Here are some highlights, as well as my rebuttals to them:

1) NO CHEWING GUM

A few years ago, the school decided to have an experiment by letting students chew gum. This year they decided to revoke that privilege because too many people have been sticking their gum where the sun don't shine (under tables and desks). I have never stuck gum under a desk, table or a chair. That's just something irresponsible and stupid to do. I know there is no way to regulate who can and can't chew gum, but the administration went about it all wrong. They just blindly took away our gum, citing irresponsibility as the reason. How they should have handled it is this: They tell us there is a gum problem and give us an ultimatum. For example:

"Hey LCS student body, we've allowed you to chew gum for a while, and recently, it's become a major issue. There's gum under desks, tables and chairs. If you don't stop this in the next x amount of days, then we will have to take away your privilege of gum chewing." 

If they had done it what way, then all of the blame and resentment would be shifted off of the administration and onto the students themselves. More to come, I have homework to do right now....