fm315+Citizenship+Credits

Should Bedminster School have Citizenship Credits?

Many schools have offered citizenship credits. What are citizenship credits? Citizenship credits is when a student has information about another classmate that has broken a rule. For example, a student has inappropriate behavior or language. Do you think Bedminster School should have citizenship credits? I believe that it would be a bad idea.

One reason why it's a bad idea because some students may lie saying that they didn't do anything. What if Zoe went to Mrs.Giordano saying that Libby threw a pencil at a teacher, and Libby said she didn't do anything. It's possible that Libby's lying, but more likely Zoe's lying. For example, James told Mr.Swan that Madi and Bella instigated saying that they told him to pour the gatorade on Harley. Is James telling the truth? Say if Matt told the teacher saying that Victor threw a pencil at him, and Victor says he didn't do it. Whose telling the truth?

Another reason is the person will be hated. Say if Libby told on everybody in the grade saying things that are true, everybody is gonna hate Libby. What if Francesca told on her best friend, Francesca's best friend will not like her anymore. How do you think Francesca feels? Say if Harley wanted to earn citizenship credits, Harley would want to tell on people to earn more credits, then people would not want to be her friend.

The worst outcome of this policy is that it could end friendships. What if Zoe reported Kayla, saying that she was being mean to her, and Kayla finds out that Zoe reported her. It would ruin their friendship! Or, if Madi told on Zoe for saying a mean joke to her and Zoe gets mad at her, then they won't be friends anymore. Also, what happens if Libby told on Zoe for no apparent reason! How would you feel if you were in there place?

Even though some principals are well prepared to have this policy, I think Mr. Swan, our principal, has too many things to worry about. Good students would be rewarded, but it's also possible that innocent students could be accused for something they didn't do. How would you feel if this happened to you? I believe that Citizenship Credits would be bad for our school.