gk115+Citizenship+Credits

==Help, our school is considering having Citizen Credits! For people who don't know what that is it's when you see someone getting bullied you tell the principal, and he gives you a point or two for reporting it. So say if you see your friend getting bullied you could tell the principal and he would give you a point to add to your grades. Imagine a school with no bullying, bad language, teasing, and inappropriate behavior. This could help some people get higher grades, but I think it would be way to stressful to deal with. How would you like it if your best friend snitched on you just to get an extra point added to their grade? I know for certain that if we have this at our school, that people are going to be lining up at his office door saying they saw somebody bullying someone else. I believe that the Citizen Credits would be a bad thing to have at our school. ==

===Have you ever snitched on anybody before and felt guilty about afterwards? Well I hope that's just how the person who snitched on me feels. You might not feel guilty at first, but you will probably regret snitching later on. One reason we shouldn't have this at our school is because it would promote more bullying. If a student reports somebody for bullying, and that person finds out I'll bet you a hundred bucks he/she will be really mad! At least that's how I'd feel about it. The person who got snitched on would be out for revenge and start teasing and harassing the person who snitched. Lets say for example that the snitches name is Joe and the person who got snitched on is Matt. Matt would do everything in his power to make Joe feel weaker, upset, and to lower Joe's self esteem. Matt would start getting people on his side saying how Joe's a jerk and a loser, and nobody would want to hang out with him! ===

===Another possibility is that your friend, who you just snitched on for bullying, might not want to be your friend because of what you did. Your friend would say that you're a backstabber and a wimp for selling them out. This is also why it's a bad idea to have this in our school. It could destroy friendships. And nobody would want to hangout with you cause they know if they do, they're in higher chances of getting snitched on. At first they might just ignore the fact that you're a tattletale, but later I'm sure your friend and other people will make fun of you. It could ruin the snitches reputation. ===

===Last but not least, if we had this at our school kids would probably be more focused on telling on someone than on their schoolwork. Don't you think so? While it's true that kids might focus in class, you also need to consider that they're probably focusing on snitching on somebody. If you could get an extra point or two just by tattling on somebody do you really think they're going to be focused? They're probably thinking oh I don't have to do work cause I''ll make it up by reporting somebody. No! That's not how you earn good grades you earn them by working hard and trying your best in everything. Not by snitching on somebody, and getting the easy way out. Also, the kids might ask the teachers if they saw any bullying, and that's distracting the teacher with dumb questions they don't want to answer. ===

===Even though some people would argue that having Citizen Credits could save the victims of bullies, it's only going to make it worse for them. Do you not realize that by having this it could make the lives of students, teachers, and maybe even parents really stressful? If a person is bullying somebody the victim should resolve in counseling not bribes made by the principal! That will just make it worse. ===