lp115Citizenship+Credits

Dear Mr. Swan
==Bedminster School is considering introducing a citizenship credit to the students. Citizenship Credits are when, a student sees another student doing something against school rules, they then get reported and the student who reported them may get one or two points added on their grades. Some schools have already done this. Would you want your school to do this? I believe that the citizens credits should not be introduced to Bedminster Township Public School. In my opinion, credits are for crybabies. ==

== One reason why I think this is, people might focus more on the credits than school work. When people come to school, they may think that reporting a lot of people may get them an A, instead of getting it the real way. Those people got it way too easy! People would be in honor roll just because of tattle tailing. Do you think that's fair? Honestly,in your opinion, would kids work hard, or go the easy way out? Even though, students might get an A, it's not by working hard. ==

==My second reason is, misconceptions. Lets say that you see someone saying something bad to a friend of theirs, if you wrote them up, and then discovered that they where just joking, that would be bad. People will take anything and turn it into a bad thing. What if you where the one who got in trouble even though you didn't do anything? Maybe, you playfully punches someone,someone else would probably write you up for that if you didn't know what was happening. It's possible that you might see the truth of what's happening, it's more likely that your not. ==

==My last reason is that, no one likes a snitch. Could you imagine what stress the people who told might be under. I f you where a malefactor, would you be happy with the teller? I know I wouldn't. It may cause more bullying because everyone is getting really mad at the snitches. Would you want to be friends with a tattle tale? You might think that it's the right thing to do, but then you might get yourself into a predicament. ==

== Even though it may get your grade up by maybe two points, I would feel bad knowing that I got a good grade only because I was a tattle tail. Would you? Now that you have read my essay, what is your thought? Maybe you can talk your principal out of having the Citizenship Credits. The points I have maid here are not the only ones, there are a plethora of more reasons. Can you come up with them? ==