cc115+Citizen+Credits

= Dear Mr. Swan, =

==Citizen Credits should not be used in Bedminster School for many reasons. I think this because this would create a lot of disorder in all of the grades. Also, all of the tattling. Tattling is for toddlers. Citizen Credits is a program to stop bullying and violence in school. Kids who provide information about their fellow students who display bad behavior, breaks rules or uses bad language kids can collect and redeem points to add one or two points onto their grade. Citizen Credits would be a bad idea in Bedminster School because of the distractions it tolls.==

==First, some kids might not focus on school. Instead of doing homework, a kid just reports another kid the next day to get the points back. Why? He picked up bad habits as a kid by tattling and being praised for it. Also, during class, kids will become little detectives and not listen to the teacher at all. Cute? No. Although it is good for kids to be detective like at times, we have to realize that school is not the place to do it. What would you do if this happens? ==

==Another problem would be that it would break friendships. When your friend is picking on a kid should you tattle on them? Here's a real life situation, your friend is down the hallway and she's punching a first grader. You want to report her to get the extra points but you don't know what she'll think. You do it anyway, and you got high honor roll but you lost a friendship. How do you feel? How does your friend feel? It might feel really great to get high honor roll but, friendships last longer that one bagel breakfast. How would you react if you got reported by your own friend? ==

==Lastly, it would be way too many reports to handle. Too many little reports will overwhelm the principal. The school would have to use educational money to get another person to handle all of reports turned in. It's good that many kids would be active about this program but, it would all be way to much! Why? Kids might fill out 20 reports a day, more than even the special helper hired can do! This would be way to much for the entire office!==

==Even though this program would help some kids, most of the students would not benefit from this action. Citizen Credits is helpful for some schools but not here. This may help the ones who struggle, but in the long run kids may not learn. Is it really worth keeping a program that hurts the students? Is that what you want? To help the kids and the teachers, Bedminster School should not use Citizen Credits.==