sc115+Citizenship+Credits

==In an effort to reduce bullying one school began to give out "Citizenship Credits" to students that report bad things that happen in the school. Some rewards to this is that you can get extra points on your grade when you report a lot of things. You can only report when people break rules, display inappropriate behavior, or use bad language. Do you want this school to become tattle tale land? The Citizenship Credits Policy is a bad thing for Bedminster School. ==

==One reason why we shouldn't use this policy is because it is an excuse for tattling. I think that if it doesn't involve you why should you get into it? Also, kids will then begin to report every single little thing that they see! Do you want kids to tattle on things that don't involve them? It might be a good thing if it doesn't get out of hand, but when it does it will be really bad. This policy might be good for other schools, but at Bedminster School it will be Tattle Tale World. ==

==Another reason why we shouldn't use this policy is because kids are then going to make unreasonable reports. Kids will say unreasonable things like a kid threw something in the garbage but it missed. The reports will start to begin to be like rumors that will spread around the school. Kids will report things that could have been mistakes and they could get in trouble for nothing. If kids don't say unreasonable things, it might be a good idea, but think about how many of these reports you will get. Unreasonable reports will get the principle very unhappy. ==

==Destroying of friendships is a great reason why Bedminster School should not have this policy. For example, if you report your friend they might get mad at you. Do you want your friendship to be destroyed? Or, what if your best friend reports you for something that you didn't do? It might have been a good idea, but now it won't because of all the friendships that will be broken. Unless you don't have any friends how would you like this idea? That wouldn't be fair to people that are friends! ==

==Kids thinking more about this than school is a great reason why Bedminster School should not have the Citizenship Credits policy. For example, one day kids will get so into it instead of turning in their homework, they will get good grades by reporting people. You might think that it is a good thing for kids to have good grades by this, but when it goes on kids will abuse this policy. Also, nobody will care because you will raise their grade if they just report somebody. Just imagine our school with this. How would you like it? ==

==Even though it might be good for other schools, Bedminster School is just not fit to have the Citizenship Credits policy at the school. A different school might be different, but we don't need it because kids saying unreasonable things, them thinking more about it than school, it will destroy friendships, and it is an excuse for tattling. Wouldn't you think that school wouldn't be like school if all of this going on? From this you can see that no valid reason for Bedminster School to have this policy. For the sake of students, teacher, and administration, Bedminster School should not have the Citizenship Credits policy. ==