To eat or not to Eat? By: Decarus Wright
Are you tired of administrators forcing you to throw away food when entering the Freshman Building? I think we should have a right to have food in the building. At OHS you are not allowed to bring food in the Freshman Building whether it has been opened or not. If a student is caught with food or beverages n the building that says water and flavored water are the only exceptions. “When students have food in the building there are fries and food wrappers on the floor” this is a quote from freshman administrator Mrs. Walton. Earlier in the week I interviewed Ann McCarver, who is also a freshman administrator. During the interview she talked about why no food in the freshman building became a rule. She explained that it became a rule because the building was brand new and wanted it to be nice and clean. But, students tend to throw there wrappers on the floor, and the gum is under the desk and on the walls and in general this being a messy building.
The ruled started in the 2005-2006 school year when the building just opened. When students have food in this building Mrs. McCarver thinks this is bad because the students are messy and they do not clean up their mess. McCarver thinks this is a good rule because right outside of the building there are hot wing bones and hot cheeto wrappers outside. She also talked about how so many kids try to sneak around the rule and when they are caught they get an attitude. If they are caught they are forced to throw their food in the trash. McCarver says Mrs. Walton started the rule and every adult in the building enforces the rule. She says students show lack of respect when they throw wrappers in the building.
Students should be able to bring food in the building because throwing away something that is not finished and something that you paid for is wrong. Students should be able to finish their meals in their classrooms. Administrators do now allow food in the building because they are trying to keep in clean. Now I understand that if student ate in the building it would be chaos.
-Volume 3, Issue 2-
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