by Tara Abner, Charger Staff
Having to wear the ID's around your neck cannot be all that bad. Or is it?
"I do not like wearing it because it does not match with what I wear," said Carla Fuentez.
I believe it would be safe to say that she is talking about the red cords. The cords clashing with the students' outfits and having the same picture as last spring are the two biggest problems students have with the new ID policy.
The main problem I have with the ID's is wearing last spring's picture around my neck. Some people have drastically changed over the year and summer. They may not want last spring's picture on this year's ID.
Sharlene Borden says, "I do not like it because half of us don't look like we did last year." Why can't we just get a new picture? How hard could it be to snap a camera to develop a picture?
Tony Sullivan said, "It doesn't really bother me which picture I have on my ID."
Last year we had to wear hanging clips instead of these noticeable red cords.
"I liked wearing the hanging clips better because they don't look as bad," said Amanda Swallows.
Last year students did not wear them properly. Students would hang them in their pockets, put them on their body somewhere other than their chest, or just wouldn't wear them at all.
With the clips, the teachers and administration had no idea where the students would wear them, so they didn't know where to look for them. The red cords are much easier for the faculty and staff to identify and determine if you are wearing your ID. That could be a good or bad thing.
There are definite measures for not wearing your ID. On the first offense, your teacher will issue you a temporary ID and put your name on a log to keep up with how many times you forget it.
The second offense, the teacher will issue another temporary, assign you one day of lunch detention, and contact your parents. On the third offense, you will get another temporary and two days lunch detention.
For the fourth offense, you will be referred to an assistant principal for appropriate disciplinary actions. These same consequences also apply if any student defaces their ID or chooses not to wear it in an appropriate manner. Replacement ID's cost five dollars.
It is understandable if you forget your ID sometimes, but is it really worth getting lunch detention?
I wouldn't mind wearing them as long as the cords were a different color. Why not blue? A lot of people wear blue clothing, and it seems to go with most things. The ID's wouldn't be as noticeable either.
At least two good things come out of them: the lunch line goes faster (if everyone has their ID), and at least you know that you are not the only one who doesn't look good in it or does not like it.
For now let's just go along with wearing them. As soon as everyone gets used to them it will just become a habit to put it on.