Why All The Rules?
By : Elene Dvali
What’s with all the rules? Halloween is coming up and students are wondering why there seem to be such over-the-top regulations surrounding the day. During the week of the 31st, bringing in perfumes, fragrances, aerosol sprays, body oils, lotions, and other such items is prohibited on the MLK Campus. Now, why is that? What about Halloween? Does it make it the one day of the year that all of these policies circulate? Well, though it may seem absurd, these prohibitions have pretty reasonable explanations.
Firstly, it must be acknowledged that Manhattan Hunter Science is a high school, and no matter what, people will always try to find ways to break the rules. An example of this is that even though it is not allowed, students attempt to smuggle prohibited items into school (ie. alcohol). A trend has been noticed where these attempts tend to be much higher around Halloween than on any other occasion. So, to minimize the number of students going against the school’s code of conduct, the campus has added some new regulations. These forbidden items have been brought in inside various types of bottles and containers meant for things like perfume, hence the rule that students are not allowed to carry them into school.
These rules, just like all of the others, have sound reasoning behind them. So, even though it may seem excessive, we as students have to trust that Manhattan Hunter Science ultimately has our best interests at heart.