In the nineteen sixties and seventies, this country experienced a surge in human fights activities. The teen-agers of today were growing up in the midst of these demonstrations. They saw people fighting for their rights. Fighting for fights that would allow mutual respect from fellow human beings. All teachers and students are human beings. Thus, they should respect each other. Teachers demand respect but do not return it. It has to work both ways, or it won't work at all.
Here, at Grady, however, it is the students' attitude, not the teachers', that is at best, distressing.
We've all heard the lines. We've all heard that the average high school student doesn't care about learning. Kids just go to school to play or, goof-off. And the classic line is, of course, "kids just aren't like they used to be."
In the classrooms, in the halls, and even in the pep assemblies, Grady students need to learn to show respect for other students, teachers, and even, themselves. Teachers can barely teach the students who want to learn because of the tenacious noise that some students should do things besides disturbing other students that are trying to learn. If certain students don't care about learning or just don't want to learn, then they should either sit quietly in class or leave school all together, but they should not disturb other people trying to learn.
Bad behavior by our students reaches its peak during the pep assemblies. When one class doesn't seem to like a skit that has been done by another class or if they don't do win the spirit stick, they boo. Booing is extremely disrespectful and should not be done.
If the behavior in Grady does not get any better, we are in sad shape. After all, students behavior, even just a few of them, reflects on all of Grady. It's not fair that a few students, because of their attitude, are ruining all of Grady and its reputation as a fine school.