Your Views on Chong Boon School Rules

Does it help to implement school rules? School rules are part of the discipline system. They are the roots of controlling a school. Rules help keep the school a safe and conducive place for everyone to learn. In Singapore, laws replace rules. If you break a law, you will be fined or jail. Likewise, rules are similar except that students will get detention or lighter punishment instead of those harsh punishments, which adults get. However, in Chong Boon Secondary School, the punishments are slightly different from other schools. Similarly, when students in Chong Boon Secondary commit a mistake, they will still get punished in our own Chong Boon way. For example, in Chong Boon Secondary School, detention is being known as PRIDE time. PRIDE is our school core values. Therefore, I feel that school rules are important to any schools and school rules can help to keep a school going.

In Chong Boon Secondary School, we emphasize on ABC. What are they? They are appearance, behaviour and confidence. Why is it compulsory for students to wear the school uniform? It is a form of identity for the students. However, many students feel that buying the school uniform is a same of money and it is also ugly. Some students even try to make modifications to the uniform and such actions are severely dealt with by the school. Many other schools’ students have praised Chong Boon School’s uniform as they feel that it makes them feel very smart. Unfortunately, some Chong Boon students do not feel that way as they feel that it is very warm and they are unable to concentrate in class. Hence, many students want to wear home clothes instead of school uniform but that is not permitted. This is because this is a secondary school and we are not polytechnic or university.

Chong Boon Secondary School also emphasize on behaviour. There are school rules on behaviour. Though manners should have been taught at home, students still spend most of their time in school. Therefore, the school has to implement some rules on behaviour because going to school does not mean just studying but also learning moral and life values. In the civilized society, more and more parents are unable to look after or teach their children the importance of manners. It is when the schools have to step in and assist in the teaching of their children. However, it is not the responsibility of the school. It is still the responsibility of the parents and the school is just helping so as to allow the students to be a useful citizen. As in Chong Boon’s mission, they want all students to be a thinking and gracious citizen.

The school rules are handy and helpful when it comes to disciplining the students. It is meant to develop the students into a thinking and gracious citizen. However, some people may feel that the rules are meant to control them and they do not like the feeling of being controlled. Have they ever thought if there is no rule or law, will the Singapore education system smoothly run? Will every student be able to gain so much knowledge? Hence, we should be grateful to our school as they help to implement rules that will teach us how to conduct ourselves as well as teach us the importance of punctuality.

Therefore, school rules are implement for a purpose. Since it is meant to help us, we should follow the rules, as it is something positive. In the future, when we start working, the company will definitely have their own rules. We, as employees, will still have to follow it. Since we are given a chance to start from young and try to adapt to following rules, we should cherish it and treat it as something positive. In this way, we can also discipline ourselves at the same time.

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