Different Meaning = Different Values

The other day in class we talked about certain values that were the "right thing" and what is known to be respected and how students (and faculty) should act (at SHS). Some of the values we said (as a class) were education, freedom, and bullying/violence. Schools want to encourage the idea that everyone does awesome in school and continues on to bigger and better things. But the truth is that not everyone succeeds and doesn't attend college.

Freedom is another thing that has more meaning that what people think. As you get older, you get more freedom. As some students "experience" a variety of vocabulary words, deans don't take name calling/curse words lightly. You would think that with freedom of speech you can say what you want, but when you under "rule" of school, your freedom is restricted.

Lastly, the idea that there is bullying or violence happening and that there will be consequences. SHS is so big with many students along with deans and faculty members. Everyone knows that a school with out any bullying and/or violence is "impossible". Of course there will be bullying/threats either in a joking matter or serious. But, not all kids are caught and that can instill fear/scaredness (just made up a word) in students.

Certain values are perceived and understood differently, but that only shapes the type of people we are today and changes in society wont be able to do anything about that.