[Reizvoll]

I for one know how much freedom I have. Also, I am wholehearted thankful for the amount of freedom that I have. The dresscode and all these rules doesn't really have an effect me, though.

The no drinks in class rule: I have a signed note from my pediatrician saying that I can have drinks. I can have drinks anytime I want to in school, but I don't abuse this. I've used this once in the last month. I don't see what the big deal with wanting to drink in class is, I'd think it'd just make me need to go to the bathroom more often; which is another thing they won't let you do at East Ridge. Luckily, I have a note for that too. I do agree that it would be refreshing to be able to have something to drink, but these people act like they'd do it every day every period if they could.

The no phones/iPod rule: I'll take my phone with me because I want to, it's more convenient for me and it hurts absolutely no one. I don't sit and talk on it all day, I don't disrupt class with it. It's always on but it doesn't ring. It's in my pocket and it's on vibrate. I'll use it if I ever have an emergency, if I need to call my parents to inform them I'm going home with a friend, or that if I need a ride home from school. The front office will let you use their phone sometimes. The problem is, they will quarrel at you for a good while about how you aren't supposed to do it, even if it is about your medicine or something else important. Teachers for the most part will let you use their in-class phones to call home, which is mighty handy if you can get a line outside. I don't have to worry about that with my cell phone, and all these reasons are why I take it.

Quick question--how did kids in school manage before cell phones? (Especially if they needed to contact a parent immediately).

-I see your argument as kind of a moot point. This isn't "a time before cell phones". Technology is invented to basicly make things easier, more simple and more convenient because mankind as a whole is lazy and they be stupid. Cell phones were made to be used anywhere, and by anyone that needed them and designed to be fairly cheap and available to anyone, for quick communication. That's a cell phone's purpose in a nutshell. Why deny us the use of it if it's not hurting anyone else?

Anyway:
Maybe it's because the principals and staff that enforce these rules like me; but I don't really care whether I am allowed to or not, if I feel that I need to I'll do it. I go to school, I do my learning, and I pay my dues. I think I've earned a bit of slack.