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August 4, 2009  
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Hanging out in the hallways can lead to more trouble than you think.

Ever gotten busted for breaking a hallway rule? If you have, you may be in the same boat as many students. Walking around with your cell phone, running, and screaming, are things that you don’t want to be caught doing.

Students may feel as if it’s pointless to have rules set for the hallways because all you do is walk up and down them. But, the rules can become helpful if a situation happens and chaos finds it’s way to the campus.

“Having hallway rules are needed and is beneficial for our school,” said Ms. Tomika Bethea, Activities Director. ”I feel it’s an unspoken rule. High school students at Desert Vista are not second graders anymore.”

Oh yeah, remember in second grade when you have to walk on one direction, eyes straight ahead and speak only in whispered voices if at all? The rules that classes practiced for a week back then were for are reason, and they still are – for our safety.

Rules are in place to keep students safe and out of trouble.  While many students may feel that it’s ridiculous for some of the things that teachers make them do when they walk down the hallway, some of us think differently. Especially when it’s difficult to get to class through crowded hallways that are clogged with chit-chatting friends, horseplay and sweethearts who’ve locked lips in the middle of the walkways.

“I absolutely think that it’s a great idea that we have hallway rules!”said Mr. Leland Rogers, teacher.

“But, I do think that weneed to make stricter rules such as no talking while walking in the hallway. In my class, I have my students wear sunglasses so that they don’t make any eye contact with the teachers or other students while walking down the hall,” he joked.

Teachers and students may have different opinions on the hallway rules, but there is something that they will always agree on. With the cameras in the hallways, there will always be a way to catch whoever is hanging out in the halls.

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