Wednesday, October 23, 2013

Locked In by Leon Ochs

Locked In



            On October 16th, Student Council proposed a brilliant, yet possibly disastrous idea. This being the idea of re-doing the middle school’s “Lock In;” where kids are locked into the school and stay up the whole night participating in games and movies.
            Since this was originally done in the middle school, it’s been untested with much older kids. So, to me, this proposal is very shady, considering how many kids will be attending. In middle school, children are contented with simply running around screaming all night, but I feel that boredom will ensue if this happens in the high school. When high school kids get bored together it usually doesn’t turn out with people playing tag in the gym.
            If everything goes well it could turn out to be a very well-structured and profitable night. There will be a small fee to enter the school before its “locked down.” That money will go toward the Student Council’s fund which, in turn, can be used for other activities in the future. Also the chances of unwanted things happening during the event will be diminished because there will be a decent amount of supervision from volunteers and teachers alike.
Putting the worries aside, the Lock In does have some valuable activities that could interest kids. The plan is to have everything from movie rooms to playing basketball in the gym, with various other things going on in teacher’s classes. Not every kid may find something to interest him or her, and therefore, not everyone has to attend. It will probably be a good time if everyone tries to make it so.
            Currently this proposal is under consideration by Student Council, but has been approved by Mr. Sargent. To actually make this happen Student Council needs to work on planning and acquiring the supplies they need to make it a good time. Hopefully, all of this goes through, because it could be very exciting if done right.
-          By Leon Ochs



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