Top
Dog Assemblies and How They’re Ruining This School
Every quarter brings
another Top Dawg Assembly. It’s a time of joy and laughter where the school sits
together for multiple hours trying to stay awake. Some say that the amazing
prizes we can win are almost the best things they’ll get all year.
All
sarcasm aside, Top Dawg Assemblies are a
totally boring waste of time. They were put into to place in hopes that kids
would be motivated by prizes to attend school. They are also designed to
recognize students for their achievements. Though in reality, I cannot name a
single kid who would wake up in the morning and say to himself, “Boy, I better
go to school today so I can have a small chance to win some Skullcandy
Headphones!” Maybe this motivation works for the younger classes, such as
Elementary kids. Putting this on for Middle School and High School, however, is
a huge waste of our schools budget and people’s time.
Not
only are the prizes useless, but they are only designed for people who show up
to school all the time. So some kid could miss one day of school and have the
best grades in his class, but he still wouldn’t be recognized for his work. So I,
and many others, would agree that it really isn’t fair, or very important.
Therefore,
I believe we should eliminate Top Dawg assemblies. Save the money we’ve been
spending on all these bikes and gift certificates and use the money elsewhere.
I still do believe that it’s a good a idea for the Elementary kids who would
get a real kick out of getting prizes for showing up to school.
Some
of the money we would save could be used on buying up-to-date class books. Or
use it on sports equipment and renovations to some of the more worn down
classrooms. Maybe even save it so we can have more school funded trips like
Youth Legislature and the Advanced Biology Trip.
Let’s
stop the Top Dawg Assemblies, and instead think of more important and
reasonable things to spend the money on. It’s up to the school to intervene.
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By
Leon Ochs
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