The Form-Wide Detention - A Comment

I was one of the people caught up in this rather bizarre incident.

For those who don't know, it's like this: G8 students go to watch movie in Hall. Some G8 students talk. Mrs. To is angered and warns all students. Mrs. To then proceeds to punish the whole form by detention.

I, for one, believe that this is unfair to a portion of students. I do not deny that some people did talk, some students shouted noisily, but I believe that a large enough portion of those kept silent during the viewing. "Innocence before proven." There are certain students that did misbehave, but this does not mean everyone in the hall should be given the punishment.

A student has told me that he is "I am depressed...[I] can't keep this inside me anymore...I feel like being good has no purpose, even if you are well-behaved...you still get punished." A punishment is a way for a person to realize he has done wrong and to go on the right track. This punishment will only make students get worse.

For these reasons, I think the punishment should be recalled and only given to students that have been proven to have spoken through normal means of investigation.

(P.S. I do not present resentment to any teachers, just as school rules as a whole.)