Tuesday, July 14, 2009

Red ribbon. not a cake.

Red ribbons are everywhere. It’s not a cake but real ribbons. It can be seen in an ID lace, arm, and any part of a uniform of a Miriam student. Why are they wearing ribbons? Is it an act of protesting?

Miriam College- last week, a student council in Miriam College commanded other officers to spread the message about red ribbons. Wearing a red ribbon means they were part of the protest about the wrong decisions made by the offices in Miriam College. Because of the questionable decisions of ADSA office, the students protest for their rights as a student. The said decisions were the Ah1n1 case and the more strict rules of the school.

In the first case, students questioned of not postponing the classes due to the disease. All schools followed what the D.O.H said except for Miriam College. The school told that it’s business. So students realized that business is more important than the health of everyone. The school also postponed all activities such as General Assembly, meetings, and other that many students are involved. The students again questioned it because many students encounter their schoolmates everyday so there’s no difference on that. Lots of protests were heard. The voices of students were heard by the letter written by a student council. The office replied to it but the protest didn’t stop there. Until now, many students wear ribbon with color red.

The second case is about of the strictness in terms of school policy. The famous violation today is because of the ID laces. Before, wearing ID laces such as lanyards and other school’s lace was not prohibited. But then they didn’t give students notice about this. They just gave students a violation form.

The school is getting stricter and for the students, it’s not good anymore. The offices couldn’t see or they just keeping their eyes closed for these kinds of matters. Students will never know if there’s no confrontation will happen.

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