Justice’s 2024 Statement
My name is Justice, and I am a sophomore in high school. I want to talk about the restrictive policies at my school that create tension between the students and teachers.
This year, there have been a lot of student fights in the school hallways and an excess of students skipping class. Unfortunately, the misbehavior of some students led our school administrators to put in policies that they think will help with these issues, but their strict rules actually make these problems worse. One of these restrictive policies is our bathroom policy: in our school, you are only allowed to have two hallway passes per day, meaning we are not allowed to use the bathroom more than twice each day.
Justice’s 2023 Statement
Hi, my name is Justice. I am a ninth grader, and I use they/them pronouns. Today, I want to talk about two things that help me learn best at school: creativity and comfort.
At school, it’s important for me to feel like I am in a connected environment, where teachers understand and care about what makes me, me. I envision school being a place where students love to be there, where we do creative things that help my brain want to learn, instead of feeling like I’m trapped in a place where I don’t want to be. When I go to school right now most of the time I feel like the adults aren’t really invested in helping me succeed.
