Rules: The Enemy of Progress?

Publisher: S. Talbert

Date of Publication: Saturday June 10, 2017 12:47:57 pm

Date Modified: Monday October 21, 2024 08:26:46 pm

Recently, the school rules have come under direct attack by progressive liberal elements of our society since the four teachers foolishly decided to trim a non-compliant student. Although the student was very defiant seeing that he was given money to trim his hair, the response of the teachers was a result of their own frustration with the student. The rules did not empower or coerce them to do it.

Nonetheless, these progressive elements seized the opportunity to promulgate their long-standing distaste for the rules. They often paint the rules as foolish, stagnant, outdated and unprogressive. But I posit that the establishment and enforcement of rules secure the viability and progression of any organization. That organization can never advance without rules.

Just imagine that both teachers and students could do what ever they like? Who says that the teacher wants to come to school at the prescribed time every day? Obviously, if the teacher could come and go at anytime, it is certain that the goal of educating children could not be reached. The same would be true if the students had the same privilege. Progressives then should consider advocating for solutions to treat with defiant and unruly kids whose conduct is inimical to the progression of the school since they are concerned with progress.

Stupid Rules

Dress code rules cannot be stupid and unprogressive rules. The first activity the student does when going to school is to dress for school- the first lesson. If the student fails at the first lesson then the probability of that student succeeding at subsequent lessons is very slim. The issue is not the rigorous enforcement of rules but the shifting prorities of students which run counter to a good education. If a student is prepared to be sent home because he or she refuses repeatedly to comply with the dress code then education is not amongst that students' main priorities. I think progressives should spend more time conveying to our young people that a good education would make them progress in this life. Tight clothes and tall hair are only valued in senseless parties.