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Some students wish teachers played by student rules
H Cigarettes, cards, and food contribute to image of faculty "deliquency"
By Ronald Cruz
'ESHQULDBEA!" Itodowhatwe
want as long as ,\ doesn't infringe
onanothcrperxjn'swcH-beiiig," senior
HeniySuen said.
Such is the anthem of many students frustratedwhh
stringent rules against eating in class,
playing cards at school, and smoking on campus;
but -': •
. Senwr Greg Tang passes by the teacher^
lounge occastonallyand observes trachcrs engaging
hi behavior that is discouraged for sn> -
duite "pUyiiig tiardi and smoking two things
specifically prohibited in thr Student Handbi*ik."
he said. >
A gtvup ot U'U.iien in (he teacher's lounge
engaged in a game of bridge feared being mis*
quoted and therefore had no comment for this •
report. However, science teacher James
\ Oirniack said he has never seen teachers play
forinpnej*. "* ~
' (iuMtxIbn J«n WUllorniiWlows students to
pb> cards in the Itallvvays "as long as they don't
^Sophomore Kimbcrly Salvateij »id,"If
we're not gambling, then there's no harm tn i L"
Minutes befox, a teadwr ha\l confiscated UCT
Crying cards. She wa» mtt gambling.
Dean Elba Salgadb explains that rules apply
specitically to students to control trie disorder
.thatinevjtablyresults from the campus' flexible
-nndular system. V/ith so many studenttin (IK*
h?yways rf 't J* ^f?i?J
thecahipus. '/ . ,J rf
Just try y tellin^Uiat ^ to sophomore p (ib ^
Captstrano.""nt(^*sl)ould ssi an example for u»
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IcUU.Itjust gets us really pissed offT she said. { ....
While teachers eating in dassrooms and j
pLiying cards violate no rules, other behavior I
approadies ddinquency, ss odors wafting from
the teachers* lounge would suggest.
"When you're walking by in the hall, and
someone enters or exits from the teachers'
lounge, you cm see diem smoking in there,"
senior Rumiko Tauber said.
"I haven't been there [the teachers' lou^je]
for years because I can't breatiie. There'* too
said." .
"Nobody cai.v smoke on campus, whether
vouVc an adult o^a student," principal Paul
Qicngsaid., >
"Mr. Couta |a. truth teacher] was smoking
during our tina!.'"iauDcr said. Cosu said that
smolcng shoald be aUowed^outdooxt, off-campus,
bitcauseh'fbeea shown that second-hand
smolv: can be harmful" -
lnilieend,trMsttuatk)nboil3dou7itoadults
advisingyounga people what is right for youth's
and society'* benefit.
•-•' "Rules are set up to moke things easier for
people to facilitate the task at hand," llogdanoff
said. J,
"You tell kids nor-iv-o.'.iiik and smote,
whereas adulu do drink and smoke,"a ti
Jeffrey Sok (left), Kattterine Chan;Trieu Nguyen, arid Steven Ng sneak n a gameof
cards^uring their free mods.
said^ThereahvEysappearstobeadoublestan- fed that'Jie)-gel theshuD rid of thestjefc" •
•laid between kids and adults,isn't there?" Adults,t6amu^doctftainihirigstheytnaynot *
Music teacher Michde Winter said, "It nuy wislttodcsshesaid."Scimebodywhosmaleand
secrniikeahtgdealtothestudenUbecau&etlKy over 18can be drafted" for example.
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