Culture Assemblies are a Group Punishment 

However, some students think that culture assemblies are absolutely ridiculous. 7th grader, Finn believes, “Culture assemblies are depriving us of happiness.”

Teachers often complain that their students are too hyper after lunch, or just eating their lunch in class. A reason for this is that they do not have as much time to get their energy out and to eat. 

Whenever a group of students here don’t clean up after themselves, break something, or just fight, everyone in the grade is brought in for 15-30 minutes of absolute silence.

Another goal of assemblies is to make an example of the students who did these things and have their peers pressure them into behaving. When this happens, they do not make it easy to figure out who did what. They should hold the people responsible for these actions, not all of us.

A solution to this argument is making an example of the students who did these things and have their peers pressure them into behaving. But every time this happens, they do not make it easy to figure out who did what. A way to fix this is by calling out names. It would definitely make their peers' jobs easier. It would also reinforce their point of having culture assemblies weekly. 

“Why do they punish the whole grade instead of just punishing the kids who did it?” says 8th grader Georgia WIllis.