{"id":4615,"date":"2020-05-26T15:48:43","date_gmt":"2020-05-26T19:48:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/acutabove.mipamsu.org\/?p=4615"},"modified":"2020-05-26T15:48:43","modified_gmt":"2020-05-26T19:48:43","slug":"rest-in-peace-new-bell-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/acutabove.mipamsu.org\/?p=4615","title":{"rendered":"Rest in Peace New Bell System"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Carrianne Thomas<\/strong><br \/>\nThe Oriole<br \/>\nQuincy HS<br \/>\n1st Place Division 4, News Writing<br \/>\nEditorial<\/p>\n<p><b>JUDGING CRITERIA<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Topic relevant to interests and\/or welfare of school or students<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wins reader interest with impelling lead<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Presents evidence\/interpretation in logical sequence<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">States issue; uses effective examples, facts, and comparisons to clarify<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Deals with specific issue: avoids preaching, rhetoric, and cliches<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Shows sufficient thought and research<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sentences, paragraphs of varied length; written clearly, concisely and vividly<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Proper diction\/grammar<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"p2\">When our old PA system died a few months ago, so did the bells that signaled the passing of our classes. And you know what? We learned to live without the bells, and we kind of liked it, so let the system of using bells \u2018rest in peace.\u2019<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">Through the last three months of school we\u2019ve been going on our own time. We learned to watch the clock and be responsible for getting to class on time. Teachers also indicate there were fewer tardies without the bell system.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">Maybe the students and staff would be better off without the bells.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">It was definitely more peaceful to start and end classes when the clock and the teacher indicated it was time to do so. If the teacher needed an extra moment to wrap a lesson up, it was okay. It was also okay to be released when the lesson was over even if it was a moment before the other classes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">It was also a nice taste of the real world.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">When we go to college there won\u2019t be bells and when we are in the workplace. We will need to arrive at work without a bell signaling our arrival and departure. We would like to propose continuing on a system without bells. Let the bell system rest in peace with the old PA system.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">The new bell system has been also been unsettling in a number of ways. The initial bell sounded like a bad recording of an \u201cold school\u201d bell. Then there was the one that sounded more like a chair screeching across the floor than a bell welcoming us to class.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">For a new system, the sound effects don\u2019t seem too modern. We are thankful that the original sound has been replaced, although the new sound reminds us more of a doorbell than a passing bell.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">If we have to have bells, we need to choose sounds to match the urgency of the situation. The other day we were supposed to go into an unannounced lockdown drill. The \u201cbell\u201d that sounded and the announcement that followed were so subtle that more than one class failed to realize that it was a \u201clockdown.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">On the same day, a piercing siren<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">had students and teachers<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">jumping when it was sounded. The announcement that followed was that there was a meeting being held during lunch. We should not be startled for a simple announcement and not be warned clearly in the case of a possible serious situation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">The urgency of the message needs to match the signal selected to precede it. Something like a siren should only be used when announcing something alarming like a fire, tornado, security issue, or other emergency.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">Also, while it is nice to have a PA to use for emergency announcements, we sure liked not having our classes interrupted by random announcements, and we are definitely in support of continuing to have our<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">seminar teachers read the announcements instead of having to listen to them over the PA.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">We like that the teachers can read only the announcements that are relevant to the students who are in that seminar. For example, the freshman seminars don\u2019t need to hear that the seniors need to turn in senior pictures to the yearbook staff.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">However, we need teachers to make sure they share the announcements. In several classes they aren\u2019t being read or posted so we are missing meetings and important information.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">Another adjustment that needs to be made in connection with the new PA system is that the clocks all need to be in sync. Without the clocks being in sync, there is no way to know for sure if we\u2019re late or not until we hear the late bell and by then we are already tardy. Up to a five minute difference exists between the clocks in the different parts of the school.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">When going to work or college we won\u2019t have a bell telling us to go to a meeting or our next class. In every day life we won\u2019t have a doorbell telling us to move from one place to the next. So let\u2019s go back to not having bells.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">It is advantageous to know how to tell time on a normal clock and learn time management. It was also a lot more peaceful.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">While we agree that it is good to have a system for making school-wide announcements, we can live without the bells. We don\u2019t need to live and die by a bell, so RIP bell system&#8211; you seem to be a system \u201cgone bad\u201d and we don\u2019t want or need you anymore.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Carrianne Thomas The Oriole Quincy HS 1st Place Division 4, News Writing Editorial JUDGING CRITERIA Topic relevant to interests and\/or welfare of school or students Wins reader interest with impelling lead Presents evidence\/interpretation in logical sequence States issue; uses effective examples, facts, and comparisons to clarify Deals with specific issue: avoids preaching, rhetoric, and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":4616,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"image","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4,44],"tags":[175,23],"class_list":["post-4615","post","type-post","status-publish","format-image","has-post-thumbnail","category-nw","category-editorial-nw","tag-2019-20","tag-division4","post_format-post-format-image","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/acutabove.mipamsu.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/NW-06-Rest-in-Peace-New-Bell-System.jpg?resize=600%2C400&ssl=1","featured_image_src_square":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/acutabove.mipamsu.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/NW-06-Rest-in-Peace-New-Bell-System.jpg?resize=600%2C600&ssl=1","author_info":{"display_name":"Joel Beeker","author_link":"https:\/\/acutabove.mipamsu.org\/?author=9"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/acutabove.mipamsu.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/NW-06-Rest-in-Peace-New-Bell-System.jpg?fit=1989%2C2327&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6K0n6-1cr","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/acutabove.mipamsu.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4615","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/acutabove.mipamsu.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/acutabove.mipamsu.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/acutabove.mipamsu.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/acutabove.mipamsu.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4615"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/acutabove.mipamsu.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4615\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/acutabove.mipamsu.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4616"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/acutabove.mipamsu.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4615"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/acutabove.mipamsu.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4615"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/acutabove.mipamsu.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4615"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}