EIGHTH GRADE PRIVILEGES
Eighth Grade Privileges
The eighth graders basically have no privileges. They can use the “special” lunch line which is constantly being invaded by the sixth and seventh graders. The rule, I believe, is that once every eighth grader has been served, then, the other students can use this line. Some believe that once they have stuffed a quesadilla down their throat, then they can jump into the line regardless of whether or not the eighth graders have eaten. The eighth graders also get to leave the assembly first.
Solution? The eighth graders should have more privileges…
Let us: -wear “hoodies”
- have no silent study sessions during the after school program
-listen to music with headphones outside of class
…plain and simple. Then, sixth and seventh graders will have something to hope for during their eighth grade year, and everybody will be happy.
Andrew Reiter ’13
Should eighth graders be allowed special privileges? If so, do you have some suggestions?
I totally agree. We should be able to wear hoodies and be able to listen to music with headphones outside of class. It doesn’t disrupt anything and doesn’t harm anyone.
| Posted 3 years, 1 month agoI am going to be an eighth grader next year and i would like something to look forward to next year. I have gone in the eight grade line before and thought nothing of it. Now i realize its wrong and as an eighth grader i would enjoy to have some privileges that other kids do not have
| Posted 3 years, 1 month agoI completely agree with you Andrew. I do think that we really do not have privileges, and the years before us always have. I remember in 6th grade looking forward to 8th grade because of such, but nothing really seems very different. I do think it would be nice to also be able to go to the Student Center during help. . . I am pretty sure that my brother was allowed to do that in 8th grade. Also, being able to listen to iPods would be nice too. We wouldn’t be disturbing anyone by doing such. There still is time left so hopefully some changes will be made.
| Posted 3 years, 1 month agoOh joy, a month of wearing hoodies. This should have been thought of lng before we even started eighth grade. It seems a given that enjoyable, non-harmful small pleasures should be granted to eighth graders.
| Posted 3 years, 1 month agoAlthough privileges would be nice, I don’t feel we deserve any. What have we done out of the ordinary that would result with privileges?
| Posted 3 years, 1 month agoI agree completely, especially if you come in eight grade I mean how is the fare to 7th graders who have already been there for a year. Also like you said what do eighth graders do that is better than 7th or 6th graders, they are just a grade above.
| Posted 3 years, 1 month agoAs a seventh grader I look at the long line at lunch and the short 8th grade line and think the same thing. What did the eighth graders do to earn these privileges? Although, I am sure as an 8 grader next year I am going to have different opinions on this topic. I will most likely get mad at the younger kids for abusing our privileges. More privileges would defiantly give me something to look forward to next year, but I think those privileges should be earned.
| Posted 3 years, 1 month agoWhy should some eighth grades get thier lunch before me. I’ve been at Worcester Academy longer than some eighth graders. I’m also more well behaved than some of the eighth graders.
| Posted 3 years agoI agree! Like Anita said, in sixth grade, I always thought that as eighth graders I would have so many more privileges, but that’s not true. Listening to music with headphones doesn’t distract people because it’s not being played aloud. I feel that besides the increase in homework, which I understand, we eighth graders aren’t being treated like we are 13/14 years old.
| Posted 3 years, 1 month agoI agree also. My main point is it’s 80 degrees out and yet we still have to wear “winter dress.” I mean c’mon really? Outside of school what are people wearing? Shorts thats what. It’s too hot in classes and shorts are more comfortable.
| Posted 3 years, 1 month agoI agree with you Andrew, every year since the sixth grade, we’ve been forced to obey the rules of eighth grade privileges. All of a sudden, those rules no longer apply. I feel that if we want to wear “hoodie” sweatshirts, we should be aloud to. What damage are we causing if we do? Also, we should extend the date to end warm dress code later into October and change the date to start it up again to midway April.
| Posted 3 years, 1 month agoI disagree. 8th graders should not be allowed to wear “hoodies”. It is out of dress code, and I think everyone should have an equal dress code. I know I will be an 8th grader next year and will want privileges, but dress code should be fair. I do agree that 6th and 7th graders should not be entering the 8th grade lunch line. That should be a strict 8th grade privilege. There should be 8th grade privileges, but they should not be completely not fair.
| Posted 3 years, 1 month agoAndrew makes a good point . In past years they have had more privlidges that we will never get to experience. I also kind of wonder what happened to having study hall some periods of the day to get your homework done so then afterschool you can do more of what you want.
| Posted 3 years, 1 month agoI think that listening to music would be so much better. Actually when I go home I listen to music while im doing homework. The silent study actually is a help to get a jump on my homework but i think it should be optional. Overall I think that 8th grade should have more priveledges.
| Posted 3 years, 1 month agoQuestion for Stevie and others,
Since you already wear your hoodies most days, would it really even be considered a privilege?
| Posted 3 years, 1 month agoI think one privilege that the 8th graders should definitely have is not having to go into a quiet study hall after school. They should be able to walk around campus, or at least be able to go wherever on the quad or in rader. I can understand the whole not being able to wear hoodies thing, because nobody in the whole school is technically allowed to wear them (and the high schoolers would be pretty mad if the let the 8th graders wear them..), but the after school thing is definitely one thing that could be done.
| Posted 3 years, 1 month agoYah. I agree that the eighth graders should have more privileges. I mean really, some of the sixth graders really do just go in, and shove a taco or sandwich down their throats, and go to the Eighth Grade lunch line before some of the Eighth Graders even get to the building. i mean even though they don’t have to climb the stairs with a lot of books, they should be on the bottom floor.
| Posted 3 years, 1 month agoI Think That the 8th graders should not get spacial privileges because when I was in 6th grade the 8th graders would use their privileges to cut in line or intimidate us.I just think Meddlers should have the same privileges and you look forward to upper school instead of 8th grade because in upper school you have a lot more privileges and I think you should look forward to upper school.
| Posted 3 years, 1 month agoHas anyone noticed that the only ones agreeing with Andrew are eighth graders themselves? I mean, what makes eighth graders so much better than seventh and sixth graders. Have you saved lives, or helped put out forest fires? When I asked this question, the reply I got was that it was a privilege to be an eighth grader. That seems a little odd to me because some of the eighth graders haven’t even been at Worcester Academy since sixth grade, and its also a privilege to be in any grade here. I think this is just another case of Worcester Academy using cheap techniques like this to get people to stay at least until the eighth grade.
| Posted 3 years, 1 month agoAlso with the lunch lines, the teachers don’t tell us what we’re supposed to do anyway. Sometimes, its you get your hot lunch in the other line first, and then you can go in the other line. With others, its you have to wait for the eighth graders. We get yelled at either way. Not to mention the unfairness of them getting their lunch first.
What is this teaching us? It teaches us that the older we get, the easy and better life will become. Is this the case? I don’t think so. I think that when I am an eighth grader, I will reject the privileges because I know how tough it is for other grades to watch something unfair go on. If Andrew or anyone can give me ten legitimate reasons why only eighth graders should be the only ones with privileges other than, we’re older, we’re eighth graders, and that’s just how it works, I will promise to be a good little eighth grader who doesn’t ask or question authority and unreasonable rules.
Also Andrw. if we had your little rules in place, only the eighth graders would be happy, no one else would be. You just are trying to promote that so you can were out of dress code clothing and listen to your music all the time while we can’t. And, just so you know, why would you want the silent study session taken away? It gives you time so you can do your homework. I guess you eighth graders don’t care about that though. You just want to talk and play games.
Andrew-
Although I think that it would be easier to sympathize with you and the eighth grade population if I was in your shoes, I don’t agree with you. Frankly, I think that the fact that eighth graders are moaning about the privileges they already have is incentive to ignore you plea for more.
| Posted 3 years, 1 month agoFirstly, although it is true that six and seventh graders do sometimes invade your lunch lines, you are not being harmed. Six and seventh graders have to deal with the upper schoolers shoving them out of the way. Also, getting to leave assembly first means that you do not have to deal with being swamped by the wave of six and seventh graders. It helps you get to your classes without dealing with a massive crush at the doors.
Second, I don’t really see why eighth graders should have privileges in the first place. If you have a special lunch line, and get to leave assembly first. I think that if you are going to be ungrateful and derogate your existing privileges, it makes no sense to give you more.
Also, eighth graders abuse their privileges, and get away with it. Almost no one respects the silent study session, and instead make up excuses to get away from the adult supervision.
Eighth graders are no more important than the rest of the middle school population, and we all want the privileges you have, and you want. So don’t complain. Take what you have and be happy with it.
Andrew-
The eighth graders have enough privileges. you can cut sixth and seventh graders in lines whenever you want. The seventh grade (boys) did get assigned seats for going in the eighth grade line so we do not do that anymore.
| Posted 3 years, 1 month agoAndrew I agree with you and I disagree with you at the same time. Yes In do think that the eight grade should have a separate lunch line, to eliminate a longer line. I also think that the seniors should be able to go in the line as well, due to seniority. I do not think that only the eight grade should be able to listen to music in the halls, this I think is over doing the saying “eight grade privileges”. I do think the subject is very controversial and needs more of a concrete definition.
| Posted 3 years, 1 month agoAndrew
-I have to say that I disagree with most of what you said. I do agree with the statement made about the eighth lunch line. Most people don’t respect that it is for the eight grade and that is not right. On the other hand I do not think you should get the other privileges you stated, like wearing hoodies. Just because you are in an older grade does not mean you should be able to disobey part of the dress code. Especially when you come in eight grade, its not like you worked through to get those privileges. I think the same applies for the silent study periods and the music. Being an eighth graders does not mean you can just do what ever you want. Some privelges should be granted, but you should not be free as the wind.
| Posted 3 years, 1 month agoAnita,
I agree with you on the point of listening to iPods. I think that most people work better when it comes to listening to music while concentrating. I do it myself a lot at home, and I find it easier to tune out everything but the music, and my work. However, I do think that some people do abuse they privileges, and I am hesitant about whether or not people should be allowed to have privileges if they are abused. I have been in the student center with eighth graders after school, but I was distracted by them, and many used this time to interact with other students, and over all to mess around. People ran around, scream, jumped over chairs, and couches. I think that if eighth graders can’t handle a simple thing like going to the student center, then they shouldn’t be allowed extra privileges.
| Posted 3 years, 1 month agoHas anyone noticed that no one has given me my ten reasons? You know why? Because there aren’t ten of them!
| Posted 3 years, 1 month agoAlso, why are we arguing about the eighth grade lunch line? They shouldn’t have it in the first place!
Aiden, I agree.But, if they allow ipods in school, they will end up in class where they are not supposed to be. it is a callback waiting to happen.
| Posted 3 years agoI agree with Troy Hanson because I think that the eighth graders should have privileges. That is what I am looking up to when I get to eighth grade in a few months. I just do not agree with 8th graders getting able to wear hoodies.
| Posted 3 years agoI think that this is a really good idea. It seems to be that every year the 8th graders are getting less and less privileges. All of the things Andrew said would be a great idea. Also, I think that if there is nothing planned for the 8th grade class that when we have our study hall after BBC or whenever we should be able to sit on the benches and just relax outside.
| Posted 3 years agoFor future 8th grade classes by the way.
| Posted 3 years ago