High School Argumentative Essay

High School is a hierarchy. The ‘seniority card’ gets pulled on a daily basis for even the most trivial of reasons. Putting aside the concept of cliques, the mere structure of age differences causes shrimpy 14 year olds to quake in their neutral-colored dress shoes as they walk down the hallways and bruting 18 year olds to absorb more power and influence than one even thought possible. While this is the case in all public schools and should be the case at Grapevine Faith Christian Schools, it is not. Holding that GFCS seniors have been trained to be Authentic Christian Leaders, they know better than to uselessly downgrade underclassmen; oftentimes building strong and healthy friendships with the freshmen and sophomores. While this strong bond between classes is irreplaceable, there is some importance in teaching underclassmen this lesson of knowing their place in the school. Without learning this lesson, young students that just got their license pull up to school the next day and park in a senior’s assigned spot because it is grey and not painted like all of the others-- and this is bound to rub a senior the wrong way when they pull up to school at 8:13 a.m., like everyone

Students and faculty have noticed the lack of maturing of Freshmen since the separation of Freshman Retreat from High School Retreat. These incoming Freshmen classes do not experience what it is like to be on the bottom of the hierarchy while away at Retreat. The experiences of these classes let Freshmen off the hook easily and train them to think they are still the leaders, just like they were in Junior High. The assigning of parking spots is a gentle way to enforce the social pyramid that should be prevalent in every school. While this may seem harsh, knowing how to submit to authority is a valuable lesson that must be taught to all students early on in their high school