Conformity In Schools

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How many rules are too many? In today’s society, where fear is rampant, rules have been established to protect us, however these rules also rid us from individual expressions. Schools focus too much in conformity, which prevents us from having our own word in things, because they’re basically controlling what we can and cannot do. Source B shows a high school bell scheduled. It indicates at what exact time they want the students in class. But what if the student has his/her class all the way to the other side of school and has to go to the bathroom during passing time? They only have 4 minutes to get to their next class. Will the teacher get after the student for being late to class? And the fact that no lunch break is included in the scheduled

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