“The role of schooling was to equip individuals with the skills necessary to participate in the social life of their community and to change the nature of the social order as needed or desired.” - George Count, American educational philosopher. Students cleaning up the school is another component of the school’s purpose to prepare the students to enter the community with the utmost respect. It teaches the students to become a member of society and take responsibility for themselves. Participating in this proposal should be a civil responsibility since it is the school that grants us education, we shouldn’t take it for granted and make a mess of the place. In addition, we gain a lot of benefits including life lessons that could never be taught
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However, the idea of students to clean the school has been adapted by some schools in the United States such as the Armadillo Technical Institute in Oregon and Brentwood Academy outside Nashville, Tenn. The Brentwood academy’s director of communications, Susan Shafer considers “clean-up” an additional component of school’s mission of educating the whole person and a preparation for life. Shafer’s proposal supports the idea that the “clean-up” is an valuable lesson that should be taught in schools. Kim De Costa, executive director of the Armadillo Technical institute, had a system that students clean, sweep, mop, and take out the trash after lunch for 30 minutes, sometimes they even clean up the bathroom. De Costa said it 's easy to encourage students to respect their environment when they 're the ones responsible for preserving it. This statement suggests that the student see the school itself as their workplace and it’s their responsibility to clean it. In addition to Shafer and De Costa’s support, parents of these schools have shown overwhelming support according to an article in nprED, “Without Janitors, Students Are In Charge Of Keeping School Shipshape”.These controversies might be true but we can adapt and adjust like the Armadillo Technical institute and Brentwood academy as they grasp the meaning of students cleaning up the school. The school should seen by every student as their education center and where they’ll learn to enter society therefore it should be obligated for students to clean up the
However, the idea of students to clean the school has been adapted by some schools in the United States such as the Armadillo Technical Institute in Oregon and Brentwood Academy outside Nashville, Tenn. The Brentwood academy’s director of communications, Susan Shafer considers “clean-up” an additional component of school’s mission of educating the whole person and a preparation for life. Shafer’s proposal supports the idea that the “clean-up” is an valuable lesson that should be taught in schools. Kim De Costa, executive director of the Armadillo Technical institute, had a system that students clean, sweep, mop, and take out the trash after lunch for 30 minutes, sometimes they even clean up the bathroom. De Costa said it 's easy to encourage students to respect their environment when they 're the ones responsible for preserving it. This statement suggests that the student see the school itself as their workplace and it’s their responsibility to clean it. In addition to Shafer and De Costa’s support, parents of these schools have shown overwhelming support according to an article in nprED, “Without Janitors, Students Are In Charge Of Keeping School Shipshape”.These controversies might be true but we can adapt and adjust like the Armadillo Technical institute and Brentwood academy as they grasp the meaning of students cleaning up the school. The school should seen by every student as their education center and where they’ll learn to enter society therefore it should be obligated for students to clean up the