Discipline
"In the end, I was the only one to get in trouble."
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By Ashton Lewis
I think all people should be treated the same way.
Once I didn't get treated fairly at school, and I know it happens
to other people out there in the world. My teacher grabbed me and
tried to push me into her room, just because my cousin had given
me a dollar. I pushed her away in return, to defend myself. In the
end, I was the only one to get in trouble, although we were both
pushing. That's not right.
Whether a principal is white or black, he or she should treat every
child fairly, like a parent would. I think before a school hires
a principal it should ask them questions like, "How would you
treat a child? How would you punish them?"
Teachers and principles should be there to help make school a pleasant
place, not a place where you are unjustly treated.
For Youth Radio, I'm Ashton Lewis.
Ashton Lewis is an 8th grader at Social Circle School in Atlanta,
Georgia.
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