Lake Region High School’s newspaper team of 1986 focused on a lot of topics that are still relevant today, one of them being stealing in the junior varsity locker rooms. Avern Burnell wrote about this in their monthly issue and it’s very interesting to see the problem continuing 38 years into the future. There were many varying opinions on the subject, but something that struck me as interesting was that Burnell wrote this: “Even though theft continues, some people have been caught. All that they get, from what I’ve heard, is suspension. They should also be forced to pay back money stolen." This clearly indicates that the author was not happy with the current punishments that students were facing and they thought some form of payback on the thief's end was necessary.
Personally, I feel as though putting locks on the lockers is definitely an effective way to prevent stealing, but the fear of your items being stolen shouldn’t be as prominent as it is. I agree with the author in the sense that the theft should be punished and more action should be taken to reduce theft in the first place. To see where we stand as a class, I sent a google form out to the juniors. Of the 22 respondents, 17 students said their belongings or someone they know belongings were stolen. 18 of the respondents said that they believe despite the 35 year change, locker room theft is still an issue. The main resolution most respondents had was to actually use locks on the lockers. It’s crazy how some things never change. -Susie Comments are closed.
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