• Originally published May 16, 2008 at 3:43 p.m., updated May 16, 2008 at 3:43 p.m.

Editor, the Advocate:

I am a senior at Memorial High School. I am concerned with school discipline. I have been raised by my grandparents who have taught me to be respectful of authority.

My grandparents have never let me know that they don't agree with the school's authority or been disrespectful toward the school or the people who work there.

I have learned that even if I am not the best or smartest person, if I am at least respectful and willing to learn and let other people learn, I can get much more out of life. Even at work I am respectful and people like and want me there.

Some of my classmates have this same amount of respect for authority, but those students don't make it difficult for everyone.

I know that, if I ever was disrespectful at school, my grandparents and even my uncle would be all over me. They would not ask the principal what he did do to cause my disrespect.

Maybe if more parents were like my grandparents, more students would be respectful, and we all would learn more. I thank and love my grandparents for all they have taught me because it does make my life easier. Muchas Gracias.

Jesse Hernandez

Victoria

Editor, the Advocate:

I am a senior at Memorial High School. I think some of the school rules are unnecessary. For instance, one of the rules is that we are not to have cell phones out or in use at school. Sometimes there are emergencies we need to call home for.

I understand that some people abuse their cell phones and use them when they shouldn't, but maybe if the school trusted us with our phones instead of saying no with no exceptions, we would be more responsible instead of resistant.

I also think it is unfair that teachers use their cell phones in class in front of us then turn around and tell us not to use ours.

Audrey Chavis

Victoria

Editor, the Advocate:

I’m a foreign exchange student from Montenegro. Montenegro is located in southern Europe. It’s a small country with a population of around 650,000.

My home country is much different from the United States. Our drinking age is 18 and our driving age is also 18, which differs from the United Sates.

We have many mountains and beaches. During the winter people travel to the mountains to ski, and, during the summer, people vacation at the beach. There are many people from other countries who also vacation there.

Montenegro is small but what I feel is one of the most beautiful countries in the world.

I want to thank everyone who have shown me hospitality while I have been here in the United States and invite anyone who would like to experience a relaxing and beautiful vacation to travel to Montenegro to learn about my culture.

Nino Gargovic

Victoria

Editor, the Advocate:

I am fed up with Memorial, I am a current student there and over the past couple of years I have come to realize some things. Most teachers are rude and don't care if you pass or fail as long as they get paid, most students are rude because they just don't care, even the counselors are rude and don't want to help you. I also don't understand why teachers are paid to teach when they make you teach yourself, or teach other students. Most teachers give you work, do one example, and then expect you to do the whole paper by yourself, and when you go to ask a question, they look at you as if you are stupid because you don't understand. Then they give you homework that you don't understand and you get a zero for not doing it or doing wrong, when apparently they didn't take enough time to teach you the material in the first place. But they give the excuse: Well, you could have gone to the homework center. Well, some students have to have jobs to help out their family and can't go. Teachers give you projects and assign you partners, and you end up doing the whole assignment yourself because your partner doesn't care. If you could have picked your own partner, you could have chosen someone who would have helped you. The point is teachers are paid to teach, not hand you papers. The few teachers I have had in the past who taught in class, only taught me how to pass the TAKS test, and, yes, that’s important but there is no TAKS test in college, and that’s what I need to know how to pass. Not all teachers are like this some of them actually help you but most of them don't.

Shauni Copenhaver

Victoria

Editor, the Advocate:

Forty-five percent of drivers are under the age of 18. By raising the legal driving age to 18, the majority of cars would be eliminated from the roads, decreasing accidents and air pollution. Although this means cleaner air, there are consequences that go along with this ideal. As a result for the fewer drivers, gas prices would increase because of the bright side of this fact; it would be almost as if we were paying more so that we could have cleaner air.

De'Andra Brown

Victoria

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