Analysis of the rules in the 1990s.

How was it 20 years ago?

What did we do?

We held a meeting in which we interviewed the 1990s headmaster of our school, who explained us the old

In the '90s our school had to determinate the

school rules, a task previously entrusted only to

the headmaster. For this reason, on 15th

December 1991 the school council approved the

“school rules”, with the aim to

improve each student's behaviour.

This document was composed of twenty-five articles, each with its own purpose.

These were the most important topics:

STUDENTS' RIGHTSTEACHERS' RIGHTSSTUDENTS' DUTIESTEACHERS' DUTIES

ASSEMBLIESSCHOOL TRIPS

PENALTIES

Students used to have the rights to:go to the school library;

use the scientific, I.T., language and typing labs, also during the afternoon but only if supervised by a teacher;

participate in school trips, to places linked to the programme;

go to the toilet, but only after asking the teacher;

hold meetings;

elect students' representatives.

Teachers used to have the rights to:

be respected;

choose the programme freely and how to follow it;

express their opinion liberally;

The students' duties were to:participate in school life in an active, free, complete and constructive way;

follow lessons without interrupting them;

respect each other and the teachers;

follow the school rules without any exceptions;

The teachers' duties were to:

organize school trips and accompany the students;

check the labs, the library and the gym;

guarantee the democratic participation in the assemblies;

subscribe school reprimands;

elect the school council;

respect the students.

could be maximum once a month;

should last one hour;

had to respect school rules.

There used to be school and class assemblies, both with some

particularities

The class ones:

The school ones

were followed by the headmaster, the students and the other teachers, who could intervene if there were any violations of the regulations;

had to represent a cultural enrichment;

could be maximum four times a year;

could have an expert talking on the chosen topic.

The school assemblies:

The class ones

School trips used to have specific particularities:

minimum the 80% of the students had to participate;

they had to be linked to the programme;

the teachers involved were the ones with more knowledge on the subjects of the trip;

they could be abroad.

Even though most of the penalties were assigned using the teacher's

common sense, some of them were given because of a specific violationthe frequent use of swear words was punished by a written warning;

damaging things or hurting people was punished by the suspension from lessons;

arriving late could have consequences on the students' marks;

the unauthorized exit from the school was punished with the suspension from lessons.