Rules shouldn't mean violence

There were many unreasonable laws and regulations when I was in high school.

I recall the 8th grade when I was pretty naughty, and the school allowed specific individuals, such as the school security guard, to bully and physically punish students. My friends and I were dissatisfied at the time. We opposed the notion that security personnel could physically punish students. I was rebellious and despised that security officer because he frequently reprimanded or physically assaulted students. If I'm correct, secondary school students must don a red scarf when arriving. The security guard stood at the school's entrance and continuously criticized or reprimanded students who disobeyed the rules. Many individuals were dissatisfied with this circumstance. There was a time when he struck a student too hard to break that student's arm. I felt horrible.

During the time that he behaved in such a violent manner, it was only natural that we, as mischievous adolescents, would have retaliated. I once hurled a rock at the guard's house, for instance. Another time, as I passed by, I cursed him in anger. At that time, I honestly didn’t know what to do anymore. In retrospect, the school appeared to approve of the guard's actions. Perhaps they were unaware that he was being impolite and mistreating students. Maybe they believed it was necessary to discipline students who disobeyed the regulations. Or perhaps they thought the guards had the right to conduct themselves in such a manner because the teachers would not dare hit the students. As far as I can recall, there was no feedback mechanism. Many parents and students were dissatisfied with the violent behavior of the security officer. Still, no one was able to resolve the issue. Even when I went to see the principal, he sometimes threatened me instead of speaking kindly.

There was another horrifying activity. During morning assembly, my secondary school would call out the names of students who were too mischievous. Their name would be called out in front of the entire school to make them feel humiliated and discourage them from breaking the rules again. We were still youthful and naive at the time. During our rebellious adolescent years, we rarely felt embarrassed and were occasionally proud that no one ventured to bother us. It was our means of expressing ourselves. At the time, I had no problem having your name called out in front of everyone. But in retrospect, I recognize that the school violated privacy. Each student had private behaviors, so why did our teachers reveal them to the entire school without our permission?

There was a classification structure, which was beneficial for teachers to consider each student's attitude and provide appropriate educational methods. But that behavior classification shouldn't be widely advertised. This should not be discussed in parent meetings and should only be kept and reviewed from the personal perspective of the teacher or limited to the school's moral professional council meeting. Typically, the teacher would make statements about each student so that their parents could be ashamed/proud of them. For example, this student performed academically and behaved appropriately, whereas the other student performed poorly and misbehaved. Perhaps the teacher believed this way could make parents force their kids to study and act better at home. This shouldn't be permitted. That was the disadvantage of grading. My natural tendency is to accept the judgment, but I need the individual who made it to respect my privacy and act honorably by law.

That is what I recall the most about laws and regulations. Later on, from working and studying law, I realized that the above mentioned situation could be considered violent. If the first instance of violence was physical, the second instance was psychological on students. They significantly affect our psyche, which influences our expression both in the past and the present.