Hey guys, I wanna know which school (Secondary level) besides
mine are currently conserving utilities and saving money. I know
there are plenty of schools which do that but I just want to
compare it against the situation in my school.
Just some background info, our school has started conserving paper
since last year and students have to pay for their worksheets. This
caused some teachers teaching sec 4 classes last year to think
twice before printing any notes for their students, who are sitting
for their O levels within a few months time.
The beginning of this year, my form teacher told us that the
prinicpal decides that paper is too cheap, they shall conserve INK
instead.
Of course, both students and teachers are rather irritated by this
news. Teachers have been buying their own papers for printing of
worksheets and study notes since last year, and now they school is
monitoring the use of ink as well. Teachers have to login to their
account before they are able to use the printer. This also means
students have to pay for both the paper and the ink.
However, the weird thing is that my school is always talking about
reducing costs. Right now, there are 3 ponds in my school compound,
supposedly for decoration purposes, one of them for religious
purposes. The 4th one is being built right now. Isn't this a waste
of money?
Second evidence is the large number of rocks along the school's
driveway and carpark. Guess what, the rocks have our school song's
lyrics printed on it. And decorations of the carpark using huge
colourful balls looked ridiculous.
I feel that this is going too much. The school kept encouraging us
to donate to the school but I find money being spent on useless
objects. Its true we need a nice environment to study, but the
school is beautiful enough without those rocks and the 4th pond
(located outside chemistry labs, exploding fishes anyone? 
).
Many students in my school object to the excess spending of money
on decorations as well. Anyone facing similar situations in school?
Care to discuss? 
