Student brawls (1)

Student brawls (1)

From Merdeka

Almost every new academic year we are faced with a familiar scene, i.e. student brawls. The authorities and educators should give due consideration to this problem and do something about it.

The aftermath of a brawl between two groups of students is often prolonged and results in severe injuries, or even deaths. Strangely, the students who are involved in the free-for-all fights are mostly new entrants in the high schools. Why is it so?

The story goes like this: New students are easily agitated by their delinquent seniors, often to the accompaniment of threats, to go into the street to fight against students of another school, which is their opponent. They often take drugs, which make them courageous enough to take part in the fighting.

Sadly, many a time, innocent students become victims of the uncontrolled brawls.

MH SJARMI TARMIN

Jakarta