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SCENE[BOWIE HIGH SCHOOL]: THE SCENE STARTS WITH JUST A FEW STUDENTS WALKING AROUND. AS  SECURITY AROUND THE SCHOOL IS SHOWN.[SHOW GATES AT BOWIE AND DOORS THAT ARE CLOSED].

KEVIN: THROUGHOUT OUR COMMUNITY STUDENTS HAVE RESTRICTIONS OR BARRIERS THAT KEEP THEM IN THE SCHOOL. AN EXAMPLE WOULD BE DRIVING.

DO YOU DRIVE?

ANDRES: YES

KEVIN:DO YOU THINK THE AGE TO GET A CAR IS FAIR?

ANDRES: I BELIEVE THAT THE AGE TO GET A CAR IS PRETTY REASONABLE, BECAUSE IF THERE WAS A 12 YEAR OLD DRIVING IT WOULDN’T BE SAFE FOR ALL OF US. BECAUSE BACK THEN THERE WAS PROBABLY A TIME WHERE CHILDREN COULD DRIVE BUT IT LEAD TO MANY DEATHS AND THERE WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS NEEDED TO BE DONE. LEADING TO OUR GENERATION HAVING MORE RESTRICTIONS.

[DIFFERENT PERSON]

KEVIN:WHAT ABOUT VOTING?

ELLEN: I BELIEVE THAT VOTING HAS A GOOD AGE FOR MAKING DECISIONS. BECAUSE WHEN THERE ARE YOUNGER GENERATIONS THEY NORMALLY ARE MORE IRRESPONSIBLE AND DON’T UNDERSTAND THE LAW. LEADING TO POOR DECISIONS AND THEN OUR COUNTRY WOULD BE CORRUPT.

KEVIN: AND DRINKING, BEING 21?(TELL ABOUT GERMANY'S LAWS)

KYLIE: THE DRINKING AGE HERE WOULD MAKE MORE TEENAGER WANT TO DRINK SINCE IT IS RESTRICTED UNTIL THE TURN 21. ALSO ONCE  THEY TURN 21 THEY DRINK A LOT ON THEIR 21 BIRTHDAY BECAUSE IT WAS RESTRICTED AND THEY DIDN’T GET THE EXPERIENCE BEFORE AND WERE WAITING TO DRINK.

ELLEN:[WALKING AROUND ASKING SOME QUESTIONS TO STUDENTS TO ASK ABOUT HOW THEY FEEL ABOUT RESTRICTIONS AT SCHOOL]

• WHY DO YOU BELIEVE THAT AGE RESTRICTIONS WERE PUT IN PLACE?

MICHEL:  WHEN STUDENTS WERE GIVEN FREEDOM THEY PROBABLY TOOK ABUSED  IT LEADING TO THERE BEING MORE RULES AROUND THE SCHOOL. GIVING A BACKBONE TO WHAT STUDENTS NEED TO FOLLOW SO THERE IS ORDER AND NO CHAOS IS STARTED.

ELLEN: IF THERE WAS NO RESTRICTIONS IN THE SCHOOL WHAT DO YOU THINK WOULD HAPPEN?

KYLIE: I THINK THAT SOME OF THE STUDENTS WOULD BE  FINE WITH THE FREEDOM THEN THERE WOULD BE SOME WHO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE FREEDOM  THEY HAD AND WOULD NOT COME TO SCHOOL OR BOTHER TRYING IN THEIR ACADEMICS AND WOULDN’T CARE.

KYLIE: IF YOU DON’T  SIGN UP OR FORGOT TO GO TO A FIT SESSION YOU CAN GET LUNCH DETENTION. THEY DON’T ASK FOR REASON WHY YOU DIDN’T GO TO THAT FIT. BUT IF YOU SKIP CLASS YOU GET A DETENTION TOO. DO YOU FEEL THAT IT IS REASONABLE.

ELLEN: I BELIEVE THAT WHEN A STUDENT FORGETS TO SIGN UP FOR FIT THEY SHOULDN'T BE GIVEN A REFERRAL OR LUNCH DETENTION. IT SHOULD BE ACCEPTABLE FOR A STUDENT TO NOT SIGN UP A FEW TIMES BUT AFTER NOT DOING IT WOULD BE SUSPICIOUS AND THEN A COUNSELOR CAN ASK WHY YOU HAVEN'T BEEN SIGNING UP.IF IT WERE SOMETHING THAT WASN’T A GOOD REASON THEN THERE SHOULD BE CONSEQUENCES.

KYLIE: DO YOU THINK THE LOCKED DOORS ARE A GOOD THING OR A BAD THING?

MICHEL: I THINK THAT IT NOT CONVENIENT TO HAVE THE DOORS LOCKED AT ALL TIME BECAUSE SOMETIMES YOU NEED TO MAKE A SHORTCUT TO YOUR CLASS ON TIME. FOR EXAMPLE I HAD A CLASS ACROSS THE SCHOOL CAMPUS AND I HAD TO GO TO THE OTHER SIDE BUT I NEVER MADE IT BEFORE THE BELL RANG. SO WHEN I STARTED USING THE OTHER DOORS I WOULD BE THERE ON TIME BUT EVER SINCE THEY LOCKED THEM IT TAKES ME LONGER. MAKING IT CONVENIENT FOR STUDENTS.