the hurricane says... (staff ed) [ArticleImageHyperLink] Wednesday, April 28, 2010 By staff Advertising We, the staff of Wilmington High School’s student-run newspaper the hurricane, feel that our school needs to shape up and stop the incessant fighting which has been spreading through the halls like a bad case of MRSA. Gone are the days where the school year was only punctuated by one or two brawls a month around Christmas and spring break. No, now things have escalated up to six fights a day and it is getting to be quite ridiculous. Some people place the blame on spring fever, and some on the larger-than-normal freshman class. However the blame truly lies with a combination of things: stupidity, boredom, selfishness and of course, immaturity. It has gotten to the point where it isn’t only the issue of kids fighting anymore…it is also an issue of the students cheering on the fights. It is a known phenomenon for students of all classes to run down hallways actively searching for fights, or text their friends to let them know about them before they started. Like an odd form of hunting, in which everyone and their kid brother is privy to the victim/attacker/location. This form of recreation, better known as ‘fight hunting,’ only fuels the fire and gives fighting students exactly what they want: attention, an audience, and very public humiliation for their victim. So in many ways, those who cheer and encourage fights are as much to blame as the perpetrators of them. Even more ridiculous than the perpetual fighting, (if there is anything more ridiculous) are the reasons for it (if they could be called reasons). It really is quite easy to determine the cause of a fight based on no more than their genders. If it’s two girls fighting, without a doubt the fight is over a boy. If two boys are fighting, unquestionably the argument is due to some girl. All of this endless “baby-mama drama,” can make the school an annoying and tiring place to be in for seven hours of the day. Cliché as it sounds, school is here for everyone in it to gain a worthwhile education and work toward a better and brighter future. Something that is a bit hard to do with the entire student body becoming involved in dumb confrontations left and right. It is disrespectful to everyone, annoying to everyone, and also has the unfortunate side-effect of getting arrested, suspended and/or expelled. So, shape up and stop the fighting. It’s a waste of time, and everyone knows that time would be better served catching up on that chemistry homework.

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