IDs
The Solution To ID Hatred
The Problem
Many problems have been mentioned with school IDs pretty much since they put it around your neck. “These ID badges can inflict negative feelings: stress, discomfort, and even a feeling of insignificance. Is it really worth wearing these overkill cards just to theoretically improve school security?” If an ID is just the same as everyone else’s then it would be like being given a number. People need to show off their personality.
The Solution
Introducing the customizable ID! Our current IDs are boring and cause people to always take it off. It will be more stylish and it allows for people to show their personality. There will be clip arts for people to choose from online. People can put on a maximum of two clip arts per ID. Staff would just have to check its “appropriateness” of the ID. It only takes under 5 minutes to customize each one. It will be fun to customize your own personalized ID. At pony camp, a template will already be set up to make an ID. Each semester, students will have a chance to customize it again in case they don’t like what they did. About 62% of students surveyed and 100% of staff interviewed loved the idea of customizable IDs. Mrs. Flores said in our interview that, “IDs should have a positive vibe” and that’s exactly what we are trying to do.
Other Solutions
Some student may not even want to customize it. That is why we will still have the same ID layout in case they don’t want to.This way students can be happy with whatever kind of ID they have. We believe that this idea that we four, young individuals came up with could change the way we see Medlin Middle School and schools all around the world.
Citations
"Problems with School IDs." Teen Ink. Web. 17 May 2016.
"I.D. Arm Bands." Survey. Web. 19 May 2016.