A short update

Mr. Shamburger called me into his office today to discuss the issues I have with his policies. In a short discussion, we mostly debated this year’s dorm changes: boarders have been deprived of their ability to be in the dorms at all during the school day.

Mr. Shamburger argued that the changes made have “benefitted” the dorms because boarder attendance rates are up and the dorms are cleaner. Even if this is true, the ends do not justify the means. What the Springs administration has done is unconstitutional (as evidenced by my previous article). The people making the rules should be bound by their own constitution; they should not be allowed to make rules at whim, especially laws that violate our constitution, one that the Springs administration pretends to honor and uphold.

What’s the point of having a constitution at all if Mr. Schamberger et al. will only refuse to follow it? At this point, it’s simply a visage of a previous aspect of springs, a vestigial organ from a long-dead organism.

I’ve previously spoken with Mr. Colvin, Dr. Gray, and now Mr. Schamberger, complaining to them about the changes they’ve made, which I believe to be unjust. I’ve tried my hardest to use logic and reasoning against them, all to no avail. I refuse to debate them any further without gain; they clearly don’t want to listen.

If anyone (incl. Mr. Shamberger or any dean) wants to debate a pro-collective-punishment stance against me, I’d much rather do it publicly—either in town hall or recorded for distribution. I think it’s important for the Springs community (those who want to, at least) to see how illogical such a stance is. There is genuinely nothing the Springs Administration can say, other than perhaps “because I told you so,” that carries any logical validity.