Who is Being Punished Here?

Did not even know I had this blog until molemole ran a give-away at her blog. I am still working in a school and this is an example of improvement made by the upper-ups who just only know how to open their mouths but not their brains.

Our school has a desk where we record late-comers. For these late-comers, we also check on attire and appearance. Pupils who do not wear a school collar pin will be made to leave their bags behind and walk to the school bookshop to purchase one.

So one day, the VP walked by and comment why don't we hold an inventory of 20 collar pins so that we can sell it to the pupils immediately rather to have them walked to the school bookshop a distance away. We can even log this as an idea.

I already feel that the system of recording late-comers a farce; most schools just record latecomers as pupils who do not attend assembly but take the onus to report to their form teachers when they are in school. But not for this school where I am in. We have to record latecomers for the teachers. The pupil just have to saunter in casually and hand over their smart card for recording.

And now this latest improvement? We used to punish the pupils for not wearing a collar pin by making them walk a distance to the school bookshop to purchase one straightaway. Now not only do the students not need to walk, the officer in charge has the additional role to keep an inventory of 20 badges and replenish them when necessary. I am the officer in charge of recording the latecomers and I feel I am being punished by addition role of collar pins seller for the student who is actually the culprit. What gives?