Social Change Proposal: Opening the CGS Doors Once More

My Proposal

We are living in a society that lives in so much fear of the unknown, that the very place we work and learn at has taken away our civil liberties. In the past month, ever since the Sandy Hook shooting incident, Brien McMahon High School has limited all students to using only one entrance in the morning. Supposedly, this is to lower the chance of a homicidal psychopath from entering the school.  In actuality, using this one door system has caused more harm than good. In the mornings, what would take no time at all to enter the CGS entrance, now takes everyone seven extra minutes to wait in traffic. No matter if it is 7:15 or 7:25, anyone who plans on being dropped off in McMahon is subject to heavy morning traffic. Therefore, my proposal is that Brien McMahon should reopen the CGS doors in the morning for the sake of efficiency, and making school seem like a safer place..

I plan to reopen the CGS doors through writing a letter to Principal Koroshetz because she is the head administrator at our school. The reason I’m doing this is because I believe closing more doors in the morning doesn’t detract from the possible danger we are perpetually in. Just because the Sandy Hook incident was in the same state, doesn’t instantly mean all Connecticut schools are in more danger. In fact, in that incident, the killer entered through a window, and not a door. Therefore, if we were to try and raise security in our school, I recommend taking a different approach. Secondly, by closing the CGS door, there is a seven minute traffic in the morning, and our school is denying easy access to a half of Brien McMahon’s classrooms. In essence, if there were to be a dangerous person at our school, having only one door won’t change the person’s homicidal motives.

Within my letter I shall introduce myself and the problem and how it affects me and the student body. Through this, I will be establishing my ethos, as well as my argument. This will at least notify the Ms. Koroshetz of this problem of inefficiency. In my next section I will be explaining my personal qualms, along with other student’s problems with the door policy. Giving small anecdotes, will show her that this one door policy is making usually punctual students late. This appeals to pathos because Principal Koroshetz values students who are punctual. In my third section I will go into the logos behind why we shouldn’t be a school run by fear. This ties into my main claim because I will be explaining how closing doors doesn't make our school any safer. Overall I think this structure is effective, because it appeals to both emotion and reason. If she won't agree with my second body paragraph, she can at least agree with my first body paragraph. I think she will be understanding of the issue at hand, and hopefully with her power, she will open up the CGS doors once more.