Tagging has been an annual class color day tradition. It consists of marking other students in different grades with paint, markers, pens and more. Many students walk in with a nice clean shirt and leave with a tagged shirt or even a ripped one. Even though tagging has defined class color day for students, the day’s main purpose is class pride, not vandalizing other students because of their grade.
Tagging has never been loved by most, especially teachers who view tagging as vandalism, disruption or unacceptable behavior. This act has been around for roughly a decade, and many of the staff members believe it has been here a decade too long.
“I don’t think you need to like [others’] religion, clothes, background, hair, make-up, thoughts, and ideas but I think you need to be able to coexist with people and I think you need to be able to show respect with people,” assistant principal Gagnon said.
Tagging has been an iconic staple of class color day for the past decade, but is it time to let go of the vandalizing act? Does the disruptive act need to end or altered, or should the annual tradition live on during class color day?
