The Pros And Cons Of The Senior Salute

St. Paul’s school in Concord, New Hampshire, one of the most prestigious high schools in America, usually notable for its array of Ambassadors, Athletes, Senators and Congress members has been in the middle of a media frenzy lately because of an alleged school tradition called the ‘Senior Salute’. The Senior Salute is an alleged tradition in which upperclassmen try to get freshman girls into bed.

The trial of 19 year old Owen Laurie has brought into light the alarming rate in which Sexual assault is rising. The issue that rages on in Colleges is said to be making its way to high schools and primary school. In a study conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Division of Violence Prevention, 19% of Undergraduate women experienced

attempted or completed sexual assault since entering college. Any percentage above zero for sexual assault is very disgracing and shocking. As most sexual assaults go unreported, I fear to know what the real statistics is.
Most sexual assault crimes end up without any felony conviction which isn't right and should not be done. I envisage the victim of the assault deserves real justice for what has been done to him/her and deserves to know that the assaulter has felt the full force of the Judicial system. The assault not only affects the victim physically but could also lead to a psychological and social breakdown. In my opinion the United States should make it federally required for all schools (Federally funded or not) to report its crime statistics. This way parents would know what type of school they are sending their children to and not feel guilty for what has been done to their kids like Daisy Coleman’s mother and the parents of the Victim of the Laurie case sure would feel. No one deserves to be violated in any form. I sympathize with the victims and hope that this is a lesson to America that would be learnt.