The corridors are full of laughing young people. They are eating candy, drinking coke, lounging and even dancing. As adults move through the crowd, the noise never subsides. Cussing can be distinguished easily.
Kids wear headphones and carry pagers and cell phones.
But it's hard to enforce without parents' initiative. When it feels like a party before school and in-between classes, the challenge for teachers to switch the kids over to serious learning is almost insurmountable. Kids should dress appropriately for learning. Bedroom slippers and tight, revealing clothing are for home and the beach. Teachers cannot supply pencils, paper, and books for students who come unprepared and lose all their things.