[DRAFT][CONTEST] High School Fight Club

[Hapilopper]

I figured I'd enter something for the issue contest. What the hell. It might not be the most pressing issue but it's been an idea I've had in my head for a few weeks.

The Issue:
A recent outbreak of physical altercations at high schools across @@NAME@@ has gotten out of hand, and an expose on last night's episode of "Eye on @@NAME@@" has led groups of people demanding immediate action from your office.

Option 1:
"I'm a teacher, not a referee!" cries a visibly nervous @@RANDOMNAME@@, a teacher at a @@CAPITAL@@ area high school. "Just last week I saw a child get Bigtopian-suplexed through a vending machine. This madness has to stop! I don't care if we have to resort to extreme measures, just get this over with before someone gets killed!" @@HE@@ jumps nervously as @@HE@@ notices a student in the room.

Effect:
@@NAME@@ schools go on lockdown and loud sirens go off any time a student holds hands with someone.

Option 2:
"Dude, it's like, the perfect way for us to blow off some steam," says @@RANDOMNAME@@, who has been in and won six fights this week. "I mean, it's better than us keeping that inside us and then exploding, and you wouldn't want that to happen. Just give us time out of the day to let us do our thing, man. You won't regret it."

Effect:
A person entering a @@NAME@@ high school stands a very real chance of getting powerbombed through a locker.

Option 3:
And then, a greasy man with a nice suit struts in like he owns the place. "What's this I hear about fighting, pal?" asks @@RANDOMFIRSTNAME@@ Kennedy, the top pro wrestling promoter in @@NAME@@. "If you allow us, we could put cameras in every school and film the action! We could make millions on Pay-Per-View, and hell, maybe one or more of those kids could be the next big star! Now let us do it, dammit!"

Effect:
Millions of @@DEMONYM@@ wrestling fans are waiting for Monday night, when 20 students are expected to brawl in a School Bus Bunkhouse Stampede battle royal.

[Australian rePublic]

What exactly can leader do about it?

[Hapilopper]

What exactly can leader do about it?

The idea I have is that leader can find a way to encourage schools to take action to stop the nonsense - zero-tolerance policies, positive attitude reinforcement, or whatever.

I will be rewriting a couple of these later on after having received some feedback last night.

[The New British Isles]

A recent outbreak of physical altercations at high schools across @@NAME@@ has gotten out of hand

Maybe you should clear that up a bit. Like saying that there are fights going on.

[Candensia]

I'd say your effects are too lengthy. 2 and 3 need to be chopped in half, and you should seriously consider length-saving measures on effect 1 as well.

[-SARS-]

A recent outbreak of physical altercations at high schools across @@NAME@@ has gotten out of hand

Maybe you should clear that up a bit. Like saying that there are fights going on.

That's what altercations are.

[Ko-oren]

Option 1 needs clarification on what these measures actually are. From the text alone, I can't gauge what the effects are, and I wouldn't choose it. Option 2 is effectively a dismiss button, but could be changed into a slight 'pro-fight' option.

The phrasing and effect lines are great! The third effect line is on the long side, and I've been told to write effect lines without commas, so I want to pass on that advice (while I go back and fix my own issue).

A last thing to check is validity: which nations should get this issue? With fights at schools: nations with a lot of youth rebeliousness?

[Candlewhisper Archive]

A recent outbreak of physical altercations at high schools across @@NAME@@ has gotten out of hand, and an expose on last night's episode of "Eye on @@NAME@@" has led groups of people demanding immediate action from your office.

The issue premise feels incomplete to me. Physical bullying happens all the time in schools -- its not a noteworthy or newsworthy event.

Add some colour here to explain why this is a story. Maybe there have been multiple incidents ending in hospitalisations and half a dozen deaths. Maybe the outbreak in physical violence has been linked to a specific triggering event.

Right now the story doesn't feel like an issue.