anarchy college

Are school rules really that important in this day and age?

A school without rules might sound like seventh heaven to the vast majority of youths, a utopian paradise which can never be reached. But for the students of Anarchy College, this is the painfully down-to-earth, rational reality.

The first thing which would become apparent if you turned up would be the fact that nobody turns up with the aim of learning anything. Educational classes were abolished back in the Jurassic period. Homework is another part of history; for the teachers have relinquished the mere thought of setting it because it fails to interest any of the students. Today, the hallowed halls of Anarchy College reverberate seven hours a day, five days a week, with the harmonies of adolescent gossip. This ranges from the ordinary chatter between students, to mobile phone conversations, to the “rejects” who are forced into cyberspace to conduct their social lives.

Technology runs riot in Anarchy College. There are no terms or conditions concerned with using the school’s super-fast Ethernet connection, and thus many choose it over their snail-pace dial-up modems at home. The lines between legal and illegal internet pursuits do not exist in the minds of Anarchy students, who “rip and burn” Compact Discs, “share and swap” documents such as videos over networks such as “KaZaA”, download massive amounts of pirated music and software, deal in fraudulent identities and credit cards to fuel their web designing pursuits.

The air is thick with the signals of wireless phones, radios, computers and many other kinds of electronic communication. In fact, it is suspected that after discussing their evening plans, it is known that several children have disappeared. Naturally, due to all the unreined “chatting” with strangers on the internet, there have been cases of stalkers becoming obsessed with certain students and, much to their amusement, tailing them around school due to the lack of security.

But electronic corruption is not the only criminal activity which takes place at Anarchy College. Many less sophisticated crimes have plagued the students, such as minor theft and assault. Fights between students are exceedingly common, although not all disintegrate into physical violence. The student groups are clearly defined, and trespassers, unless new and unwary, are not generally treated in a friendly manner. These cliques often lead to a type of civil war, as small disputes can easily erupt into blazing battles. Many bear the [mostly mental] scars of these clashes.

Although there is a school uniform at Anarchy College, it is never followed. Having no rules does mean more comfort and freedom to follow the laws of fashion, but, as the principal claimed this would give Anarchy a bad public report, the students had to invent a solution to this. It was decided that it was better to eliminate the uniform entirely and wear casual clothes. This opened up yet another form of rivalry between students, turning the school into a world where people were judged by the cost of their clothes and the cosmetics above their skin.

To the rest of the world, Anarchy College appears to be the closest thing to heaven on earth. But to say that it was hell on earth would be closer to the truth.