Students Make Effort To Keep Language Sweet

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Or so some Reed High School students hope. They say they’re concerned about profanity and they’re ready to clean up their act.

On Monday, they began an antiswearing awareness campaign. Each student received a bar of soap with wrappers saying, “Hey, let’s clean up our act.” The drive will end Friday when students get candy printed with the message, “For now and later - your words will be sweet.”

The anti-swearing campaign was initiated by a committee of faculty and students.

“We’ve been struggling all year on how to approach this in a lighthearted way but still address the issue,” said Jamie Felton, panel chairman and teacher.

“We’re simply saying, ‘Watch what comes out of your mouth,”’ committee member Christiana Bratiotis said.

Senior Brandy Gallego praised the campaign, saying swearing isn’t allowed in her family but is all too common on campus.

But sophomore James Courser questioned whether the campaign would bring any positive results.

“I don’t think this is going to make anything happen,” he said. “Both the teachers and students here cuss.”