Why UP Dormitories have curfews?

On my first night in the dormitory, they called us for a corridor assembly. The meeting was all about the rules and regulations of the dorm. The first thing they discussed was about the curfew. A curfew requires students to remain indoors between specific hours, typically at night. We are just allowed to go outside the dormitory in certain prescribed time. From Monday to Friday the curfew time is 10 p.m. while during weekends we are allowed to stay outside until 11 pm. It was my first time to undergo such rule. I was really afraid to violate the rule because this may result to eviction. I was disgusted because it limits my freedom and chances to do the things that I want to do. But beyond this, I know that this curfew has a good purpose that’s why they implemented it, and this will really help us to maintain our safety.

Dormitories have curfews to keep us out of trouble. Most of the time, crime rates are high during the night. Curfews serve us our protection. In the province, I live in a place where there is no curfew. There was one night, probably at 11 p.m., when I went to a basketball court to play with my classmates. A group of men came and surrounded us and for unknown reasons, they attacked one of my friends. We went to the barangay officials to ask for a help but they blamed us and said that it was our fault for staying outside that late. I believe that if there is a curfew that night, every one of us was already at our own houses and the incident was being prevented.

Dormitories have curfews for us not to meet the wrong road. If a place has a curfew, it can disengage students from doing bad things. If we are not allowed to stay out late, we are less likely to meet characters who could lead us to bad habits. In U.P, most students live their social lives at night. We can meet a lot people during this time and this may lead us to learn vices like drugs, smoking, drinking alcohol or even prostitution that may greatly affect our academic performance.

Dormitories have curfews to make us disciplined, responsible and organized. Enforcing a curfew and a lot more rules to follow will develop us to become disciplined students. Violations in curfews will be avoided if we know how to manage our time. It is very important for us to organize our schedules to avoid overlapping things to do. In addition, curfews give students the opportunity to prove that they can be responsible by following the guidelines the dorm implements. To sum it up, the implementation of curfews in dormitories can greatly help us to avoid the wrong road, to keep us safe and be obedient.

by Mark Lesther M. Jacinto(Exposition)

Sources (Photos):
http://www.nlondtwp.com/GenInfo/Ordinances/Chp65C http://www.whatchristianswanttoknow.com/right-vs-wrong-how-to-answer-this-from-the-bible/