Monetary Sanctions As Fines Case Study

Table 4 showed the different views of the respondents on the implementation of monetary sanction as fines during absences in every school activity.
Willms, (2000), stated that most students participated in academic and non-academic activities at school even no fines imposed on the attendance simply because most of them wanted to develop sense of belonging with their friends, have good relations with teachers and other students, and identify with and value schooling outcomes.

Table 4. Views of Respondents on the Implementation of Monetary Sanctions as Fines
Views about Monetary Sanctions F Rank
1. Monetary sanctions forced a student to attend a school activity and deprived one’s opportunity to find partime jobs after school 2 6
2. Monetary
Do you regularly attend to campus activities?
On this question 10 of the respondents said that they were regularly attending whatever school activities being held in the campus. However, two of them said that “kung waay sanction sir indi takon mag attend kay yadi pa magbyahe ako trisikad para may balon adlaw-adlaw” in other words he was only attending the school activity because there was a sanction being implemented, if not he would rather spend his time driving a “trisikad” to earn for his daily allowance. The other respondent said that “depende sa activity kung manami eh”. In short her presence during the school activity was dependent on the worthiness of the activity being conducted.
2. What do you notice to other students’ attendance during campus activities before and now? On this question seven of the respondents said that whatever activities held in the campus before, the attendance was almost perfect while now students were becoming choosy of the campus activities that they would like to attend. One respondent did not see any difference in the attendance of students before and now and said that “daw waay man nagbag-o sa attendance sang mga estudyante kay pirme man gagirinutok” Nothing compares with the students’ attendance because the venue was always overcrowded. The other three respondents just agreed to the
What are the pros and cons of imposing fines through monetary sanctions for those who are absent in the conduct of campus activities? Encouraging maximum participation in campus activities, becoming law-abiders, developing sense of discipline, helping raise funds for campus projects and high levels of social interaction among students despite of differences are the pros of imposing fines through monetary sanctions were given by the respondents. However, as to cons, the respondents said that “kung my fine daw ginapwersa gid kmi mag attend”; “ waay na gani kmi balon mabayad pa kmi sanction”, “indi manami kay taga-absent mo mabayd kaw kag kung may kwarta timu te bayd lang kaw?...unfair man”, “daw pangwarta lang eh” and “gaaattend lang students kay nahadlok sa fine”. To translate the aforementioned responses the cons are as follows: “ It’s just like forcing us to attend though we don’t like”, “we have limited allowance but then we’ll be paying as well for sanction”, “it’s not well if you always have to pay if you’re absent, what if you have money? You’ll just have to pay?...it is not fair, “it’s just like money making thing” and “students just attended the activities because of fear of