<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=257737.msg12759217#msg12759217">Quote from: Saria on 06-11-2016, 08:52:15</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">... It's only natural that there would be challenges for these formerly institutionalized inmates to adapt to normal school life. If this committee was not presented as "we need extra disciplinary muscle to deal with abnormals", but rather as "the new, formerly institutionalized students need special attention and guidance to help them adapt", it might be more palatable. Normal students are just not equipped to deal with abnormals, not (just) because of the lack of power, but because they can't possibly understand what abnormals have gone through, and continue to go through.<br/></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div>I see a lot of potential overlap there with the Abnormal Support Club. While Megumi floated the idea as a sort of self-help group for abnormals who might have problems with their powers, bridging the normal/abnormal gap, providing guidance and education about abnormal issues, will be high up on Taro's list what the club should (also) do. If the committee focuses primarily on abnormals, we could end up with a lot of duplication of activities in some areas. I am not convinced that that would be the best way to go.<br/><br/><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=257737.msg12759217#msg12759217">Quote from: Saria on 06-11-2016, 08:52:15</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">So the official disciplinary committee could decide to create a special subcommittee made up of abnormals specifically for dealing with abnormals, and give them the freedom to handle things their way. The hope would be that they will have a better understanding of what other abnormals are going through, and that they could probably handle misbehaving abnormals more effectively and compassionately, ideally resolving low-level situations, misunderstandings, and "cultural differences" (arising from the fact that abnormals are coming from institutions rather than schools, and need to learn to adapt) without needing to involve the real disciplinary committee. But of course, when there's actually a disciplinary issue that can't simply be hand-waved away as a "cultural misunderstanding", they pass it up the ladder.</blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div>Wouldn't that boil down to asking people to resolve "cultural differences/misunderstandings" who might suffer from the very same misunderstandings?<br/><br/>It might also not sit well with many of the normal students, if the abnormals essentially police themselves. It could easily lead to the perception of favoritism, if not handled with extreme care.<br/><br/>It's not that I don't like this idea. It's actually kinda nifty, but I would rather wait and see a bit, see where the Abnormal Support Club will be headed, before we make plans that might end up killing one bird with two stones.