In junior and senior high schools, the Student Patrol used to symbolize a spirit of service; it was considered an honor. Today, many middle schools cannot find anyone willing to join. Many senior high kids turn their noses up at it: "You have to stand in the school door under a hot sun looking like a dweeb."
在中學校園裡，過去象徵榮譽與服務精神的糾察隊，如今常發生招不到隊員的窘境，很多高中生甚至嗤之以鼻：「大熱天站在校門口像個傻子！」