“5 Questions With…” is a new monthly column that will feature 5-question interviews with the students, faculty, and staff at Law that are making news in and out of the classroom.

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October 30, 2015

By Valeria Araujo – News Editor

Bells, bells, and more bells!

For the past two weeks, Jonathan Law has been testing out six new bell options after there were many complaints about this year’s new bell tone. Here is what the Law community is saying about the new bell choices:

Media Specialists Mrs. Briggs and Mrs. Borer

Valeria Araujo: What did you think about the old bell that Law began the year with?

Mrs. Borer: It made me think we had to evacuate the media center because of a fire drill or like the Titanic was sinking again.

Mrs. Briggs: It sounded like nails on a chalkboard.

VA: Which, out of the six new bell choices, did you like the most?

Both: Bell Six because it sound more like a passing bell.

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Vanoulith Sirisouk – Junior   

VA: What do you think about the testing out of the new bells? Which one did you like better?

VS: I’m mad that they won’t choose a bell already! However, Bell Six was the best because it actually sounds like a normal bell.

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KC McDonald – Senior

VA: Why did you dislike the old bell?

KM: I hated the old bell because it was loud and scary. I jumped whenever I heard it!

VA: Which bell did you like?

KM: I like Bell Six because it wasn’t one long note.

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Principal Mr. Thompson

VA: What was wrong with the old bell?

MT: There was a universal distaste because it affected the speakers and in the math wing it sounded like a fire drill.

VA: Which bell do you think will end up being picked for a new bell?

MT: I don’t really care, all of them are horrible because the each have a certain tick about them: Bell One was quiet and long, Bell Two sounded like the Flintstone Cartoon, Bell Three I call the “Never-ending Bell,” Bell Four was kind of like Bell One but a little more subtle, Bell Five sounded like a dog whistle, and Bell Six was three tones.

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English teacher Mr. Nigretti

VA: What was the old bell like for you?

MN: It was too loud and aggressive. It was the Shia Labeouf of bells and it sounded ungodly in the teachers room.