The geese on campus should be celebrated, not scorned

Photo by Nicole Lee

The two geese on campus waddling around the front entrance of the school.

Walking across the school, you can often observe two lively and inspirational figures waddling around campus looking for food: a pair of Canadian Geese. Since January, these geese have settled down at the school, mostly staying near the tree in the quad. 

During the geese’s stay at the school, however, some of our peers have taken to assaulting them with unkind words — including suggestions to turn them into peking duck or foie gras. Instead of trying to turn our well-established guests into quick meals to placate our hungry stomachs during tutorial, we should embrace them and celebrate their decision to choose our school as their months-long home. 

Walking to and from your classrooms every day, don’t you notice a frequent trend in the types of animals you encounter? That’s right, they’re all humans. These geese increase the diversity within our school’s population, bringing with them unique perspectives on pressing issues.  Additionally, they help to fertilize the grass that we observe every day by pooping. 

During classes, the geese don’t initiate any fights, make loud noises or conversations to disturb our learning. Instead, they just chill on the grass field in the quad during lunch, so we can watch them waddle around or sleep on the grass. They don’t introduce any harm to the school, and mind their own business.

Instead of looking for ways to get rid of these geese, we should be embracing them and finding ways to be more hospitable for our lovely friends.