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Tyler Bonin’s The Atlantic article “The Challenge of Teaching War to Today's Students”, published in November 8th, 2017 addresses the “Challenge” of this article with “I realized that it was not simply a matter of disinterest, but rather that the subject only existed to them in an abstract manner”. Tyler Bonin, in his Rationale, interprets this challenge as a congestion to the future of the current generation in America as today’s students will be “exposed to an entirely new set of policies and institutions have been developed in the name of the “War on Terror.””. Thus in Bonin’s postulation, ultimately it is the civic responsibility of today’s students to understand and assess violence being

We were told to let them talk, debate, etc. and while they warned that discussions could be emotional, we were cautioned to ‘keep it clean,’ meaning have legitimate, open dialogue, but do not let it turn into something not appropriate for the classroom (language, threats, etc.)” And this is where the Hazelwood School District got right. For school districts that surrounded the Ferguson area, the Michael Brown shooting was something that was supposed to be kept out of the classroom. Principals didn’t want students to be distracted from their learning by talking about something that happened outside of the classroom environment, but did the administration honestly believe that student’s we’re just going to let this one go? Of course not! This is where the actions of the teachers and administrators became crucial. For the students, they believed that they were getting the chance to express their thoughts and feelings about the situation that was happening, but what they didn’t necessarily notice, was that the teachers were turning this into a learning experience! That’s where Hazelwood got it right. Around this time, The New York Times published an article entitled, “The Death Of Michael Brown: Teaching About Ferguson.” The author of this article

There are also many cases of verbal violence erupting due to student’s lack of properly expressing their thoughts. In many of these cases, the students are overreacting and taking things out of proportion. For example, from the article “Yale’s Halloween Advice Stokes a Racially Charged Debate”, a

Since the establishment of public education in the United States, schools have provided a sense of security and belonging to their students. Although sitting through lectures and doing homework may not be the most exciting thing in the world, students will always have a lunch to eat, a roof over their head, and a supportive teacher or counselor that they can talk to. Despite the “safe” environment and presence of authoritative figures on school campuses, trouble always finds a way to break out. Simple misbehaving and occasional fights are a common occurrence on most school campuses, however a new breed of troublesome and violent students has hatched. The

Students everywhere should not be restricted from learning because of the connotation of a subject or teaching device. Students should be able to rightfully learn and be taught what has occurred in our history. This being said, there are concerns for teachers if they start to share their belief and support a controversial subject, or if they are hanging

Schools were once treated as a haven,but between 10 years, the amount of student shootings has dramatically risen from 43 to 101. Now people think that we need to go back to the barbaric saying of ‘kill or be killed’, but there are more ways to skin a cat - and more ways of controlling this horrid situation.

Amber M. Simmons a Georgia teacher and graduate student wrote a thrilling article on using popular fiction like the Hunger Games to insight social change and justice in the class room. She made many good points on how to introduce and facilitate this kind of discussion in a classroom especially since many “students are desensitized to violence, and one goal of educators is to resensitize them so that they understand the reality of brutality and injustice” (23).

Veteran teacher Jess Burnquist’s, “A Teacher’s Appeal: Reverse the New Normal” argues that the necessity for lockdown procedures and society’s passive acceptance of them is “unacceptable.” Using a blunt and shocking narrative and dark sarcastic humour, she delivers a acrimonious critique of society, condemning it for not only robbing her of the opportunity to teach, but imposing the responsibility of protecting her students on to her and her colleagues. Burnquist suggests emergency lockdown drills are reflective of an apathetic country, focused on teaching students to hide and prepare for an intruder, while failing to address the real issue: a society that generates a person—or persons rather—that feel compelled and/or in entitled to walk onto a campus and start slaughtering innocent people. She accuses our country of being desensitized to these massacres, and she suggests lockdown procedures are a submissive acceptance that disregards student anxiety and lost time for core curriculum.

The Hunting Ground was a very emotional video that highlights a very important issue in our country that most people are not aware of. When it comes to sexual violence, college campuses are more focused on protecting the attacker rather than the victim. What shocked me the most in this film was that most of the faculty members the victims went to seek help from were females, yet the victims were still blamed for their rape. One administrator from UNC at Chapel Hill told a victim “rape is like a football game” meaning that if you look back to that day, what would you have done differently to prevent the rape. Victims who report rapes to university faculties are often questioned about the clothes they wore that day, how much alcohol they had to drink if they said no to the perpetrator, how many times did they said no, etc. Ryan Clifford, a male victim at the University of California, Davis rather than being helped, he was suggested by a faculty member to drop out of school until the situation “blows over.”

The topic that we talked about in the class, Sex Crimes and the Law that really interested me was the topic of rape. After having the guest speaker that was a Temple student really bothered me and I thought about it for days. For starters, I think it is absolutely scary that she was rapped on Temple University’s campus, to be exact in Peabody hall and absolutely nothing was done to help her. This is bothering me the most because I am a Temple student, this happened in her own room, no one helped her, and her rapist is still out there. I feel horrible that no one even tried to help and most people even made it seem like it was her fault by saying things such as “you know you wanted it”. No one wants to be rapped and the victim should never be to blame. This poor girl tried to kill herself multiple times. I believe that no one should go through this trauma alone or even go through it at all. Since our guest speaker, I have gone on a binge of watching Law & Order: SVU and even through about becoming a special victim unit detective for my career. Another reason that the topic of rapped bothered me was because just recently one of my friends came out and said that she was raped by her boyfriend. No one even knew this happened until she made it public on Facebook. For the longest time she was drawn back and really did not hang out with the group and now I know why. The guest speaker really helped me to understand, just to be there for her. When she wants to talk she will and not

Every day students across the country wake up and go to school seeking an education. They learn basic skills and knowledge from classes such as English, math, biology, physics, photography and so many other classes that prepare students for adulthood. However, what is most alarming is that students have to cope with violence that is now occurring in schools. In the past, school violence involved bullying and mistreatment, but in recent decades weapons are now a part of the violence students encounter. Violence is a way for youth to gain authority over their peers. Additionally, violence in schools has promoted a national debate on gun control, bullying and plagued the overall learning experience in school environments. Not only do people need

Many male toddlers aren’t taught that raping a person is not only immoral but also that they have to respect a woman’s choice. Researchers and sociologists believe that when men and women are more aware and educated of rape, there would be less instances of sexual assault in colleges and universities. There are many instances of rape going unreported simply due to young women who are involved do not perceive the incident as rape until they realize it later. Students perception revealed that many young people do not have accurate images of what sexual assault is. As of recently, Time Magazine posts that California’s new law requires colleges to give consent before sex. This bill was introduced by Senator Kevin de Leon during the early summer of 2015. This bill also gives additional protection to students and sexual assault victims, including on-campus advocates for victims, and also educational programs for incoming college freshman. There are many ways to bring awareness of sexual assault and rape culture. One way is to teach children the language of consent. Other ways to raise awareness is to allow teachers to exercise the education of consent. A rape victim once said “Not enough people understand what rape is, and, until they do … , not enough will be done to stop

Having seen many different types of violence occur right in front of my very eyes, I can say one thing for sure, and that is ninety nine percent of all the violence that happens in school is caused by the feeling of a power surge that happens when someone is below you. Think about it! The ninety nine percent I just talked about can be broken down into two categories of violence: bullying and fights. For instance, take two guys/gals that have some serious beef with each other. Once they have reached their limit, everyone has a choice, to walk away or to fight, and sadly, majority take the latter. They feel their anger bubble in their chest, and then, before you know it, those feelings that have been compressed and ignored for so long all rush out in a flurry of fists. Your caveman instincts take over, not caring about the consequences you would soon face. Punch after punch, slur after slur, you don’t stop until they are down, you are down, or you are forced apart. Now, after seeing how a fight occurs (most of the time), let’s analyze it, in order to see how we can stop it. If we, as middle school students, could just learn to talk out our feelings, or spill out about what’s up with our lives and what problems we have, I know that we could form a better society. One way of achieving this far off dream would be to sow the seeds so that they can sprout. What I mean by this is that our parenting should play a role in what violence we commit. If parents are able to coax their children, and make it a normal for them to talk about their feelings, then I swear that half of

Students are taught how to read and write but not how to properly handle weapons or situations involving them. “In most school shootings, the teenage shooters were first introduced to guns in their own homes. In some cases, teens involved in violent incidents steal the weapons they use from their parents. In other cases they are actually given the weapons” (Croft 35). If teens were properly taught how to use weapons, then they would be less likely to mistreat them. They would know the right and wrong thing to do when guns are involved. Even if the weapon is not a gun teens should still be taught about it and how to properly handle it as well as the correct and incorrect uses for that particular weapon. Many students do not understand the seriousness of the weapons they hold. A fourteen year old kid from Washington took two of his father's guns to school and shot his algebra teacher as well as two students. His friends had claimed that he played with guns like they were toys, not the deadly weapons they really are (Croft 36). Many students do not understand that death is a permanent thing, a weapon safety class may be able to demonstrate to students the harsh reality surrounding weapons and death and the turmoil left within family and friends after the fact. However, parents may be against the idea of their children being educated on such a topic. Some parents may

Sexual assault and rape are on-going issues plaguing college campuses all across the nation. In part, I believe this is due to a lack of education on what sexual assault actually is. All too often, victims are leaving these situations feeling confused about something that they will forever deem "a weird night". It often isn't until much later that they realize what happened to them was a violation of their body and of their rights.