School Should Be A Place That Is A Sanctuary For Students

Nowadays, the society has changed a lot. The varieties of technology bring people many benefits. Moreover, with the development of era and society, human being gradually will be influenced by some factors. Now perspectives are totally different from traditional world, and the character of people similarly has changed rather than follow the traditional tendency. “Connectivity And Its Discontents” is written by the Sherry Turkle. Turkle describes that the technology influence relationship and communications with others. Even though the technology always can let people contact with friends and family more convenient and quick, at the same time Turkle also realize that negative effect influences people’s lives. In addition, as known to all, the role of parents for children is extremely crucial, and the communication with parents and the harmony of family generally influence children’s growth. “The Sanctuary of School” is written by Lynda Barry. Barry states that when she was a child, she experienced her parents fighting all night and felt panic. She just went to the school in order to see her teachers and employees in school, because Barry thinks that she has the feeling of security when she communicates with them.

Sally attended Joliet Junior College and took a general psychology class. One day when she attended her psychology class, her professor warned students of a topic that there were going to talk about in class which was how abuse can damage an individual’s mental state. Sally has been through abuse in her past and is uncomfortable with that certain topic, so she left class because she was alerted to the topic. Ultimately, she didn’t want to revisit her past of abuse. This is considered a trigger warning, in which professors give a warning about topics that they will discuss that can lead to some sort of discomfort for students. Trigger warnings are used on campuses that are considered a safe space. The term safe space is defined as an environment where students can feel like themselves and are not exposed to any harm physically or mentally (Google). Various of colleges/universities have safe spaces so that their students don’t have to go through discrimination of sorts or any harm. Safe spaces are good for students, but there are negative outcomes from it, such as it doesn’t let individuals who suffer and have trauma cope with what happened to them. Even though are negative outcomes from safe spaces, there are positive results that impact Millennials such as a decrease in anxiety and prevention of hate speech.

There were kids in the school that would make fun of her because of how she was. The teachers did not do anything about it, they just ignored it.” (E. Landa, personal communications, March 1 2017) I believe that middle school is the time that teachers should reach out to their students and try to connect with them. It is hard for a student to reach out to a teacher for help if the teacher hasn’t made an effort to make themselves available for their students. Should a teacher foster a healthy and open relationship with a student they are then better able to help the student who is being bullied. It shouldn’t matter the gravity of the bullying, whether it is because of how they dress, the way they look or if they identify as LGBTQ because these negative experience causes a student to feel rejected and could lead to depression and thoughts of suicide. Munoz-Plaza, Quinn, and Rounds (2002) state “Research has consistently shown that LGBT youth particularly at risk for suicide, as well as verbal and physical harassment, substance abuse, sexually transmitted disease, homelessness and prostitution, and declining school performance.” (Munoz-Plaza et al 2002) This conveys that people that are bullied or left out because of who they are, are mostly likely to fall into depression. LGBTQ cases are ignored by teachers because they might

Most LGBT youth become happy with who they are which gives them room to thrive during their adolescent years. Attending a school that has a safe and comfortable environment for every student is especially important. Positive environments can help all youth achieve good grades and maintain good mental and physical health. However, some youths are more likely than their straight peers to experience bad health and life outcomes. Experiences with violence, compared to other students, come easy to LGBT individuals that can cause increased risks for unfortunate circumstances.‘Violence’ includes behaviors such as teasing, harassment, and physical assault. It is important that students at risk have access to resources and support to deal with any questions or challenges they may have or face as they mature. Surveyed LGBT students reported 10% were threatened or injured, 34% were bullied, and 28% were bullied electronically.

Modeling a new school based off of the preexisting Harvey Milk School in New York City would provide a safe space for LGBT teens who normally would have to face abuse at other wise. According to one survey, researchers found that “LGBQ youth were more likely than heterosexual youth to report high levels of bullying and substance use” (LGBT Youth). A safer school environment needs to be provided. LGBT teens should not have to feel unsafe because of their sexual orientation. Opening up such a school could provide a much needed outlet for struggling teenagers. Interestingly enough, there is evidence to suggest that LGB students how don’t experience homophobic abuse reporter lower levels of depression and suicidal thought than other other group of students, heterosexual included. The data is clear: LGBT students need to have a space where they are safe from homophobic abuse.

" All students, including LGBTQQIA students, deserve safe, affirming schools. Harassment affects their grades and development, as well as their mental and physical health. Schools specifically for queer students may have a place and fill a need, but our efforts should simultaneously be focused on making sure all LGBTQQIA have positive school environments."

The common thought has been bullying is a normal reaction to school. Studies show that bullying is the result of underlying issues. Traditional bullying was a common thug trying to make a place for themselves, whereas now it has gone to new heights, it now includes physical trauma and even death. We find that bullying affects the bully as well as the victim. The victims tend to have more problems in school with attendance and achievements within the academic world. This is not just about the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender students, it involves all students that don’t fit societies idea of normal then the person gets bullied. The amount of attention given to this issue is a direct result of this escalation in events within the school system from grade schools to universities. The most pressing problem with getting the bullying policies changed is the conservative communities that school boards serve and convincing them that these policies need to be

Transgender students face discrimination on a daily basis. The schools should be a safe place for students but, unfortunately, teachers, administers, and others students pass judgment, bully, and isolate them. The ignorance displayed in many parts of the United States towards the Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender LGBT community have made their daily entrance, but they still have a difficult sometimes because of their gender. There are schools that discriminate and schools that do not discriminate against transgender individuals. People need to know how to treat one another when it comes to LGBT populations’ because they have feelings just like everyone else.

The study critiqued was “Factors Predicting Student Intervention when Witnessing Anti-LGBTQ Harassment: The Influence of Peers, Teachers, and Climate.” The study was comprised of high schoolers completed a self-reporting survey on their individual intentions to intervene when witnessing bullying or harassment particularly towards LGBTQ individuals or derogatory statements of that nature. The goal of the study was to gain an understanding as to what would promote intervention in students; the three possibilities or variables tested included homophobic language, teacher intervention or student-led intervention. The study provided a thorough discussion and comprehensible data, although well intended, several concerns were raised with how the

Some people say that school policies should be able to prevent bullying and harassment because it will protect LGBT students and teachers from discrimination. The policies can help students be aware of fellow students who are in LGBT community and understand that there will be consequences if they do not follow the policies. It can also help target bullies discriminating LGBT peers and protection from bullying and harassment. According to National Institutes of Health, “laws and policies that enumerate sexual orientation and gender identity as protected grounds are more effective than those that merely provide a general admonition against bullying” (Thoreson). Policies are effective rules that can promote LGBT issues, but it is not fully effective when teachers and counselors do not address the issues.

Sally attended Joliet Junior College and took a general psychology class. One day when she attended her psychology class, her professor warned students of a topic that there were going to talk about in class which was how abuse can damage an individual’s mental state. Sally has been through abuse in her past and is uncomfortable with that certain topic, so she left class because she was alerted. Ultimately, she didn’t want to revisit her past of abuse. This is considered a trigger warning, in which professors give a warning about topics that they will discuss in class that can lead to some sort of discomfort for students. Trigger warnings are used on campuses that are considered a safe space. The term safe space is defined as an environment where students can feel like themselves and are not exposed to any harm physically or mentally (Merriam-Webster). Various of colleges/universities have safe spaces so that their students don’t have to go through discrimination of sorts or any harm. Safe spaces are good for students, but there are negative outcomes from it, such as it doesn’t let individuals who have trauma cope with what happened to them and limiting freedom of expression due to trigger warnings. Even though are negative outcomes from safe spaces, there are positive results that benefit college students such as a decrease in anxiety and prevention of hate speech.

most likely kids to be bullied are gay or are perceived to be gay, and in a nationally representative sample 1/3 of 3,500 students were bullied due to sexual orientation or perceived sexual orientation. Thereby, illustrating that even though times are changing, there are still several issues concerning sexual orientation. Though the LGBT community has made headway, especially with the Obergefell v. Hodges case decision, they have had to deal with a large amount disparity, much more than there heterosexual counterparts’ relative to issues of love, marriage, intimacy, and relations. Ultimately, there are still issues facing the LGBT community, but with the ruling in the Obergefell v. Hodges case, there is evidence of those issues, as they pertain to equality, being addressed.

There is so much happening in today’s generation. But one of the biggest thing that we have to deal with today is drugs and weapons being brought into schools. School should be a safe learning environment for children. Children should not feel like their life is in danger in any kind of way. And it is the teachers and other adults in the building place to protect every child. In my opinion, I think that school officials should have the right to check for drugs and weapon at any time. My reason for this is because first kids can be selling drugs in school. Secondly, there are so many school shootings happening today. Thirdly, its school officials job to protect they kids in the school at all time.

The leading cause of death among children under fourteen is suicide. People need to realize is that the reason behind many of these suicides is bullying. To the public this is known as bullycide (Marr & Field, 2001). Today lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender students carry the highest risk of being bullied. According to a 2007 study conducted by the Gay Lesbian Straight Education Network (GLSEN), about 86% of openly LGBT students had experienced harassment in some form (About

This review of the literature on school climate and bullying provides a grim picture of day-to-day life as a child in school. But there is hope. There are as many programs and tools to combat bullying on campus as there are negative narratives and statistics that reveal its dark impact. There are many kinds of responses that schools can have in regards to creating safe spaces. Some of them are considered “hard” responses. These are things like zero tolerance polices, more security staff on campus, and the ever-increasing use of metal detectors on school campuses. Other responses are considered “soft” responses. Examples of these are anti-bullying programs, conflict resolution programs, more counseling, and better parent-teacher and home-school communication. Certainly, aware teachers play a major role in creating safe environments and are often called upon to mediate conflicts on school campuses. It will take a combination of all of these approaches to keep everyone on the school campus safe. Furthermore, the approaches must be administered with reason and centered in respect or else they contribute to more violence on school campuses (Willoughby, 2016). For instance, there have been national examples of zero tolerance policies where an elementary child with a twenty-five-cent bubblegum machine, half-an-inch plastic gun – something that was obviously a tiny toy – where the child was thrown out of the school district for violating the zero tolerance rules. This is