Violence in American schools is dramatically increasing every day at an alarming rate. Whether it is a generic fistfight between students, or a horrific school shooting, we hear about some form of violence occurring in American schools nearly every day, including in our own local schools, such as my school, the Altoona Area Junior High School. This kind of behavior in our school, AAJHS, is obviously a major safety hazard. In an attempt to lessen this violence and protect students, principals should
Many schools across the nation now conduct targeted searches of student lockers and backpacks. Although the Supreme Court has ruled that public school officials have the right to search students’ persons and property when they have reasonable cause to suspect weapons or drugs many people feel this is a gross violation of students’ rights and privacy. And others feel that since school officials are responsible for the well being of students while they are in the building, they have the right to search
Schools should allow, or even require the unannounced visits for the searching of school property by K-9 units. These searches protect students and faculty and help ensure students and staff are abiding by federal laws. Allowing these searches keeps ensures the school is a safe environment for everyone involved. There is a serious sociological advantage that comes with the searching of school property. First, these searches will immediately improve the atmosphere of the school, turning it into
something, as well as aggression, hostile or violent behavior or attitudes toward another, is spreading throughout the globe like a disease, corrupting our modern society. The drastic increase in violent and aggressive behavior in modern society can be attributed directly to the prevalence of drug and alcohol abuse, easy availability of deadly weapons and the limitless exposure to mass media that celebrates these behaviors. Within modern society, one of the primary causes of violence and aggression
firstly, I think that school should be searched because it would make the school safe. It will make the school safer because it will get rid of drug and weapon in the school. BY searching the school for drugs it will send the drugs to jail and or to drug abuse place to help them. Also by arrested the kid that have drug on them it will teaches them a lesson to not do drug and not to bring them to school. Also you can find there deal and send him to jail for traffic . Over all it would make the city
Today in our schools every few weeks the school board sends in cops to check certain lockers and just around the school with dogs trying to find illegal substances. There are many argument to whether this a good or bad thing. Do you think these searches should continue? I believe they should be able to do this for the simple fact that it makes it a safer place to be. If we stopped drug searches the problem would get worse and school grounds wouldn't be safe anymore. Even with these random
it the measures we take for it can never enough. It's like insurance you have it not because you want something to happen but because you know that things do happen. That is the United States Border Patrol and Customs they are our first line of defense to the war on drugs and the war on terrorism, for that they have the illegal immigration policy and the pros and cons (www.kyma.com/news/securing-america/646148044.). After decades of just being a category of police but finally they became
Would consenting untrained students to carry concealed weapons around campus be such an enticing idea, when at any moment someone could lose their mind and go on a shooting rage? One may never know what kind of background that specific being that carries a concealed firearm has. In reality no one knows what kind of effect this would have towards universities or college campuses, but it could result in a students’ academic performance. Weapons on university campuses would create a vast interference
School violence is the act that threatens and alters the school environment with harmful consequences on students and educators’ wellbeing and impact students in a negative way (Reininghaus, Castro, & Frisancho, 2013). It is obvious now than ever that we lives in a world where the safety and security of individuals are in question, especially that of school students where safety against school shootings remain everyone’s major concern. The terror of Virginia Tech mass murder in 2007 and Sandy Hook
Persuasive Essay Raquel Daniel COMM/215 Essentials of College Writing July 7, 2011 Cassundra Flemister-White Persuasive Essay Gangs Gangs are killing our upcoming generations. Gangs have always been around for many years and they are still growing. They are becoming more violent now because they are using more than just their body parts to beat up people. These gangs are killing and raping people. It used to be about colors and different language but now it is about something different