Why Schools Should Not Be Allowed In Schools

Most researchers believe that this all start with the introducement of “zero-tolerance policies” that happened at the 1999 massacre at Columbine High School (Amurao). Zero-tolerance policies are when students get severe punishment no matter the circumstance (school-to-prison). This has results in kids getting suspended or even expelled for disrupting class or bringing in nail clippers to school (school-to-prison). Also, the amount of arrests that happen to students have increased by nearly one third from 1997-2007 (Nelson and Lind). This is because of police officers or School Resource Officers (SROs) that have been introduced into the schools. Some argue that the SRO are not trained to deal with children in the sense that the only training they get is a 40 hour class and they have to have two years or less experience in a classroom (Basic SRO). So, why is this such a big problem?

Think about this: you’re in a classroom trying to do your work, but the person next to you won’t stop talking. The most logical thing would be for you to ask them politely to stop. You do that without thinking twice most of the time. Wouldn’t that be close to the same situation as asking someone to put out their cigarette?

Schools around the nation are contracting polices officer to patrol their schools and students. Police officers are known as School Resource Officer’s (SRO’s) like if given them a different name would matter, instead of being resourceful they are up holding the law in harsh ways. There are many SRO’s in schools and this has led to high number of arrests and criminal charges, instead of keeping a safer environment for the children it is becoming a hunting ground (Schept, Wall, & Brisman). Before when a child did something wrong they were given detention, standards, a parent-meeting or maybe even sent to the office, but now the student are sent to the police officer in their schools. Once they are sent to her/him they are punish in such a different way where they can be expelled, suspense or even taken to jail.

Sometimes, the SROs programs have negative impacts on student’s life. Before, student misconduct was held by the teachers, but now it is controlled by the law enforcement in school (Beger 2002). For example, “five students were suspended and charged with crime for tossing peanuts at each other on a school bus” (Beger 2002:123). Schools have accepted the strict and high-security measures to protect students, but would result in diminishing the rights of students (Beger 2002). Students are searched without suspicion, especially the minority communities (Beger 2002). The unreasonable searches diminish the rights of students, which protect them from unreasonable search under the Charter of Rights and Freedom. It is clear that police in schools may impact negatively if the police officers conduct an unreasonable search based on class, racism, and gender. The result of zero tolerance in school leads more students’ school-to-prison pipeline, which results in more youth in prison. The zero-tolerance policy accepted in school to expel any students who involved in any illegal or misconduct behavior (Beger 2002). However, if the students feel that the police in schools and rules of school are fair and just, then eventually students will follow the rules and provide safer school surroundings (Beger 2002:127). Because the main reason of SRO is to prevent the drug issue, violence, shooting, threat, and maintaining law in school.

Expanding police existence in schools may have appeared well and good as a response to expanding rates of youth violence and school shootings, however, these occasions can't disclose why police keep on being positioned in school structures today. Many parents believed that having police officer station in school prevents crime but research shows that it doesn’t present violence crime. Also, in retrospect, the schools that are most likely to have a daily enforcement presence on school grounds are the schools with the poorest students. Schools, where more than 75 percent of kids qualify for reduced lunch prices, are much more likely than their peers to have someone on school grounds full-time. Furthermore, A study done by Matthew Theriot of the University of Tennessee found that there wasn't much difference in serious crime between the schools that had SROs and the schools that didn't. I would inform those parents that having police present at most public should only create some problems that led to the student being delinquent at a young age because the students with police present at the school are five times likely to face criminal charges for “disorderly

Should kids have school all year? I don't think so but some school systems do, some think that and some think the total opposite . One of the schooling systems is called a 45-15 and that means a child would go to school for 45 days and then have 15 days of break, and that goes on for the whole year.

Education is the first priority in schools all around the country, there are many programs focused on helping students succeed in school. However, what about the safety of students; should this not be a main concern? There have been many devastating school shootings in the past and there has been action taken in hopes to prevent more from accruing. However, Colleges are now allowing students to bring concealed handguns on campus grounds. This is not a way to keep students safe; colleges should not allow concealed handguns on campus.

The sate of Texas perhaps is seeking to give all college students the right to protect themselves while they are outside of their homes, due to all of crime and corruption going on. However the state of Texas is also looking into passing this law not only for students but also professors and staff of the university or college. However in order for students to be able to carry a handgun they need to have their CHL license and must be 21 years old. I do not agree with this decision at all. I myself as a college student will not feel safe walking around campus knowing that any of the students walking next to me could have a handgun. What if student provokes a another student and he is in a possession of a handgun, he could feel in power to take

School shootings, it seems like every time you turn around there is a crazy person shooting up a school. all you can do is shake your head and wonder why anyone in their right mind would want to go to a school filled with innocent little children and shoot them. the problem here is that people who shouldn't have guns get guns and stuff like this happens. in my opinion i don't think it will help to amend or repeal the second amendment. but if i had to choose i would choose to amend it.people should be allowed to take a gun into and building except church people would be able to protect themselves if something were to happen. there is no reason to get rid of it because people who want a gun that bad will get one. getting rid of the right to own

Has anyone ever told you how dangerous it could be for your teen to be out past midnight? You may say something along the lines of “Oh come on, they’re not that dangerous.” The worriers however would say something like, “How could I ever!?” Sometimes living life in the fast life, not having a real early curfew is great, but what about if your kid is going to do something you wouldn’t approve of? Would this simple report change your mind?

Public school systems should not allow teachers to have tenure. The documentary “The Lottery” tells a story about young children trying to get into a charter school for a better education and better teaching styles. Not to mention if certain kids don’t get in, they could always try again later. In addition to the documentary, it explains in one scene that in the school system, they had to let go about ten or more teachers. “The Lottery” documentary wanted to tell how well students can achieve with teachers who are passionate to help children in need. From Dictionary.com, Tenure is “The Holding or possessing of anything”. Tenure should be taken away from the public school systems, so that students can have a teacher that loves what they do. Not only for teachers, who are good or bad at their job they can’t be protected. In public school systems tenure should think about what is best for any student’s education. Tenure system should be eliminated because giving an education is important to students should be more important.

I agree with these people. In my opinion Indian residential schools should all be closed and banned, the children returned to their homes, because of the negative effects that residential schools have on the children. I have visited Lejac Residential School in Fraser Lake, British Columbia, to check things out for myself. The school, as similar to many other residential schools, operates on a half day system. The children spend half the day in the classroom and half the day at work.

In 1999 all schools were known as a safe place, all schools were known for being a place of learning and simplicity. Teachers have always told told their children if something bad is happening to run into a school and in 1999 this all changed. Schools are no longer a safe place, infact it's a scary place. Parents have to send their children to school everything with the fear that they might not come home. Parents will never know that when they send their children to school if someone is going to show up trying to kill everyone, just like that day in 1999. This year changed america forever for everyone. It made the school's reputation from something so protective and safe to something scary and life threatening. This even effected Bob Pfeiffer

I learned so much from working on this project. To begin, I learned the history behind why zero tolerance school policies exist. These strict policies were created in response to the Columbine shooting. Essentially, they remove situational discretion from school officials and institute mandated minimum penalties that often include police involvement for drug, weapon, and violence offenses on school grounds. I now have a better understanding about how these policies work well for students who are not at all inclined to be a threat, but have little influence over students who want to bring great harm to others. I also learned in what ways zero tolerance policies effect students lives. These policies lead to increased rates of school dropout, discriminatory application of school discipline practices, and fuel the school-to-prison-pipeline. In addition, they reinforce students’ identities as “problem students” and limits student opportunity to learn. The factors that promote this are suspension, expulsion, citations, and arrests used to handle

Why should we keep combined classes as separate subjects? Having combined classes should help us learn faster and more frequently right? In all actuality, combined Reading and English class will harm students’ learning. These literature classes would not teach students of different education paces to their highest potential. I firmly believe that we should keep these core classes divided.