While I was looking for my resources to use for my paper I realized
how many papers and books there were not just on violence in schools but
bullying in schools. It made me really think hard about a few things. One
being, if we could get bullying under control would it help out the school
violence? That I suppose could be another awesome topic shall I ever have to
write another argument essay.
In the
first article I found called What’s Working the author (who is unknown) talks
about a positive environment to help prevent school violence. The author says
how staff members should know all of the students by their name and at the beginning
of the day greet them in the hallways or at the entrance. I feel that is a very
good idea just because some students don’t have the best home life and if one
person can say “hello” or “good morning” to that individual in the morning it
could possibly change their whole day around. The article also says this “According to a
report on school violence by the U.S. Secret Service and Department of
Education, study findings indicate that most school shooters shared their
potentially lethal plans with other students, but that students who knew of
planned attacks rarely told adults.” That is another good reason to have good
relationships with the students so that they will feel safe when telling an
adult something so scary.
The
second article I read called Strategies for A Safer School by Mark
American Horse he talks about the many ways to help create a safer school. One
thing I want to mention is Mark American Horse talks about the school entrance
in being protected. I felt that was very
important just because if an intruder can’t make it through the front entrance
he/she wouldn’t be able to make it in the school to do an attack. Another important
factor Mark American Horse brings up is security officers. He quotes “If you
have the option when hiring a school security officer, I would direct your
search toward a recently retired middle-management police officer like a shift
supervisor.” I think that is something
for me to look into as it would probably cut down on the cost of a regular on
duty police officer. Mark Anderson Horse talks about many important factors in
keeping a school safe and I can’t wait to use more ideas in my essay.
WORKS
CITED
Horse, Mark American. "Strategies For A Safer
School." Techniques: Connecting Education & Careers 88.6
(2013): 18-21. Academic Search Premier. Web. 3 Nov. 2013 Print
Author N/A What's Working." Curriculum Review
52.6 (2013): 6-9. Academic Search Premier. Web. 3 Nov. 2013. Print
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These are great articles. I like the idea of the staff knowing all of the students but to play devils advocate, how is that possible if there is a school with 2,000 kids? The more kids there are in a school the easier it is to have them fall through the cracks. So an idea to include in your argument would be maybe ways of how to do that with a lot of students. The second article I am not sure if I agree so much. Maybe there is another side of the argument for you. The more "protected" a school, the more it comes off as a prison. Many high school students already feel like they are in prison and what comes to mind about protecting the entrances are metal detectors. A way you may be able to look at it is finding alternative ways without making the students feel threatened. Good luck on your argument.
ReplyDeleteI think you have two great sources to start with. They're both crebile and useful articles. This is a really important topic right now. I feel like there are constantly shootings, crimes, and violence found in schools. It would be great to find a solution of how to fix this and what's causing it all. I really like the idea of the first article. I think that's really smart that teachers need to get more involved with the students. It's scary to think that kids are too afraid to tell teachers of another student planning on a crime. I don't really agree with the second article, though. There was a kid who brought a gun into my best friend's high school a few years ago. Though he didn't do anything with it, it still had potential to do great danger to everyone in that school. Well, for the next week every student who came in had to have their bags searched and go through a metal detector. This would take hours because of the large student population. They were missing so much class time because of security check points. I also agree with Sierra, that it begins to almost feel like a prison for children. I know when I was young I didn't like to go to school, as well as I was constantly afraid of things happening. I don't think an elementary school child would be very at ease with the abundance of security going through their backpacks. I also want to mention that in several of the past major school shootings they did have a form of security, however, the shooter was able to get past that security. Just some stuff to think about. I think these articles are really good building point for your paper. I'm interested in what else you have to find!
ReplyDeleteThis is defiantly an ongoing topic that is debated often, and the argument more security is the solution is one that is thrown around alot. To me it just seems like putting more time and money into something, with few results. Now the article talking about knowing every student and such makes more sense to me. Id be interested to know if there are any statistics on anything like this. Also it does seem like school can seem like a prison, and that the last thing you want. A relaxed learning environment seems much better to me.Maybe you could see if there are any schools in big cities with metal detectors, and then see their crime rate at the school. I'm not sure if schools release records like these, or if they have too, but if they do it would be good to look into. Also you could talk about what age demographic this is effecting the worst, or is it effecting everyone in k-12?
ReplyDeleteYou have a great start and a very interesting topic.
-Jackson
I am actually all in for the security at the entrances of our children's schools. This will eliminate a lot of crazy people coming into the schools and shooting our children or something to that extent. So the security I personally feel would be worth the expense. Is it necessary in each school? That could vary depending on locations of the building and ethnicity of the clients but I feel it would only benefit those schools that may have a potential threat. I think there is lots and lots of information out there it is just not easy to location or navigate through them all. I would like to see some statistics added to your blog for not only the knowledge but to serve as proof of the information you are providing.
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