Zero Tolerance in Schools: More Harmful than Helpful In recent years, schools continue to look for ways to effectively discipline children for major and minor behavior problems. Zero tolerance has been the most used form of discipline to date. Schools began using zero tolerance in the 1980s as a result of acts of violence in schools that left school officials and students feeling unprotected. These policies were originally put in place for protection against guns and weapons. Over the years the policies have been revised and have become more problematic than presumed.
I do know that these policies are taken very seriously. Zero tolerance policies were created to prevent firearms from being brought to school. As the years progressed weapons other than firearms, drugs, alcohol, violence, and tobacco possession has been add to the zero tolerance policies. The punishment for breaking those policies is either suspension or expulsion. Many different people, for and against the zero tolerance policies, have very interesting views with there only being two punishment options.
The shootings between the schools were similar in many ways, especially the motives that drove the students to commit the crime “That could never happen in my school.” This is one of the first thoughts that goes through a student’s mind when they hear about a school shooting. The fact is though, it can. School shootings can happen at any school at any time. Lack of security is only a small part of the problem. The major issue lies in the low morality of students and warning signs overlooked by administration.
Zero tolerance policies are very important for the safety of everyone in the school system. These policies include suspension for drug use, alcohol, and forms of misbehavior. However, some can disagree with the effectiveness of zero tolerance with events like the Columbine and Virginia Tech shooting. Creating a safe and prosperous learning environment for students and staff is the goal behind Zero Tolerance policies. Drug use or weapon possesion in school is an offense that should not be taken lightly.
Bernalson Jean-Pierre 4/12/2013 WRT 95 MR sanders Should Teachers Be Allowed to Bring Guns to School When you think of school, a safe environment for students to learn comes to mind. When you think of a gun, you think of violence, danger, unsafe environment. Therefore an environment for safe learning should not have guns. The question is should teachers be allowed to bring guns to school for safety. Honestly, there is no reason as to why teachers should be allowed to bring guns to school.
“Parents should take care about their children, teach them what is good and bad, or what they should do or not; increase their esteem and show them the value of life.” (School Shootings: How to Empower Against Guns) And before these cases happen they should teach their children need to react in these circumstances or emergencies. Researchers have concluded some “symptoms”, or clues, of school shootings; these are not always helpful because school shooters are not always having the same plans and there’s any profile of them. 1. Attackers talk about their plans. They usually talk about their life,
The subject I chose to write about is the Anti-Bullying Legislation. The Anti-Bullying Legislation is a state mandate that requires schools to have an Anti-Bullying policy but they usually are unfunded. I believe that the Anti-Bullying Legislation should be regulated nationally rather than by state. The reason for this is because not every state seems to care if the children are getting picked on in school just for being a little different than the “norm”. I also think that not only should more states care but I think there should be some sort of funding for the school so that they can boost security, not just for their property but more for the students well-being.
This isn’t saying that all high school students use steroids, however, steroids are present. Using steroids are illegal and random tests should be mandatory in high schools to find those athletes that use steroids. Steroids can be used for many reasons, but the main reason behind steroid use among high school athletes is to enhance their performance. Steroids contain testosterone, which encourage cell growth within the body. Although it appears that steroids are helping the body, they are actually killing it.
Eyewitnesses and evidence would indicate that the guns utilized by the student were water guns, therefore not a threat to anyone’s safety. Despite this, students would be expelled due to violating federal law. In Arizona each school district takes it policy on zero tolerance from state laws. Arizona’s law The Gun-Free Schools Act and state statute generally requires a one-year minimum expulsion of any student who brings a firearm to school. Tempe School District’s policy is “Mandatory expulsion recommendation possessing use of or assisting another person in possessing a firearm (as defended in JICI Weapons in school).
They say that “it’s not the gun that pulls the trigger, but the person behind the gun that does.” If a child cannot use a gun, then he will use a knife or any other GUN CONTROL AND PROTECTING OUR RIGHTS AS AMERICANS 13 Weapon. Opponents to gun control in school believe that adding stricter regulations and laws would cost too much money. Regulations and laws would just raise taxes. They argue that money should not be spent on gun control in school, but on educational programs, school supplies, computers, new technology, teachers, and renovations. In the past two years in the United States, there has been an unprecedented amount