Bullying and Strict Disciplinary Actions Have you ever been bullied? More importantly, have you ever been the bully? Over 54,000 children ranging from the ages of 5 – 18 get bullied every day. However, there are some disagreements on the disciplinary actions that should be taken. Despite the disagreements, strict disciplinary actions need to be enforced in schools to avoid bullying; because, it disrupts the learning environment, causes future disadvantages, and makes the victims become emotionally unstable.
School violence in all is harmful forms that has potentially serious short and long term affects on the individual student, the school as a whole, and the society. If students are in uniforms it can prevent robberies for their brand name clothing and shoes. The consequences for not being in uniforms are students could get shot at for having on the wrong colors, gang wars can start. “Parents are happy to have something worn that can’t be mistaken for gang attire.” (Myers, R. A. 1995, Sep 15) Uniforms can stop the haves
Amanda Branham Naslund English 1301 April 24, 2013 Should Schools Have More Security? Parents drive, walk or put their children on buses to school, with the expectation they will be protected and arrive home safely. Many parents are now questioning the safety of their kids due to recent events involving the deaths of children at schools, such as Columbine, Virginia Tech and Sandy Hook. These school shootings are wide spread and effect many people, which lead to parents and school officials revaluating the safety in the schools. People are asking for metal detectors, security guards, locked doors and armed teachers in schools, but just how far do people go in this matter?
Change and Affect After Columbine After Columbine, how have schools changed far as security and does new security measures have an affect on students? How have gun laws changed after Columbine? School security has changed due to installation of metal detectors, and security cameras. Some schools even banned the carry of backpacks. Students in schools are permitted to carry identification cards on them at all times when on school campus.
Should Teachers Carry Guns To School? Imagine the idea of being defenseless against an individual possessing the intention of wreaking mass destruction on the students and staff inside of a school. In 1999, Columbine High School, in Littleton Colorado, experienced a tragedy that holds historic importance to the concept of protecting those inside of a school in a worst case scenario. When thirteen students had their life taken away during a school shooting, the idea of allowing teachers to carry handguns during class received more attention than ever. The safety of the students at school may be at risk, such as the school shootings that occurred at Columbine High School.
How can we as victims, witnesses, or observers make a change to cyberbullying ? Many parents seem to question their child’s actions on a day-to-day basis. Signs of bullying are things we must observe. Students may come home with damaged or missing items, have difficulty sleeping, or just seemed depressed. The reports on cyberbullies, ruined reputations and dangers have caused so much fear against parents.
There have been days where students have their phones in school because teachers think that they’re going to text or call other people during classes. There are lots of reasons people shouldn’t use cell phones in school and there are some where you can use your cell phones. I think we should use cell phones in school for appropriate reasons like when we’re in need of emergencies like if the power goes off, the computers stop working, or when we’re in need for our medicine but can’t reach the office. Maybe if you just allowed cell phones, you might even save someone’s life like if they’re sick or hurt. If you get hurt or ill, you should allow the student to have his/her first caller to be a parent/guardian or someone that the students trust.
Kids around the U.S. in schools are starting to write threats around the school as a joke. The sad part is when somebody brings up a school shooting and it is not seen as a big deal because we are now used to these types of outbursts happening more than they should. If we look back at 1998 when the Columbine shooting happened people were in shock because it was the worst that has ever happened before. It has happened so much from then to now that nobody is surprised when we hear about one. People are now expecting these to happen and that is the problem.
Some (mainly parents) may oppose to this proposition as it may be an awkward environment where students are trying to learn but are feared by the knowledge that the very person standing in front of them teaching, is armed with a dangerous weapon. And who is to say the teachers themselves would not commit a crime? Not every person in the world is “good” and it’s not always the students that are to blame. There have been records of teachers that were unable to teach because of their emotional instability or mental illness. Knowing this, any teacher could pull off a well-devised plan to wipe out everyone simply because no one would have suspected them.
The shocking video of a bunch of students bullying a singled-out student in the prestigious Modern School, Vasant Vihar has invoked bitter criticism from all sections of the society. Sadly, this is not one off incident as ‘Bullying behaviour’ is a common occurrence in most schools and is now a worldwide epidemic cutting across economic, social and racial lines. As a parent I strongly feel that introspection ought to precede criticism. Condemnation alone can’t create kinder communities or teach children how to get along. It will take a much deeper rethinking of what societies need to do for their children.