School Security: Safe but Subtle The most infamous and deadly act of violence to occur in a U.S. school were the events of April 20, 1999. In Littleton Colorado two teens went on a shooting and bombing spree that left 15 dead and 24 wounded before they shot and killed themselves. During the rampage, the two fired about 900 rounds of ammunition from two sawed off shotguns, a 9-mm semiautomatic carbine, and a semiautomatic handgun. Police also later found more than 30 bombs placed throughout the school (Brock, 2001). In light of recent acts of violence in the nation’s schools, school safety and security have become a hot topic. However, the issue of school safety goes beyond student violence. It includes property damage, theft, and anything else that concerns the overall well being of schools. While it is important to create a safe environment in schools it is also necessary to make sure students feel comfortable in this atmosphere. The security can not be so overbearing that it becomes a negative tactic that gets in the way of the students main objective, learning. Barely noticeable cameras, ID cards, and security guards without uniforms can help generate this safe, but comfortable learning environment. On the other hand metal detectors and mini police forces may be a little too reminiscent of George Orwell’s novel, 1984, or even modern prisons. School security should not be overbearing or obtrusive where it gets in the way of a comfortable environment that is conducive to learning in the nation’s schools. Schools are safe places. However, the American public has become increasingly concerned with crime in schools and the safety of students. In part, this concern has been shaped by the highly publicized acts ... ... middle of paper ... ...iew of School Safety Research. Retrieved April 28, 2005 from http://nssc1.org/studies/statistic%20resourcespdf.pdf. U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics. (2002). Are America’s Schools Safe? Students Speak Out: 1999 School Crime Supplement. Retrieved April 28, 2005 from http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp/pubid=2002331. U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics. (2003). Indicators of School Crime and Safety; 2003. Retrieved April 28, 2005 from http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2004/crime03. Watson, R.J., & Watson, R.S. (2002). The School as a Safe Haven. Westport, CT: Bergin & Garvey. Wright, Joe. (2004). Let’s See Some ID. American School & University, 76(7), 56-57. Retrieved April 14, 2005 from Academic Search/EBSCO database. http://search.epnet.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&an=12649650.
In 1729, Jonathan Swift published a pamphlet called “A Modest Proposal”. It is a satirical piece that described a radical and humorous proposal to a very serious problem. The problem Swift was attacking was the poverty and state of destitution that Ireland was in at the time. Swift wanted to bring attention to the seriousness of the problem and does so by satirically proposing to eat the babies of poor families in order to rid Ireland of poverty. Clearly, this proposal is not to be taken seriously, but merely to prompt others to work to better the state of the nation. Swift hoped to reach not only the people of Ireland who he was calling to action, but the British, who were oppressing the poor. He writes with contempt for those who are oppressing the Irish and also dissatisfaction with the people in Ireland themselves to be oppressed.
Another major reason why juveniles are ending up in the juvenile justice system is because many schools have incorporate the zero tolerance policy and other extreme school disciplinary rules. In response to violent incidents in schools, such as the Columbine High School massacre, school disciplinary policies have become increasingly grave. These policies have been enacted at the school, district and state levels with the hopes of ensuring the safety of students and educators. These policies all rely on the zero tolerance policy. While it is understandable that protecting children and teachers is a priority, it is not clear that these strict policies are succeeding in improving the safety in schools.
“If only there was a way to end world hunger.” Is that not a plea that has been the base creed of a legion of organizations determined to help the famished and impoverished? As Jonathon Swift has said in his Gulliver’s Travels, “Poor nations are hungry, and rich nations are proud; and Pride and Hunger will ever be at variance” (2602). Swift criticizes this reality in Gulliver’s Travels just as he does in his essay, “A Modest Proposal”; however, unlike in Gulliver’s Travels, the speaker in the “Proposal” offers a not-so-modest solution to the issue of hunger in Ireland: cannibalism. The speaker in Swift’s “A Modest Proposal” develops a firm argument using Aristotle’s various modes of persuasion – logos, mostly, but ethos and pathos as well – to the fullest by utilizing convincing tone, specific diction, and frequent statistics that weave a certain irony to effectively criticize the faults of both the wealthy elite and the poverty-stricken Irish.
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This essay by Jonathan Swift is a brutal satire in which he suggests that the poor Irish families should kill their young children and eat them in order to eliminate the growing number of starving citizens. At this time is Ireland, there was extreme poverty and wide gap between the poor and the rich, the tenements and the landlords, respectively. Throughout the essay Swift uses satire and irony as a way to attack the indifference between classes. Swift is not seriously suggesting cannibalism, he is trying to make known the desperate state of the lower class and the need for a social and moral reform in Ireland.
Which can be having armed officers walk though halls, making sure the school is safe from any harm that could potentially happen.
How safe do you feel when you attend school everyday? Many students and faculty don’t really think too much about school being a dangerous place; however, after a couple of school shootings had taken place their minds and thoughts may have changed completely. On April 16, 2007, in the town of Blacksburg Virginia, a college student who attended Virginia Tech, opened gunfire to his fellow classmates. This shooting has been considered to be the biggest massacre in all of American history. There are many things to be discussed in this major tragedy. Some of them include the events leading up to the shooting, the timeline that the shootings occurred, the causes, and the significance in this particular shooting. The Virginia Tech is only one of the several examples of the horrible behavior and violence in our school systems today.
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Even since the shooting at Columbine High School caught the attention of America and all the world on April 20, 1999, high school shootings and other forms of violence at schools has been plaguing America during the last ten years. It is also found that most of the violence that occurs in high schools is caused by young men. Students aren’t feeling safe at school anymore and parents are enraged that students could bring the weapons to school in the first place. Many people have brought their own opinions into play about why violence in schools occurs. Such causes range from violence in the media, being treated poorly by peers and administrators in school, all the way to poor parental decisions. Although these are only a few of the possible causes for violence in schools, they are defiantly the most prevalent reasons.
Jonathon Swift, the legendary Irish clergyman and author penned many a fantastic essays and stories, yet one stands out of the many due to it’s importance and significance in the era it was authored. In this essay, “ A Modest Proposal” Swift introduces his audience to the terrible potato famine that gripped the northern part of the British Isles through his use of irony, sarcasm, and many other rhetorical appeals. Swift’s reasoning for transcribing this paper was to turn the British away from their petty luxuries and show them the the terrible conditions the Irish were facing in their biblical struggle with famine. In Swift’s observation he adopts a satirical persona which he uses to weave his argument into and to also mock both the British and Americans.
The main objective of this essay is to show how well Richard fits the figure of vice character in the Shakespeare’s play. We are going to examine this aspect of Richard from two dimensions. First of all, through his expressed intentions, motivations and deeds. Secondly, through what other characters accuse him of and their attitudes towards him. It will not be possible for us to revisit each character and how he or she relates with Richard. However, Anne, Margaret, the Duchess of York, citizens, the ghosts and finally Richmond will be examined.
The most alarming statistic about school shootings and security is the fact that, during the academic year 2008-09, there were 1579 reported homicide case among school going youths of which 17 incidents took place in the school premises. In the year 2008 alone, there were 7 incidents reported in schools and 1344 homicide cases among youths aged 5-18. Looking at the number of youths involved in crime, the danger that is posed by the young people cannot be underestimated (Robers, Zhang, Truman, Snyder, 2012).
Police are now more than ever more likely to be seen in a school protecting the nation’s youth. This is a logical step to preventing violent acts from happening, but to students it has aggravated their learning environment. ”A 2011 study in the journal Youth Society found that the presence of armed guards in schools made many students feel less secure at school.” (1) Having guards on campus has become counterproductive to what its initial intent was supposed to be. As a general rule students shouldn’t be afraid in their own school. This can cause their education to suffer if a student is more focused on what the guard might do or is doing than on their school work. This is interfering with their right to have an education and could be affected
Due to ongoing school safety issues around the country, there has been considerable amount of debate over precautions needed to keep students and staff safe during the academic day. While others question gun control laws or FBI involvement, others call for mental health reform for school safeguards. With more than three school shootings in the last decade, it is safe to say that to keep a zero tolerance of shooting, there must be more effective school safety measures throughout schools in America.