Students should be suspended, unless the act of encouraging others to do the same. Students who get suspended are most likely staying at home by themselves, the “bad” students might be putting off their work, not doing, or not exacltly foucing on what they had done or their work. Although, suspension used to be a positive practice for children, students are not taking their time to think about what they did wrong, and doing the same thing when they get back to school grounds. Suspension should be used on students who are influencing others to do the same, not the students who misunderstand what elders such as teachers are asking. Students may miss their assignments and not take responsibility for their conduct, work may be done incorrectly, students will have better grades if they don't get suspended, but may have a negative effect on students. Students may miss their assignments and not take responsibility for their actions, and they may also not know how to do the assignment, may be doing incorrectly.Every year, 3.3 million students in the United States are suspended from school, causing them to miss critical learning time, as well as opportunities to grow and succeed .The only time a student should get out of school suspension is when they bring a weapon and them …show more content…
Students need to be separated from the situation so they can take some time and understand what happened and why it happened. If students get suspended from schools then there grades won't be as good, because they won't be able to ask their teachers questions and might not know how to do there work. If students take time off school and figure how and where they went wrong then they can come back to school and get their grades up, because they probably don't want to get suspended again. Whenever ever students don't get suspended they ended up encouraging others and keep making bad grades, so therefore it is a good idea to suspend
Firstly, if there are no more troublemakers in the school, the students that want to learn will be able to learn without any distractions; also, there would be no one to bully them, and there would be no interference in their ability to learn. If we permanently ban such students from school, educators could focus more on the students who want to learn instead of focusing on troublemakers. Secondly, the students that doesn`t want to be in schools wouldn’t be wasting their time anymore. Troublemakers do not learn anything by attending the school because they have no interest in studies, and all they are doing is wasting their time. They could use this time for doing something that they want to do, or something that they are interested in. Lastly, their absence will provide a safer school environment. Troublemakers always try to get into fights against others; in fact, they have no fear of security. By their actions, they could put other students into big troubles. Their mind is always seeking for attention, and they could do anything to attain others` attention; as a result, the environment of the school gets disturbed. By not letting them into the school, we could provide a safer environment for the students that really wants to learn. Overall, banning troublemakers would be helpful for students that are serious about their
They help keep schools and students safe and provide a positive learning environment. This has idea has just been taken too far by school administrators (Wison, 2014). We live in a society where more and more rights have been given to juveniles which have also back fired on us. In days past schools could hand out discipline as well as parents, which in turn could put an end to minor behaviors, where now they are often allowed to advance into things worse, where school administrators see no other choice but to suspend and expel (Wison, 2014). Likewise, we cannot be suspending and expelling students at the drop of a hat because what they did may fall into a gray area, yes there are times when it is needed, but school administrators need to take the time to step back and look at the situation and stop overreacting (Wison, 2014). Suspension and expulsion results in missed classroom time, causing some students to fall so far behind they stop caring about the school work and drop out. Other students are being forced into the criminal justice system ending up with records that can haunt them for life. Eliminating the school-to-prison pipeline will allow these students who are likely to fall into its trap to be able to have a change at a successful life (Wison,
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.
When students fail to hand in assignments or when a child acts up in class, lots say it both as a way of punishing for bad behavior or as a way to carry out a few extra minutes of learning time in a packed day.
Students’ rights in schools are limited or just taken away. Kids are forced to do whatever the officials at their school, either the principal or the teachers, tell the students to do. One of the main right that gets taken away or limited is students’ first amendment rights, which is the freedom of expression. Students can gets suspended by just doing things the staff at the school does not like, including saying things that they don 't like or supporting a religion that the school does not support. Also, if something is said about the school or the people attending the school is said on social media that student can also get in a lot of trouble. Students should be able to have more first amendment
Students are being sent to court for minor offenses. Once they arrive in court, eighty percent of the time, they do not have a lawyer representing them (“What is the School-to-Prison Pipeline?”). Without proper representation, these students are not given a fair trial. Often times, they will end up with fines or prison time because of their lack of an attorney. In addition to court appearances, the average student also faces the possibility of a ticket. “275,000 nontraffic-related Class C misdemeanor tickets were issued to young people in Texas. Many of these were issued by school police officers for disorderly conduct, disruption of class, disruption of transportation, and truancy” (Fowler 17). Ordinary high school students were getting tickets for misbehaving in class instead of being sent to the principal’s office. With these tickets, students could receive up to $500 in fines and community service (Fowler 17). “Youth who are disciplined or court-involved are at increased risk of dropping out and becoming involved in the juvenile justice system” (Fowler 17). These tickets are creating a bigger entrance to the school-to-prison pipeline. Moreover, average students are also getting suspended for minor offenses. A fifth grader was suspended for using his hands to make a gun gesture. The principal called it a “level 2 lookalike
(1) “Are students entitled to due process if they are suspended from public schools for one to ten days?” (Education Law)
Suspending students from school sometimes is not the best thing for them. They sometimes need counseling instead. When the school sees an issue with a student it should be addressed right then, instead of waiting to see if anything else comes from it. But not only should schools keep an eye on the students but outsiders also. The best way to do this is through good security measures. Mass Media can cause people to want to follow in others footsteps and this can be an issue for future problems. Is there ever going to be an end to school violence? Probably not but we can do what we can to decrease the occurrences.
These kids don’t misbehave in the classroom for no reason. They are probably releasing those emotions that are bottled up from them at home in school. Not coming from a stable background can have quite the effect on trying to learn in a classroom. The problems that need to be fixed are trying to make schools feel more like a “safe haven” rather than a prison. Afterschool programs need to be put into place, to allow kids to stay at school for long so they don’t get involved in street life, or so they can just not have to deal with the outside problems of the world for a little bit longer. Also, school need to change. They need to try and make learning more fun, and more integrated with the children they are teaching. An easy an example of this is teaching these kids about their history, so they have many people to look up to besides just Martin Luther King Jr. or Rosa Parks. Only teaching black and Latino kids about people that don’t even look like them or go through anything they have gone through, makes them bored and uneager to learn. Also, more rewards in to be into place to make kids feel more welcomed and wanting to do good in class. Even though it may seem out of the ordinary for some, suspension needs to stop. Allowing these kids to take a break from somewhere they already don’t want to be is ushering them towards a life of hating school. Suspension not only hurt the school district but also hurt the
By keeping the students within the school they are still able to be monitored to ensure that they are still getting their work done and keeping up with the class. Also, by having them out of the class, the environment becomes more learning friendly to the students who do not cause trouble. According to Claiborne Winborne, a writer for Educational Leadership, “Keeping suspended students at school – but isolated from other students - makes more sense and is more effective than giving them a ‘vacation’ away from school.” (King William County, 466)
In the article Does Suspending Students Work? By Christopher J. Ferguson it talks about how it does and does not work. I agree with the side of it does not work. I simply agree with this because if you get suspended you miss a lot of class time, no one at home will teach you how to act better since parents are at work and it states this might lead up to legal problems as adults.
Is dropout rates affected by suspension? Why do students not learn from suspension? How does this benefit the school? The act of suspending students has ben used for a long ongoing time now to try to “help” students after they they have done something wrong or that is against the rules. Although suspending students sometimes does work, schools should use alternative methods because students are less likely to drop out, you can better teach students how to act, and because suspension doesn't help the school.
From an article named “Why Do We Suspend Misbehaving Students” states that: “In recent years, while Baltimore city schools have dramatically reduced suspensions, the dropout rate has been cut nearly in half……. Students who have been suspended are three times more likely to drop out. Some researchers refer to a student who gives up on school after repeated suspension as a “push out” rather than a dropout.” Indeed, suspensions can be easy to do and cheap, but as administrators of a school the job is to take care of students, teach them, and get the prepared for life. By pushing them out of school is not helping students but hurting
Although, when a school suspends a student for a certain amount of days depending on the problem, it is mostly for miss behavior. The students might not take as them getting in trouble but, they might take saying they have a few days to sleep in like a vacation. Students have work to do while they are suspended but, since most kids parents have jobs they are gone most of the day, and the child can get in trouble for not doing their work or going places they shouldn’t be. Having this happen can lead to bad things. Even though schools should be disciplining the students, they should not suspended students because, the students may not learn their lessons at home they may need to be put in detention for awhile so they know not to do it again because, They will learn their lesson better at school, Have better grades, Also the student won’t be unattended at any time in detention.
Likewise, the student will also lose the opportunity to see the demonstrations and performances of the teacher and fellow students. Worse, truant students are prone to get involved with gangs, street crimes, and illegal trades. Juvenile delinquency, as much as possible, should be prevented. School authorities and parents should be notified immediately if the student failed to come to school. A phone call home or office of the parent should be done as soon as possible.