Violence the Need for Better Security in Schools
Violence the Need for Better Security in Schools
Security in schools is it enough? Perhaps the security in some schools can be better. Look at all the violence that we have had in the schools of the United States. Not to mention the shooting, stabbings, and arguments the students have with their peers and teachers now a days. It seems to me that the student teacher relationship has died out. The student should have a very trustful relationship with the teacher so that he/she can come to the teacher and talk or explain anything to the teacher about school or home. Now the National School Safety and Security Services has a philosophy and it states OUR PHILOSOPHY: Youth violence is community issue. Schools however do not create violence, nor are they solely responsible for solving it. We do believe, however, that school officials should play a part in the overall solution and that there are balanced, practical risk reduction measures which can be taken to secure the school environment so that education, prevention, and intervention services can be delivered with a maximum level o effectiveness.” They too have the same reasons that almost all concerned parents and students have about security.
I don’t think security in schools in enough and the reason for my opinion on that is because I can vouch for that at my school I have seen people bring guns, knives and other objects to school with the intent of hurting another student. When I was in middle school I did not think anything of it until one of my friends got beat with a chain that someone had brought to school and then another student brought a gun cause he said he was going to kill someone because he opened his mouth when he shouldn’t have. These little things get looked over. The school did nothing more than it used to keep the students safe from another incident like this. He works at the schools and has been there for quite awhile and he thinks that the schools of today do not have the near enough the security or safety precautions it should have. He also says the United States needs to wake up and learn from the tragedy’s that has happened in schools. He thinks it is really sad that our country...