"The Wonderful Land of Learning"

         

        I wanted to put this out there for all to see. Recently, a 7 year old was suspended for his  innocent imagination and 9 high school students were arrested for a food fight. What is going on? As a prospective teacher, sometimes I can not fathom the stupidity of the educational system around me. In the recent years, there has been no line drawn between school safety and school discipline. As a result, events like these promote the increase of "School-to-Prison Pipeline" phenomenon. Schools are no longer a gateway to opportunity. Instead, they can be compared to a stack of "chances" filled with the "go to jail card." What happened to the classical detention and counseling approach? Are the old-school methods to mainstream to follow in this changing generation?   

       I understand that the police are more involved in schools because of events like the Newtown shooting, Virginia Tech, and etc. but is it necessary for them to be involved this much? Children will always be children. And schools will always be a place to learn and make mistakes. If we deal with them like this, our future generation will turn into a mess that we created. What do y'all think?

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Debate on Armed Police in Schools