Re: Our Schools
There have been many good points that have been brought up but the fact still remains. Even though there is no clearcut "miracle" solution to it, there are things that can be done to help. No matter how much you think it will help, security cameras dont help EVEN CLOSE to as much as you think they do because if someone decides to do something like that then they wont care if a camera sees because it cant do anything to stop them. Unless of course you hire an entire staff to just sit and watch the monitor for every single camera and have a special on call task force to immediately deploy to stop the incident.
Metal detectors wont help anything either IMO. There are various things that kids bring on a daily basis that would set it off but does not pose a threat. For example, i bring my external hard drive to school in my backpack every day because i need it for my technology classes. But when one person goes "OH NO, IT MIGHT BE A BOMB!" and everyone freaks out about every little thing like then you just have unnecessary fear.
As far as helping to stop it though is just supervision. I remember back in middle school or elementary school when someone started harassing someone then they would pull the bullies aside and assure them that if they continue they can be severally punished. Dont get me wrong, i fully understand the near impossibility of this since i am in a giant-overpopulated school, but at least it would help the "loner" factor a little more.
However, i seem to think that the school shooting is almost the same rarity as a suicide. There are so many social scenarios played out every day at school with outward influences, that it is destined to be that small minority of students that get the bad end of the stick in some way shape or form with just the right amount of revenge willpower to fight back, it is nearly impossible to stop completely. Trust me, given enough trials and variables in which every and all circumstances are played, there will be a tramatic few instances where a very bad solution comes up. Also the fact that it is very unpredictable and undetected by most people doesnt help any, because even though people say they were loners didnt know anything about them. And in a school where you will, on most circumstances, NEVER know everyone in your grade, it happens very easily.
The fact is, you cant ever tell how someone has been treated and even though they may be prone to being emo, angry, or outcasted; it is impossible to tell what they will do because of it. The choice is in the individual students whether to act on it or not and those kinds of kids would hate nothing more than to talk to a councilor about it.
Its always better the next morning...
There have been many good points that have been brought up but the fact still remains. Even though there is no clearcut "miracle" solution to it, there are things that can be done to help. No matter how much you think it will help, security cameras dont help EVEN CLOSE to as much as you think they do because if someone decides to do something like that then they wont care if a camera sees because it cant do anything to stop them. Unless of course you hire an entire staff to just sit and watch the monitor for every single camera and have a special on call task force to immediately deploy to stop the incident.
Metal detectors wont help anything either IMO. There are various things that kids bring on a daily basis that would set it off but does not pose a threat. For example, i bring my external hard drive to school in my backpack every day because i need it for my technology classes. But when one person goes "OH NO, IT MIGHT BE A BOMB!" and everyone freaks out about every little thing like then you just have unnecessary fear.
As far as helping to stop it though is just supervision. I remember back in middle school or elementary school when someone started harassing someone then they would pull the bullies aside and assure them that if they continue they can be severally punished. Dont get me wrong, i fully understand the near impossibility of this since i am in a giant-overpopulated school, but at least it would help the "loner" factor a little more.
However, i seem to think that the school shooting is almost the same rarity as a suicide. There are so many social scenarios played out every day at school with outward influences, that it is destined to be that small minority of students that get the bad end of the stick in some way shape or form with just the right amount of revenge willpower to fight back, it is nearly impossible to stop completely. Trust me, given enough trials and variables in which every and all circumstances are played, there will be a tramatic few instances where a very bad solution comes up. Also the fact that it is very unpredictable and undetected by most people doesnt help any, because even though people say they were loners didnt know anything about them. And in a school where you will, on most circumstances, NEVER know everyone in your grade, it happens very easily.
The fact is, you cant ever tell how someone has been treated and even though they may be prone to being emo, angry, or outcasted; it is impossible to tell what they will do because of it. The choice is in the individual students whether to act on it or not and those kinds of kids would hate nothing more than to talk to a councilor about it.
Its always better the next morning...
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