Should we teach that violence is the only way?
Obviously not.
But legislators here in Michigan don’t seem to agree.
Several representatives have introduced a bill this month that would allow our public school teachers to carry a concealed weapon.
I have struggled for the past six years with the idea of homeschool vs. public school. I do feel that public schools are important. I think that the current beauracratic system is doomed for failure, but nonetheless, it’s the only option for many children.
But now I am starting to wonder whether it is true that any education is better than no education at all. Teaching children that we can only fight violence with violence, that shedding blood is the only way to peace? Perhaps no education is the better way to go these days.
I’ll be interested to see how this bill goes. It would certainly be the final nail in the coffin of our family’s public school future.
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Right after the Virginia Tech shootings this was a hot topic among teachers and I remember eating lunch with a friend (another teacher) and we were joking that we could just see it now if they allowed teachers to carry weapons. A gunman would burst through the door and the teacher would be like “hold on just a minute (digging around in their bag) and pulling out a stapler..no wait, just a second it is in here somewhere…”
I do not think it is safe at ALL to allow teachers to carry weapons in schools. Teachers, after all, are just human beings and despite issues of their possibly using the weapons wrongfully, what about how they would secure the weapon while they were at school? To make it worthwhile it would have to be easily accessible which means students could potentially get their hands on it.
I doubt the bill will pass. In terms of security, in our school system EVERY school has an armed police officer in the building (our high school has two). Now whether they are in the library surfing the internet (I don’t really blame them it must be a terribly boring assignment) or patrolling the school is another issue. What I think schools need most of all is secure grounds and I am actually in favor of a system where when you enter the building (just like the federal buildings) you go through a metal detector. But this would cost the school systems $$ so probably not going to be a very popular option.
I concur.
This seems like a way of pawning off security costs onto teachers. The price will be very high indeed if it does pass.