Comments on: Should we teach that violence is the only way? http://feministhomeschool.wordpress.com/2007/09/16/should-we-teach-that-violence-is-the-only-way/ Inventing the female canon, one grade at a time. Mon, 15 Dec 2008 01:44:00 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: radical mama http://feministhomeschool.wordpress.com/2007/09/16/should-we-teach-that-violence-is-the-only-way/#comment-17 radical mama Sun, 16 Sep 2007 22:12:02 +0000 http://feministhomeschool.wordpress.com/2007/09/16/should-we-teach-that-violence-is-the-only-way/#comment-17 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. 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.

]]> By: mamatried http://feministhomeschool.wordpress.com/2007/09/16/should-we-teach-that-violence-is-the-only-way/#comment-16 mamatried Sun, 16 Sep 2007 21:55:48 +0000 http://feministhomeschool.wordpress.com/2007/09/16/should-we-teach-that-violence-is-the-only-way/#comment-16 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. 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.

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