By reading this title, what can you possibly imagine this article is about? It was Friday's New York Times.
The reason behind me choosing this article is because we had a similar situation at City College last semester. Not so much teachers bringing guns in the school grounds but we did have a gun men on school premises who took someone hostage.
This article is about Texas teachers bringing guns to school. Can you believe that? Teachers are being authorized to carry concealed weapons to school for protection from mass gun men. I do understand the concern for protection but do you really think teachers although trained are the best people to have with guns as they teach our children? James McKinley Jr. the journalist who wrote it went to Harrold Texas, which is about 180 miles north of Dallas to cover the story. He spoke to Republican governor Rick Perry who endorsed the idea of guns being allowed in schools. My question is who would accept this law? This endangers the lives of our children and other people who might work at the school. It just creates unnecessary chaos in a place where children are suppose to feel safe. They blame this on the Columbine massacre that happened in 1999. One teacher in particular supported this idea 100% because he feels schools are a target for tragedies to happen.
Something that surprised me other than this is the fact that one of the spoke woman for the Texas Education Agency said the state's hands were tied. "We have really tried not to get involved in this," Ms. Debbie Ratcliffe said. -->can someone explain this to me? How can the Texas Education Agency which is basically the Board of Education in NYC not do anything about the situation? They choose not to get involved? How can you just walk away from something so serious? And it dawned on me if it’s not bringing in money for the state who cares… right? Finally the story ends with the big bang....parents were NOT informed of this new law they put into place in this school district. WOW!! Can you say it too?
It's amazing that everyone takes this lightly and no one seems to care about the well-being of the children. It just seems crazy how children are “our future” and yet we don't think twice about the danger we may cause around them.
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They believe they're doing it for the children's own good. They also believe that education is a community issue and the state and federal government should stay out of it.
Wow. Reading your briefing of the article made me wish I would've read it. That would be a HUGE deal if it were in NYC! But,considering that Texas is a Republican state, it does make some sense...
I personally, attended a school where we had multiple bomb threats and gun threats. We had to have armed officers inside of our school and even had snipers on the roof and bomb dogs patrolling our school hallways on a regular basis. While, yes I do agree there should have been prior notice to this new state of the school, I also feel that they are right. If kids know there teachers may be armed, the threats are less likely to happen.
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