In an Age of Violence
School shootings in Moses Lake, Washington; West Paducah, Kentucky; Jonesboro, Arkansas; and Littleton, Colorado spark some serious questions throughout the US today. Schools beefing up security all over the country strive to protect their children from these horrific acts. Schools hire guards, put in metal detectors and surveillance cameras, search through student’s personal belongings, and even bring in trained police dogs to counteract these violent events. This added security can’t be the best solution for the problem, and parents and teachers obtain a false sense of security. Schools should take a more cool-headed approach and not turn schools of today prisons of tomorrow. Society needs to take less drastic measures and step back to look at the problem before blindly trying to fix it. Not all of these hard-nosed attempts to stop school violence have been rationally thought out. School districts driven by fear rely on faster and cheaper fixes; hence the drug dogs, cameras, and searches. Adults always tell their children they want them to have responsibility, but by putting up all these restrictions and security measures their responsibility is s
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Approximate Word count = 1200
Approximate Pages = 5 (250 words per page double spaced)
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