i think criminalizing young people for minor offenses, it is not only a problem for the young people but also for our country in the future. the teachers in school have this idea on zero tolerant rule which why many of these kids ended up in jail. when kids are not going to behave like an adult and they should be given a second chance. like we talked about in class, kids mostly drop out out of school because of they low academic achievement or poor problem solving ability. so when those kids get into any trouble, the teacher or school authorities kick them out. its unbelievable to know that kid actually go to jail for things they do in classrooms. another problem is that schools are more concern about safety of others and they over practice the laws and regulations. soccerboy456
I think that this video is a good example of the labeling theory. When a kid is given a ticket or a fine they feel labeled as a delinquent and will act as a delinquent in the future. I understand and support the zero tolerance for drugs, alcohol, and violence at school but I think that some of the school administrators are taking it too far. When a kid writes on a desk they should get in trouble but they should not be fined or hand cuffed, they should have to clean the all the desks. I also think that it is unfair to fine these kids. The report said that minorities were unfairly being targeted. Most of these kids live in the inner city and get free lunch at school because their parents don’t have any money. When fining the kids it’s like fining the parents who use their money on food and clothes and they don’t have any extra money. Snapple456
In this video I believe the government is trying to get the parents, peers, or community involved in correcting kids at a younger age. These are making the parents bear greater responsibility for their children. They talk about certain repercussions that follow after a kid misbehaves but they don't talk about the other details of the kid could possibly be doing this multiple times a week. I believe some of what they talk about is outrages and believe fines should be set way lower then what they already are and then gradually increase. Fines should be a middle resort though. There are other ways of punishing these kids whether its suspending them from participating in a basketball game coming up or not allowing them in gym class for a week and only sit down to watch others. These school districts could refer problem students to social services outside the school. A personalized student-teacher relationship can also be encouraged to help give kids a good role model. These teachers could act as a sort of liaisons between families and the school is the best way I could think of to best deter criminal delinquency. For the kids who doodling or kids acting like kids I believe that teachers should have a better grip on there fears before assuming or throwing wild accusations out. Some of these School-Based prevention programs need revised. Shotokan456
I'm not familiar with the people who were broadcasting this informative segment, however if what they say is in fact true, not only are the academic officials taking the one strick policy way too far, but the police are not using their discretion. While I was a cop in the Air Force we had a school that we had jurisdiction over. In no way shape or form would I or should I be the one to punish these kids. I am there for the safety of the faculty and the students. Having a student handcuffed and paraded through the school before being taken to the jail for writing "OK" on her desk is unacceptable. This not only would give the kids a poor image and trust of cops, but also in their teachers. These kids would be suffering from this possibly their whole life and being labeled as the "Bad" kids, as we know will only give them a stigma that they may live up to. Being a bad kid leads to being a bad adult. These are not crimes that the kids are being punished for, this is an example of kids being kids, or maybe a teacher that can't controle his or her class. Maybe some of the kids described in this broadcast came from single parent homes, or even poor area of the city in Dallas, but that still doesn't justify any of the actions taken by adults in this story. The story of a 12 year old being charged with terroristic threats is unbelievable. Its unblievable because he was talking about mashed potatoes. And for this child to be sent to jail for two weeks while waiting trial not only is wasting our tax money by him being in jail, but its taking him away from his learning environment which is a crime itself. We have learned that people, from a young age are more likely to be involved in the system later in life once they are introduced into the system. This is an apparent lack of judgement and a way to make money. Rehabilitation has been preached to us from day one by Dr. White. He has given us his own research to show that rehabilitation is better that incarceration. These people could obviously use a thing or two that Dr. White has to say about the matter. Military456
To start, I am a believer and supporter of the zero tolerance rule. Do i believe children should be put on trial or even go to jail for committing these small offenses in school? No. The over-arching theme of this class has been rehabilitation works wonders and works far more effectively than incarceration. There are reasons why people have negative connotations about officers of the law, and it is situations exactly like these. Teachers need to "sack up" and teach kids that disrupting classes and defacing school desks is against the rules, and should deal with it in class, not with officers and treating the children like they committed a felony. These kids come from low income families, so the fines they place on them are not really helping out because where are they going to get the money for this fine, they already use their money for food or clothes. I know it has been a key issue over many years, but to even hear that minorities may be targeted more than whites is appalling and wrong, even though I know it goes on. The schools are on the right track with prevention programs, but they need tweaking and some need massive overhaul. Help a child instead of hindering one. -Morton456
I don’t think kids who have very minor offence should get arrested. Because it takes away from them being at school and learning I think there should be an alternative school for kids who do wrong and that hare in prison so that way they can always get an education that way If they go to prison they won’t be so far behind when they go back to school. I think the schools are so strict on kids in the school. I think they need to lighten up on some of the little offences like when a kid says I’m going get you if you eat all the potatoes. The school called the cops and had him arrested for making terroristic threats. The 12 year old kid was arrested for two weeks. That is by far the stupidest thing I have ever herd he is a 12 year old boy and isn’t mature enough to know what he said yet. Just like it says it the books and in the court rooms kids brains are not mature until there 18 so why did this 12 year old get arrested? Someone should have sat him down and told him that he shouldn’t say that and tell him it was wrong if its really that big of a deal. Depending on the offence I think kids need to be given more of a chance because once they get in trouble and go to jail they get a bad name for themselves and always end up doing wrong. Are country has more to worry about then couples in middle school breaking up and dumping milk on each other. This “crimes” are so small kids don’t deserve to go to jail over. Football456
i think criminalizing young people for minor offenses, it is not only a problem for the young people but also for our country in the future. the teachers in school have this idea on zero tolerant rule which why many of these kids ended up in jail. when kids are not going to behave like an adult and they should be given a second chance. like we talked about in class, kids mostly drop out out of school because of they low academic achievement or poor problem solving ability. so when those kids get into any trouble, the teacher or school authorities kick them out. its unbelievable to know that kid actually go to jail for things they do in classrooms. another problem is that schools are more concern about safety of others and they over practice the laws and regulations. soccerboy456
ReplyDeleteI think that this video is a good example of the labeling theory. When a kid is given a ticket or a fine they feel labeled as a delinquent and will act as a delinquent in the future. I understand and support the zero tolerance for drugs, alcohol, and violence at school but I think that some of the school administrators are taking it too far. When a kid writes on a desk they should get in trouble but they should not be fined or hand cuffed, they should have to clean the all the desks. I also think that it is unfair to fine these kids. The report said that minorities were unfairly being targeted. Most of these kids live in the inner city and get free lunch at school because their parents don’t have any money. When fining the kids it’s like fining the parents who use their money on food and clothes and they don’t have any extra money.
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In this video I believe the government is trying to get the parents, peers, or community involved in correcting kids at a younger age. These are making the parents bear greater responsibility for their children. They talk about certain repercussions that follow after a kid misbehaves but they don't talk about the other details of the kid could possibly be doing this multiple times a week. I believe some of what they talk about is outrages and believe fines should be set way lower then what they already are and then gradually increase. Fines should be a middle resort though. There are other ways of punishing these kids whether its suspending them from participating in a basketball game coming up or not allowing them in gym class for a week and only sit down to watch others. These school districts could refer problem students to social services outside the school. A personalized student-teacher relationship can also be encouraged to help give kids a good role model. These teachers could act as a sort of liaisons between families and the school is the best way I could think of to best deter criminal delinquency. For the kids who doodling or kids acting like kids I believe that teachers should have a better grip on there fears before assuming or throwing wild accusations out. Some of these School-Based prevention programs need revised. Shotokan456
ReplyDeleteI'm not familiar with the people who were broadcasting this informative segment, however if what they say is in fact true, not only are the academic officials taking the one strick policy way too far, but the police are not using their discretion. While I was a cop in the Air Force we had a school that we had jurisdiction over. In no way shape or form would I or should I be the one to punish these kids. I am there for the safety of the faculty and the students. Having a student handcuffed and paraded through the school before being taken to the jail for writing "OK" on her desk is unacceptable. This not only would give the kids a poor image and trust of cops, but also in their teachers. These kids would be suffering from this possibly their whole life and being labeled as the "Bad" kids, as we know will only give them a stigma that they may live up to. Being a bad kid leads to being a bad adult. These are not crimes that the kids are being punished for, this is an example of kids being kids, or maybe a teacher that can't controle his or her class. Maybe some of the kids described in this broadcast came from single parent homes, or even poor area of the city in Dallas, but that still doesn't justify any of the actions taken by adults in this story. The story of a 12 year old being charged with terroristic threats is unbelievable. Its unblievable because he was talking about mashed potatoes. And for this child to be sent to jail for two weeks while waiting trial not only is wasting our tax money by him being in jail, but its taking him away from his learning environment which is a crime itself. We have learned that people, from a young age are more likely to be involved in the system later in life once they are introduced into the system. This is an apparent lack of judgement and a way to make money. Rehabilitation has been preached to us from day one by Dr. White. He has given us his own research to show that rehabilitation is better that incarceration. These people could obviously use a thing or two that Dr. White has to say about the matter. Military456
ReplyDeleteTo start, I am a believer and supporter of the zero tolerance rule. Do i believe children should be put on trial or even go to jail for committing these small offenses in school? No. The over-arching theme of this class has been rehabilitation works wonders and works far more effectively than incarceration. There are reasons why people have negative connotations about officers of the law, and it is situations exactly like these. Teachers need to "sack up" and teach kids that disrupting classes and defacing school desks is against the rules, and should deal with it in class, not with officers and treating the children like they committed a felony. These kids come from low income families, so the fines they place on them are not really helping out because where are they going to get the money for this fine, they already use their money for food or clothes. I know it has been a key issue over many years, but to even hear that minorities may be targeted more than whites is appalling and wrong, even though I know it goes on. The schools are on the right track with prevention programs, but they need tweaking and some need massive overhaul. Help a child instead of hindering one.
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I don’t think kids who have very minor offence should get arrested. Because it takes away from them being at school and learning I think there should be an alternative school for kids who do wrong and that hare in prison so that way they can always get an education that way If they go to prison they won’t be so far behind when they go back to school. I think the schools are so strict on kids in the school. I think they need to lighten up on some of the little offences like when a kid says I’m going get you if you eat all the potatoes. The school called the cops and had him arrested for making terroristic threats. The 12 year old kid was arrested for two weeks. That is by far the stupidest thing I have ever herd he is a 12 year old boy and isn’t mature enough to know what he said yet. Just like it says it the books and in the court rooms kids brains are not mature until there 18 so why did this 12 year old get arrested? Someone should have sat him down and told him that he shouldn’t say that and tell him it was wrong if its really that big of a deal. Depending on the offence I think kids need to be given more of a chance because once they get in trouble and go to jail they get a bad name for themselves and always end up doing wrong. Are country has more to worry about then couples in middle school breaking up and dumping milk on each other. This “crimes” are so small kids don’t deserve to go to jail over. Football456
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