A recent research according to Patricia Jennings has said that teachers is ranked one of the most stressful jobs today in the United States. Even though many people may not see it, teachers are actually hugely undervalued in being tasked with creative supportive learning environments that enable their students to thrive. I agree with Patricia because if the government starts allowing teachers to carry guns, there stress level is going to soar and they won’t be able to continue highly as they did prior. Jennings gives good points throughout her opinion essay but there is a couple flaws such as saying “don’t arm the teachers, but instead go on social media, arm them with resources to be more mindful, compassionate and responsive in the classroom so they know what to look for if there is a shooter approaching”. Instead of just going on twitter or instagram, we can look into more effective things such as for example, a security guard l or a police officer at the school because both of these occupations are highly skilled in using a service weapon and there number one priority is to protect. …show more content…
Her claim was in the first paragraph, stating, “Asking our educators to carry guns in the classroom is a senseless idea.” Then to argue her point, Jennings backed it with two pages full of details to support her reasoning. She started off by talking about stress levels and what she found out in a couple researches. The most important part of persuading your audience is to have questions and she put it in perfectly. “Where will the teacher keep the gun?”, “ Who will be liable when we see the training is insufficient and the educator makes a mistake?” to name a few. She also made sure since she was talking about gun control, to add in the recent shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland,