...“Should Teachers Carry Guns in School?” The Premier Online Debate Website, www.debate.org/opinions/should-teachers-carry-guns-in-school./works cited page This website was important and critical to my essay because it offered ideas that supported my thesis on why teachers should be allowed to have a gun in school. The questions of students getting their hands on the gun, mentally unstable adults being able to get their hands on the gun and training the teachers were answered. Ideas on how to make sure that the teacher is mentally capable of protecting the students, the gun is well hidden and no one who wants to harm the students gets the gun were given by many people. Many people digged deeper into other issues besides a student getting the weapon. Different avenues were explored and the people on both sides had something about this topic to say. 2. “Arming Teachers and School Staff - School Security.” School Security, National School Safety and Security Services, www.schoolsecurity.org/trends/arming-teachers-and-school-staff/. This website was important and critical to my essay because it gave me a broader view of one of the main reasons why some people think teachers shouldn’t be allowed to carry a gun in school. Some people think that the student or unstable teacher could grab ahold of the gun. Kenneth Trump, a member of the National...
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...walk in with guns, shooting you and your fellow peers. The idea might sound far off, but that is what happened at the Columbine High School shooting on April 20, 1999. According to a school safety timeline, “Eric Harris, 18, and Dylan Klebold, 17, go on a shooting rampage and kill 12 students and one teacher, wound 23 others and then kill themselves” (School Safety Timeline). Weapons were not allowed at the high school, but that did not stop the students. However, there is a large debate going on about whether or not teachers and college students should be allowed to carry concealed weapons on school grounds for self-defense. If teachers and university...
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...ld students be allowed to grade their teachers? Teachers and students both are the main part of the school. School doesn’t work the either ways. Teachers make us study and improve, while we implement it. Teachers grade us on our basic skills as well as the way we study and improve. But what if the teacher is not capable enough to do so? We should get a chance to grade them too. Almost all schools doesn’t encourage this kind of grading, or maybe none does. According to me this type of grading should be taken into account. Teachers should be graded on their teaching skill, behaviour in class and the interaction level with the students. What if the teacher is very strict and over rules the children or a single child? The child has to remain quiet and keep on facing it, as he doesn’t have any right to oppose him or make him realise, that what he/she is doing is wrong. The grading of the teachers would help the school to understand the children’s problem. If the teacher is not making the students study up to the mark, they have no options other than implementing by self. This kind of problems arise in all the schools but no schools try to solve it or make a better way. If all the schools would help the students this way, the students would love learning as well as will like to interact with the teachers. All the grades given to the teachers should be taken into account and should be checked by the higher authorities. If this happen then all schools would have students who would...
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...Testing in elementary school is unfortunate. Students should not be required to start testing in kindergarten because kids are not allowed to learn social skills and enjoy school. This is a time where students should be allowed to have free play. Free play is a valuable time to allow kids to time to develop their social skills. Parents and teachers should form a rally to bring back free play. Standardized test is a high stake testing that is causing havoc in the education industry. How and why do they think it is appropriate to start testing so early in the education? Is there any valuable to common core test? When will the school district provide adequate infrastructures in the schools to support the computerized testing? There are tons of unanswered questions…. We need support in the school systems immediately. Why have they turned things into political debates regarding children educations? Testing is overrated and does not prove what a child is capable of doing. When are states going to hold parents accountable for not teaching basic skills at home? Why are schools not allowed to require kids to stay home until a parent conference when they are causing physical harm to educators and causing disruptions in the class? This is frustrating and overwhelming to teachers and students. It is hindering the learning environment. Parents should be held liable for not teaching kids at home and being supportive to the education environment. I hope all educators will take a stand in this...
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...Why Teach? Why Teach? That is the question that I have been asked before. Some told me that I made more money doing my job than teaching. Some asked me if I would have the patience to deal with 20 to 25 or maybe more little ones in a classroom. I had never cared how much money I would make teaching. As a mother, I learned to have a lot of patience even though I only had two of my own. I just wanted to be that person that inspired a student become someone in life. 2003 Teacher of the Year Helen Elizabeth Rogers (Council of Chief State School Officers, 2014) stated “I believe the teacher must embrace the whole child in caring and positive manner…” I have always wanted to be like my first grade teacher. She made an ever lasting impression in my life. She was a very dedicated and compassionate person. I will never forget that she went to my house every day to take me my homework and daily school work since I was not allowed to go to school when I had the chicken pox. Not only did she drop off my school work, she also went over the new material. When I was allowed to return to school, I was not behind in any of the courses. At first, I wanted to teach 4th or 5th grade students. But in talking to my Algebra high school teacher, my decision changed to become a math teacher. I have always loved math and with the growth of math teacher shortages I decided to teach middle school math with the intention to one day becoming a high school math teacher. I wanted to be able to prepare...
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...A Position Against Standardized Testing I am a mother of two elementary school age kids, Parent Teacher Organization (PTO) board member, and actively involved in my children’s education. I have often asked why there is so much emphasis on standardized tests. Growing up, we took standardized tests but there was no real preparation work or stress over the test. We didn’t even know until the week prior that we had testing coming up. Back then teachers taught and engaged their students in learning all subjects because they loved teaching. We learned not only what was minimally acceptable to pass a standardized test, but much more beyond the testing requirements. I am very interested about high stake standardized testing in our public school system because it seems my children’s curriculum is solely based on concepts they need to learn to pass their standardized test. Rather than teaching to our children who are eager to learn how to be higher-level thinkers, we seem to be teaching them to accept a minimal standard and simply learn how to pass a test. Today, I see our children being given pretests and benchmark tests to see how well they will do on the standardized test. I witness teachers under pressure to make sure they get the curriculum in prior to the test and students being drilled repeatedly for the standardized tests. Our children come home stressed and concerned because in some states, these tests can determine if you are from moving to the next grade level,...
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...that is seen in a mostly negative light. With that being said, while conformity in the outside world is frowned upon, it is not only being encouraged, but required in schools. With the implementation of common core in 2009, guidelines in schools have continually become more and more strict over recent years, lessening teachers range of freedom. Not only is conformity a major topic of debate in the present, it has actually been an ongoing problem for many years. Conformity, especially in schools, was a major topic in Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee’s 1971 play “The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail.” This play, based in the year 1846, depicts the many problems with society’s need to conform, especially in the classroom setting. In this play, teacher...
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...States seem to be hearing about are all the recent school shootings that have occurred, and it is no surprise; so far there has been 23 school shootings in the United States this year alone, and we are only 21 weeks into the year! (Ahmed 1) Now, there are disputes everywhere as to what schools should do to ensure the safety of their students; these precautionary ideas range from schools investing in better security systems, to making tighter gun laws, to putting more focus on the mental health of students, etc.. The abundance of school shootings in the United States this year has clearly brought up several different ideas about how school shootings can be prevented. To start with, the infamous shooting...
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...School Shootings Sandy Hook is one of the deadliest school shootings in the US history, resulting in the death of twenty six people (5). There have been seventy four school shootings only during the eighteen months after the Sandy Hook school shooting in 2012(4). Even though less than 1% of youth homicides take place in a school setting, it can cause long term damage to the students and school staff members(6). Students who witnessed school shootings are more likely to resist returning to school, have sleeping problems and to develop the symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder.The federal government should interfere to protect our students and stop school shooting. One of the most common answer to the problem is strengthen gun laws (1). The solution suggests that making it harder to buy/register a gun will probably reduce school shooting as it will be harder for minors and psychos to obtain arms. People would be required to have a mental check, a background check, to lock up the gun and to undergo mandatory training before being allowed to own guns in their homes. This solution is built on the believe that guns are the main reason why school shootings happen. In reality, such a law will help reducing unintentioned crimes not the planned crimes. The law will help teaching the good citizens how to use guns correctly but criminals do not follow the law and they will find an illegal way to commit their crimes. The fact that committing a mass in a public place by a gun is easier...
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...invisible knapsack filled with the hopes, aspirations, and goals that I have for each of my pupils. As their classroom teacher, not only do I strive to impart knowledge onto them, I also continuously provide limitless guidance – both from the personal and academic worlds – for all of my pupils. I know that my philosophy will constantly change and evolve as I grow as a teacher and I want to remain receptive to suggestions and open for improvement. In doing so, I set high expectations in my classroom while providing endless support, such as offering before and after school help to all children who are in need of it. Most importantly, I give my pupils the motivation and confidence that is needed for them to believe that they can succeed. In view of this, I adapted different theories for me to be used in my teachings and one of the many theories I applied is the “right to an open future” originally coined by Joel Feinberg. DISCUSSION What is this “right to an open future”? Do children have rights? If so, do they have all the rights that adults have and do they have rights that adults do not have? If they do not have rights how do we ensure that they are treated in the morally right way? Children are young human beings. Some children are very young human beings. As human beings children evidently have a certain moral status. There are things that should not be done to them for the simple reason that they are human. At the same time children are different from adult human...
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...George Burns EDU 400 Secondary Schools Wednesdays 6:30-9:15 Tuesday April 15, 2008 Philosophy of Education I believe that students, children, and people do have the right to be educated in a non-threatening environment. It is important for children to feel safe in our classrooms; they should feel welcome and comfortable while they are learning. Students will enjoy going to school when they don’t have to worry about other students touching or harming them. Students should feel relaxed and learn what is being taught in that subject matter while attending school. School should be a place where children our educated; they should not have to worry about being bullied or picked on by other students. Students should always be in the best care while in school; it is the teacher and school staffs’ responsibility to make sure students are in a secured learning environment. I believe that students should be treated as individuals. In order for students to achieve at a higher level they need to feel important. I believe the most important characteristics of being a teacher is respecting and caring about students as individuals. It is important for students to become more involved in school activities; students will develop a great amount of respect for their school and the community. I believe all students should be given an equal opportunity to learn because all students need to experience success regardless of ability level. If students are involved in extracurricular...
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...Why Cell Phones Should Be Allowed in School By: Jakob Steinke People throughout the years needed to call their parents if they forgot something, and the teacher just won't let them use their cell phone!!! Cell phones should be allowed in school because they are very good for researching, you can call your parents in case of an emergency, a camera equipped phone can be used to take pictures and video related to school projects or develop photo essays,research in high school is a lot and cell phones can limit the amount of time you spend on the computer, and most importantly, cell phones can also be used as reminders for tests. Clearly, this essay shows that people should be allowed to have cell phones in class. The first reason why cell phones should be allowed in schools are because they are very good for researching. “They should be allowed in school! They help us and what if our laptops break?! What are we gonna do?! Book work? No we should use our cell phones!” www.Debate.org. I have researched on my phone about school related projects such as, Marilyn Manson, the human body, and Will Smith. As you can see, one reason cell phones should be allowed in classrooms is, that you can research on them....
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...Bear 1 Cesia Bear English 7 Nov 2011 Should Teachers Be Allowed to Say Whatever They Want In a Classroom? For years the topic of whether teachers should be allowed to speak their mind in a classroom, has been a constant issue. There are reports being made on a regular basis arguing this subject. We not only see or hear reports about it, however; we experience it first had without realizing that it is in fact a prominent issue. I myself had never had too much of an opinion on this matter but I do believe that teachers should be allowed to speak freely in a classroom. As citizens of the United States we are all entitled to freedom of speech, whether they are teachers or students. With that being said I do believe there is an appropriate type of classroom, meaning: a public or private school. Is it a university, college, or a high school? Is it a type of classroom that would call for a debate or opinion? There are many things to take into consideration when discussing this topic and we will take a look at a few of the reasons I believe it is perfectly acceptable for teachers to be able to speak their minds. The first thing I want to make note of is The First Amendment, which states, “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.” The information Bear2...
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...Though it is taught at a very young age with the premise of inspiring patriotic feeling and held in high esteem due to it’s historical significance, the Pledge of Allegiance is surrounded by controversy. The Pledge of Allegiance should not be enforced in schools due to it being a clear violation of the First and Fourth Amendments, its conflict with other people’s beliefs, and it’s blatantly false promise of equality. We live in a world where expression and freedom of thought is, thankfully, somewhat allowed and even encouraged. Why then should we, as a free country, be forced to say a Pledge that most haven’t even bothered to analyze? Can we truly believe that the children currently attending elementary school understand what they say when they repeat after their teacher? Is their level of comprehension high enough to be able to feel and understand what loyalty to one’s country is? Certainly not, and it doesn’t stop there. While it is understandable why our country enforces the Pledge early on, it is not understandable why it is continued into high school and even into college. If a child attending high school makes the conscious decision not to stand up for the Pledge, then he should be allowed to do so and exercise his rights. We live in a world where a teacher reprimanded her student for being “un-American” and “un-patriotic” because he did not recite the Pledge of Allegiance. (Jacksonville News, Sports and Entertainment) A Judge ruled the case unconstitutional and stated...
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...for loving his students, and used this to drive them forward and inspired them to become the best they can be. Socrates said "the love I bore... [allowed me to] draw honey and milk in places where others cannot even draw water from wells." Here Socrates display's how powerful love is, that allowed him to see the goodness, and beauty in students that others would only see a common, ordinary man. Patrick Carmack says in his essay 'Clas sical Vs. Modern Education.', "Indeed, education did not mean for Socrates the cultivation of the intellect alone - to the neglect of all else - but since man is attracted to the good first by what is beautiful, education must first begin with the sense, proceed on to the memory, imagination, intuition, and intellect, spurred on to all by love.'(Pg. 2) Carmack says here that education should first begin in a number of steps to fully drag out the beauty and goodness of man, and to win the students attention so he will take to heart learning subjects, and doing his best. All too often students are told "Do your best!", or "Try your hardest!" But why should they? There's no inspiration, no motivation for them to "do their best", no need to try and liberate and expand their minds. Their own parents sent them away at age 4, even 2 to begin public education, and never try to connect with them. "Adults should face the fact that they don't like adolescents and that they have used highschool to isolate the pubescent and hormonally active adolescent away from...
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