The comments to this on youtube are interesting. Read them if you have the time... and if you have watched the video first.
I wish that were surprising... Our police really need to be better. We need much higher national standards for police. At which point I'm also happy to pay them better. And definitely more mental health staff are needed in schools. Teachers should be paid far better. Scary thing is even some school staff thought it was fine for kids to be arrested for petty annoyances...
The woman at the beginning of the video suggested blankets on the walls. Of Course, she is on Fox. It' s relevant for her stupidity value now.
This shows we don't need more school officers. They are part of the problem. There were school officers at many of the school shootings that have occurred over the years, and it didn't stop it from happening. In fact discipline like in that video can push kids to want to shoot up schools. I agree teachers need to be paid better and their needs to be more medical and mental health staff in schools. I also think part of a teachers training should include how to handle kids with disabilities, mental illnesses, and other issues. Teachers can be a strong support, and that's what they should be, not police officers. Yeah, I agree it was sad to see teachers are referring students to school resource officers. If SRO's are there, they shouldn't be there for that, just as guards. Superintendents and principles need to be aware of what's going on at their schools and children getting arrested needs to matter to them. They are in the business of children, so it is their problem. Part of the issue with teachers is, not only are they underpaid, but they have overcrowded classrooms. We need to cut classroom sizes. Kids should not be arrested for throwing carrots. That's ridiculous. I've had a 5 year old kid throw carrots at me. The furthest thing from my mind was involving the police. I mean come the fuck on.
Yeah, I don't think normal police are needed at schools. And if they are there, they should be the cream of the crop, highly educated, and under the authority of the school. And if they do something abusive both the police and the school should be held accountable. There is definitely a problem with misbehaving kids though. I don't know what other solution there could be other then removing them from the classroom. I would think that would mean sitting at in-school suspension with no phone and doing school work... If you can have a highly paid specialist there who can get through to them that would be preferable. But you can't have them holding the whole class back constantly.
We need to have better systems in place to confront what seems to be the issue of "troubled" or "misbehaving" students. There needs to be better communication between parents and teachers. There needs to be a better understanding of complex issues. Many students labeled "troubled" are disabled (whether it be a learning disability like dyslexia, a developmental disability, or other disability), having issues at home, being bullied etc. The problem is, first off lumping them all together and secondly having the same solutions or should I say disciplinary consequences for all students that are "troubled". The real solution is searching for the root of the child's issue and going from there. There needs to be a sharpened awareness of disability in the classroom and how to structure pedagogies not around it, but inclusive of it. There needs to be a firmer grasp on rooting out bullying in schools and stopping it, when it happens, which again should include better communications between teachers and parents. Obviously in situations where things are going on at home, outside help is needed. Support. Support. Support.
