Tuesday, August 28, 2018
Emma Myers- Texas education system on guns in the classroom
Here is the article
With so many shootings going on (especially the Santa Fe High School shooting), one "solution" is training teachers and other school employees to wield guns. The staff members chosen to be "marshals" participate in simulated shootings and gunfire as part of their training. The requirements to become a marshal include a gun license, psychological exam and 80 hours of training. Kim Vickers is interviewed on this idea, and shares how the mental baggage on these simulations is as, if not more difficult than the physical training. This is just the beginning for armed employees; next year the state legislature will meet and discuss other procedures to keep our schools safe.
This article, although posted on August 27, 2018, touches on some very tough subjects that have been debated brutally in the past. With more and more school shootings happening each year, the issue has become extremely prominent. The author/interviewer, Ari Shapiro, comes at the approach of being not for nor against this issue, which I appreciated, since this gave us an opportunity to hear an honest standpoint from the interviewee. Prior to this article, I knew quite a bit about gun violence and the decision between being armed vs. not and if it was doing justice or the latter. Seeing that the article was made more to inform and less to convince, I didn't have a strong reaction to the article as I thought I might. The uncommon thing about this interview is that many (if not all) of the people interviewed didn't have a strictly one-sided opinion about the debate. They spoke of both positives and negatives. I think this article is important today because decisions like this are our future. As students, we are very much involved in our schools and we should read articles like this to help inform us and let us form our own opinion.
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I love how you chose a very relevant article to a current issue and how you stressed the importance of the lack of bias in the source you used for this blog.
ReplyDeleteAlthough we all wish this blog really didn’t have relevance, it really does. I do think it would be intresting to see what would happen if we did bring gun/ gun violence awareness into the classrooms, and the effect it would have on the students as well as the teachers taking these instances more seriously.
ReplyDeleteAlthough we all wish this blog really didn’t have relevance, it really does. I do think it would be intresting to see what would happen if we did bring gun/ gun violence awareness into the classrooms, and the effect it would have on the students as well as the teachers taking these instances more seriously. ~Mekinna Knight
ReplyDeletecan you actually imagine making teachers take 80 hours of gun/self defense training? Teachers can barely keep up with school as it is lmao.
ReplyDeleteI admire that you chose an article that talks about events that are very relevant today and in the past. Its a serious subject that shouldn't be taken lightly. What events do you feel could happen if all students had a negative outcome and opinion on this.
ReplyDeleteChoosing this article to analyze was such a smart decision. It is so hard to imagine being in a situation where guns are a necessity, but at the same time, no one wants to see the person who teaches you everyday wielding a gun.
ReplyDeletePersonally, I think that arming teachers isn't the best solution to this issue. I think there are potential benefits, but I think the privaleges could be abused by teachers and potentially by students (if they could steal a teacher's gun). Also, imagine having to shoot a child. I wouldn't be able to handle it. What if you accidentally shot a civilian?
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