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Earlier this morning, a student was tazed at my former high school in Hamden, CT. Though this is out of my pop culture realm, I still feel as though it is pertinent.
Apparently, PCP was an instrumental factor is the student's actions. But this isn't the first time that something of this manner has happened. For the four years I was there, we had six bomb scares, three of which evacuated the entire premises. There were guns, as well as knives on a fairly regular basis. For some reason though, I never felt endangered. Note the freshman mother's reaction to the incident. I laughed at her. What some naive people are yet to realize is that there is a ton of good to counter the bad everywhere. On some days unfortunately, the bad is what makes it to the news.
This spectacle will most likely bring up the question of whether or not to put metal detectors in schools. This always happens, and never gets passed. With all of the entrances and key cards, I do not foresee it happening. Plus, as the officer said, the system was proven effective today. Tasers had been put into effect two years ago, and since then no one involved in an incident was seriously hurt.
I would like to see if metal detectors in other schools have worked, or have they promoted other ways to conduct violence? Does anyone know of their former schools that use metal detectors?
I was really shocked after reading your blog post. I can't imagine what it would be like to experience something like this in high school. My high school had 2 bomb threats but they were both misunderstandings (someone left a box in a stairwell that said "bomb" on it but it turned out to be a box of cupcakes for a bake sale, and another time there was ticking coming from a locker but it turned out to be someone's ipod charger). My school didn't have metal detectors so I don't know much about the subject but I imagine that in an environment like your former high school where bomb threats and weapons have been prevalent, I think it would provide students and families with a sense of security.
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