The Importance Of Safety In Schools

Feeling safe is a privilege that not all people across the world can say they have. In the Unites States, it is fair to say that people should feel a sense of security in majority of the places they can go yet “the United States is the leader in per-capita gun deaths among industrial nations,” (Herman amd Firm, 2002). People should not have to stress over the thought of getting jumped on their walk to work or having their car stolen while shopping at mall because safety is a human right. Some people are able to make it through their educations without being faced with somebody endangering their academic environment by shooting a firearm in their school- but far too many do face this problem. From 1930-1990 there have been 98 reported school …show more content…
Wike and Fraser (2009) of the journal called “Aggression and Violent Behavior” said that school shootings are more likely to occur in schools where there are less opportunities for students to get involved. I feel that more money in the education system can help guidance counselors and teachers offer more programs and clubs for students to get involved in their school communities. Furthermore, the addition of these activities for students can help everybody feel included and build teamwork between classmates. Additionally, this funding can go towards paying teachers a higher salary, as they should be required to monitor the hallways throughout the day which would increase their work hours. It has been found that “the risk of school violence increases when adult supervision is insufficient… [and when] the faculty is disconnected from the students and community, students in need of care have little access to intervention, and violent threats are ignored” (Herman and Finn, 2002). From personal experience as a camp counselor, the young campers would bully each other at night when the counselors sat outside of the bunks, but there would be no issues when a counselor sat inside of the bunks with the children and I can assume this would be the same situation in a school environment. Bullying and acts of violence are less likely to occur when there is constant supervision. This way, as the child grows up they will have better connections with their peers in high school and it may be more unlikely for school shootings to occur out of bullying. Although it may seem counteractive to take money away from our national defense, I think that school shootings are an additional form of danger in America that deserve to be funded in the same way as a threat