Karen's+persuasive+essay

TOPIC: we should not have metal detectors

We should not have metal detectors in schools. We should not have metal detectors in schools because it will waste lots of money, sometimes when you bring a weapon or a cellphone its for an emergency, it makes the school look like a prison and creates a jail-like environment, and I think that staffs and adults in the schools should trust the students and encourage students to report what they hear or see, and to have an adult they can confide in, because attackers often disclose their plans to other students and barely to adults. Also school violence often happens outside of the school. Also i think that metal detectors will invade your privacy. I think that school metal detectors are just a waste of money. It is a waste of money because most school fights happens outside of the school. Also students can sneak things in. It will cost the school about 9 million dollars just to install and operate the metal detectors. I don't think we should spend all the money on the metal detectors and spend on educational and school supplies. If we have metal detectors students will be late for class. Being late for school has been a big issue for students already. It is because students have to be stopped to get checked. Metal detectors make schools look like prison. It makes schools seem like prison because schools who have a history of fighting and violence has metal detectors. Also this makes the school seem like a poor learning environment. It makes other kids not want to go there. For example,
 * Evidence: “ As students approach John F. Kennedy High School in the Bronx, they take off their watches, unbuckle their belts and empty the change from their pockets. **
 * Couples embrace before parting to go to single-sex entrances at opposite ends of the building. There, they place their bags under scanners and walk through metal detectors. If they set those off, they are patted down. **
 * This process, similar to passenger screening at airports, is a daily ritual for the more than 4,000 students at Kennedy, where students are often late for first-period classes after standing in line 30 minutes or more. **
 * We know the process, said Hanna Reyes, a junior. We know what to take off, what shoes will set off the metal detectors. But you do feel like a prisoner. **
 * This morning routine is not unusual in New York City, where 65 high schools have similar setups.” Metal detectors wastes time and should not be used. Also it makes schools more stressful because they will have to take off their accessories. **
 * Sandra Feldman, head of the United Federation of Teachers, advocates use of metal detectors in each school that requests them (news article, Dec. 7). I'd like to point to some possible limitations and unintended consequences of the security system Ms. Feldman advocates. **


 * In the school at which I work, since the installation of the system, fights, disruptions and, especially, assaults on teachers are up - with no corresponding increase in overall safety. More important, a jailhouse atmosphere inappropriate to an educational setting has resulted, relegating teaching and learning to a secondary status at best.” **

Some people might say that schools need metal detectors for schools safety. They think that not only the schools should provide education they should provide a safe place for students to learn. Weapons in the school are a threat to both students and teachers. schools should take every step available to reduce a number of weapons in schools. Well, i disagree because kids shouldn't bring weapons to schools anyways. And if kids were to bring weapons to school it would be for necessary reasons, to protect themselves. Also there are too many metal objects brought in and out to the school. Also it does not make sense to bring a knife in class.

Other people might say that it will save a lot of money for schools. It would not save money because we still would need security guards! The security guards have to check the kids with the metal detectors. Also they have to train the security guards. It will waste lots and lots when you can spend it on school supplies and gym equipment. Also metal detectors would be inappropriate if the kids are wearing a metal piercing and the metal detectors are going off. It is just quite annoying.

In conclusion, I do not think that we should have metal detectors in schools. It invades the students privacy, It makes the schools look bad, It does not make a safer environment, it makes a poor learning environment because obviously they care more about student safety and violence more than learning. It is probably because they had a history of violence. I do not think schools should waste time on metal detectors because kids being late to class is an issue already. GOOD SCHOOLS DON'T WASTE TIME!!!