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<blockquote data-quote="zoops" data-source="post: 208468" data-attributes="member: 790">Personally I am not a fan of arming the teachers, and I'm a teacher.&nbsp; We have many responsibilities in the classroom and I don't think armed security should be one of them although I think I could handle it.&nbsp; One slip-up from some teacher somewhere in the country where a shot is fired on someone that the media doesn't consider an immediate threat and the whole thing would be a cluster.&nbsp; Heck look at what happens even when cops shoot people even in the clearly justifiable cases.&nbsp; Not a responsibility teachers should have, just as coaches shouldn't have to worry about being the security guard at the state tournament, ticket takers shouldn't at a movie theater, bank tellers shouldn't at a bank, etc.&nbsp; School shootings are still very rare and I don't know if turning schools into militarized zones is necessary.&nbsp; I think monitored entrances and better mental health treatment are better options; I can think of many kids over the years that I could see snapping and there's little you can do to help them; especially when the parents are either absent or not supportive.&nbsp; For the discussion on students snapping on teachers; it happens all the time even in ND.&nbsp; A lot of it is emotional disturbed types that have anger outbursts and end up hitting teachers.&nbsp; This was one of the sticking points with many contract negotiations last summer in school districts in ND - that there's no support for teachers in these cases.&nbsp; You know you need to have special training in order to &quot;restrain&quot; a kid, even if they are attacking you in many cases?&nbsp; Most teachers I talk to would be hesitant to hold a kid back even if they were threatening or attacking someone because of possible repercussions.&nbsp; We can't have it both ways as a society.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="zoops, post: 208468, member: 790"] Personally I am not a fan of arming the teachers, and I'm a teacher. We have many responsibilities in the classroom and I don't think armed security should be one of them although I think I could handle it. One slip-up from some teacher somewhere in the country where a shot is fired on someone that the media doesn't consider an immediate threat and the whole thing would be a cluster. Heck look at what happens even when cops shoot people even in the clearly justifiable cases. Not a responsibility teachers should have, just as coaches shouldn't have to worry about being the security guard at the state tournament, ticket takers shouldn't at a movie theater, bank tellers shouldn't at a bank, etc. School shootings are still very rare and I don't know if turning schools into militarized zones is necessary. I think monitored entrances and better mental health treatment are better options; I can think of many kids over the years that I could see snapping and there's little you can do to help them; especially when the parents are either absent or not supportive. For the discussion on students snapping on teachers; it happens all the time even in ND. A lot of it is emotional disturbed types that have anger outbursts and end up hitting teachers. This was one of the sticking points with many contract negotiations last summer in school districts in ND - that there's no support for teachers in these cases. You know you need to have special training in order to "restrain" a kid, even if they are attacking you in many cases? Most teachers I talk to would be hesitant to hold a kid back even if they were threatening or attacking someone because of possible repercussions. We can't have it both ways as a society. [/QUOTE]

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