Feb. 16, 2006 - Untitled Comment

Posted by TOSPUBLISHER

C-R-E-E-P-Y. Not surprised tho. So how many years did you live in Germany? You are not there now, are you?

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Feb. 16, 2006 - Untitled Comment

Posted by gottsegnet

Two years...one in high school and one in grad school. Not there anymore...but jealous of your upcoming trip there. I still think y'all need a translator.

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Feb. 16, 2006 - Untitled Comment

Posted by spunkyhomeschool

I have seen so much of this recently in our area. Living so close to Detroit security is a huge issue around here. Many of our schools look like prisons because they are not even installing windows. And the buses all have dark glass so you can't see in. We are surrendering our freedom because we want the convenience. But by the time we realize how inconvenient it has become it will be too late.

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Feb. 16, 2006 - Untitled Comment

Posted by gottsegnet

Igitt! Far from the little school I taught in which had a sheltered walk from building to building. Our hall wasn't even walled in!

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Feb. 18, 2006 - security?

Posted by danib

Who says the next molester or murderer isn't a parent, who would thus be allowed in for any number of reasons? Or what about the fact that most problems of violence or abuse in the schools are from the students themselves? My mom and sister were in the school in Moses Lake, Washington (before Columbine) where the student showed up late to class and killed three people, wounding a fourth. A card reader or iris scan wouldn't have done anything to protect those people. (My sister -- 10 years later -- still thinks about how she would have approached him nonchalantly and asked why he wasn't there for the test.) So, we need iris scans to protect against strangers (though every other parent is a stranger to other people's children), metal detectors to protect against weapons (other than the pencils, rulers, high heels, books, etc. that these students have access to all day), security officers to protect against student violence (but who can't be in the locker rooms or corners of playgrounds -- the out of the way places where most of the violence happens), and background checks on teachers and staff (easy to fool, and doesn't deal with delivery men, volunteers, parents, siblings, etc.). The public schools are soon going to be high-security prisons, and have the exact same level of violence on the inside. We've seen it here. Believe me. Dani

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