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Omaha Police Deploy G.L.O.V.E. Electroshock Gloves for School Resource Officers as ICE Plans Parallel Acquisition
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This is obviously bad, but I do think it's reflective of a bigger problem that needs addressing.
10% of teachers in large school districts report having been the victim of a physical assault. 25% report being the victim of a theft: https://www.ojp.gov/library/publications/student-violence-against-teachers-large-us-school-districts-prevalence-and-0
Violence against teachers is very much on the rise, and while I don't think shock gloves are the answer, I do think we can't just close our eyes to the fact that there is a problem this is trying to address.
We need to empower school districts to get students who are a danger to themselves or others out of the classroom, and empower teachers to actually maintain classroom discipline. There's been a trend away from accountability and consequences in public schooling that has engendered chaos, prompting escalations among security staff like this.
Some points I'd like to make are, To be able to factually say violence is on the rise, you would need data across multiple decades.
If teachers didn't nail things down, they were stolen, when I was a kid, I don't believe kids, with underdeveloped brains, (directly related to impulse control) should be put in a position to have opportunity to steal. On them, they need to keep better track of their things.
Where is the empathy and compassion, straight to "teachers should be able to be violent" whenever things like this are discussed. That's not a progression of society. Violence towards the kids is not the answer to help kids who are acting out, to become calm. Safety creates calm.
And it's not about "bad parenting" either, that entirely ignores the fact parents are humans, who are susceptible to the pressures of society, especially financial ones that currently require both parents to work, and taking a sick day meaning being able to eat. Who to could thrive under those circumstances. Parents are being forced to not be able to be there to meet their kids developmental needs, and then surprise surprise, kids are all stuck in fight or flight.
What does society become, what level of disenfranchisement is this next generation going to feel when they're entirely abandoned and discarded, treated as not worth the effort to help, by society in its entirety. What are we building by abandoning these kids, because they're "acting out of line". And even that, I would argue, in nowadays and time, is actually a valuable quality to have. Everything needs to burn to the ground, figuratively speaking. Who's going to do that, the "good" kids who bow to factory line repetition school trains you to be. Those kids who are fighting against the system now, I hope they never grow out of it. I just hope one person on this earth treats them like they're valued and worth being here.
The system eats them up. And then there's assuming there's never a time when the teacher is a narcissist or abusive and the kid has finally snapped.
You kick these kids out of school, and what happens to them then? Probably go out and make more kids who will also get kicked out.
But if you don't kick them out, they assault teachers, disrupt class and stress out other students.
What we're watching is inexorable societal collapse.
Yeah, basically. I mean, I think there's some version of a easier pipeline to alternative schooling with work based learning or something.
But honestly, I think the bigger thing is the ability to enforce in-class discipline.
Corporeal punishment is obviously not great, but I will say that back when the teacher could hit you with a stick, people were a little quicker to behave.
That's hyperbole obviously, but like, teachers now are told to only use positive reinforcement. No negative feedback whatsoever. You can't meaningfully enforce boundaries or consequences. Is it any surprise that kids are going off the rails?
I think it's also more symptomatic of a collapse in home life. I'm not arguing for, like, "a traditional model of the family," or something, but kids these days are lacking structure in the home. Kids aren't being parented, and as such, are basically feral. Which isn't a new issue obviously. The Simpsons made the "we've tried nothing and are all out of ideas" joke over 30yrs ago. But it's getting worse.
I don't know what the solution to any of that is. I don't think the government should criminalize bad parenting I guess. But I think it starts with empowering teachers to make disciplinary decisions without fear of breaking the law or being sued.
I think the research shows that corporeal punishment is counter-productive; but I agree the problem starts at home--as should the solution. But what is that solution? Children involved with the state are at a high risk of getting pulled out of their homes, which is usually a net negative for the kid.
I realize this answer is probably super unpopular, but I do think some sort of mandated national service would help a lot.
Not military, but similarly structured. Required two year tour building roads, fighting fires, caring for the elderly, etc. You get moved away from your hometown and you get put with a group of people from all across the nation. You lose some of your rights and freedoms for a time. You are compelled to work and disobedience can be directly dealt with.
I think a lot of the problems of the modern age are due to a rise of cultural hyper-individualism and a breakdown of a unifying cultural identity. And while this doesn't immediately fix the current problem in our schools today, I think it's the first step towards rebuilding society writ large, and addressing some of the more fundamental issues driving these problems.