Have you ever known one of your classmates to write on a desk? What about vandalizing school property - say the bathroom wall? Well, it happens all the time, and one school principal decided to press charges against the vandal - a 13 year old! So, did Chelsea deserve to be placed in handcuffs and treated like a criminal?
Think about this:
What would happen if every student vandalized school property?
It costs a lot of money to remove graffiti from school desks and walls; should that cost be paid by the parents of the vandals? or should the vandals themselves have to clean it off?
Why do students write on the walls and desks at school?
If you were the principal and students were doing this to your school, what would you do to stop it?
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If every student vandalized school property, the school would have to take it under consideration but almost never by dialing 911. For one student, the vandal should have to clean it off themselves. The students probably write on walls because it is their idea of fun so you shouldn't arrest them, but make them clean it off and make them promise no to do it again. If I were the principal, I would call the parents and suspend them for a few days if it's really bad, and make them clean off the desk. I think arresting a single student in a secondary school for writing the word "Okay" is going way too far.
ReplyDeleteI think Chelsea should not have been arrested. First, I would have given the kid a warning and made her clean the desk. Then, I might send them to the principal. That way, the kid knows not to write on the desk before being taken away. The only good thing about what that principal did is that no other kid in that school will probably ever write on their desk again. The parents shouldn't have to pay since they had no control over it. Also, some kids write on school property because they are depressed or have a problem. You should listen to the problem and see if you can fix it, not send the kid to jail. The police have much better things to do than arrest people who write "Okay" on their desk.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Lena and Alec, calling the police for writing "okay" on a desk is really extreme. What I would do if I was the teacher is first, I would make them clean the desk and talk to them about it. If it happened again I would send them to the principal's office. I would do this because if I just made them clean the desk, they would learn that it doesn't matter if I write on the desk because they won't get in a lot of trouble. Then, they will doing it. I also agree with Lena about how if someone went to the police no one else would ever write on the desk again. I also agree with Lena because the parents had no control of the child's actions so why should they have to pay for it? Maybe if they wrote a bad word you could get more serious but not send them to the police. I will admit it, I have written on my desk and erased it and that's the end of it.
ReplyDeleteI don't think that Chelsea should of been arrested for writing on a desk. I think that what should of happend would be that the kids that wrote on their desks and other desks should have to clean it off and their parents shoukd know and maybe the kids would go to the principal's office. I think going to the police station and being arrested is going WAY to far. I have written on my desk and erased it and that's all. I agree with Lena because at first you should give them a warning and then if they do it again send them to the principal's office but definitely don't arrest them.
ReplyDeleteI still have some questions about this topic:
ReplyDeleteDid parents criticize the principal for what he did?
Did the principal catch any students other than Chelsea graffitiing desks?
Have other schools done this?
Why did Chelsea write "Okay" on her desk?
Anthony Said:
ReplyDeleteI think it was not good to hand cuff a 13 year old. I do not understand why she was handcuffed to a pole for 3 hours without her mother. If I were the teacher I would have called the kid's parents and told them the next time they would be paying for it. I would have had the kid clean off all the desks and talked to her about why she did it in the first place to see if I could understand what she was thinking.
It is a punishible crime, but if I were a teacher or a principal I would just make them wash it off. Because I mean shure if you call the police it would teach them a lesson and decrease the amount of people doing it but the punishment doesen't fit the crime. That punishment would fit the crime, if someone uses spray paint to do grafiti everywhere inside the school.
ReplyDelete(This is rose)I think this is an overly dramatic punishment. It is reasonable to have the student clean off the graffiti and apologize to a teacher or principal, but not call 9-1-1. However, I agree that if this is ignored, then kids will feel like they can get away with it. If that happens, it can become a problem because they will keep doing it. If I were the principal I would have a relatively serious conference with the child, expressing that it is inappropriate, no matter what they write or how big it is, etc, etc, etc. Of course, spray painting all over the classroom deserves a higher degree punishment, but no matter what, it is inappropriate. I think students write on walls to express themselves anonymously and without saying it aloud, eg. -- love(s) -- or I hate--. Mostly stuff that could get someone embarrassed.
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