Nick Brown English 100 3/5/01 Word count: 1,186 In an Age of Violence School shootings in Moses Lake, Washington; West Paducah, Kentucky; Jonesboro, Arkansas; and Littleton, Colorado spark some serious questions throughout the US today. Schools beefing up security all over the country strive to protect their children from these horrific acts. Schools hire guards, put in metal detectors and surveillance cameras, search through student’s personal belongings, and even bring in trained police dogs to counteract these …showed first 75 words of 1138 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1138 total…though race into the problem without examining all the effects these prison like-schools will cause. Students should not have to go through their childhood feeling like prisoners. Youth is a time to have fun and to grow and learn. How can we let school turn these learning environments into jailhouses? We as a society need to block out the media and push aside our fears so we can come to a reasonable and working solution.