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p The Logic of Safe Schools Can 't Save Children

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Introduction - People react differently to circumstances - some people look at the bright side of things , while others look at what they lost others cower in fear while others stand up , fight and make a stand . For Peter A . Gorski who wrote the article 'Safe Schools Can 't Save Children , one of the ways to combat the harsh aspect of today 's life is to not ignore the facts and face the truth that everyone faces . Gorski

br wrote an insightful opinion about the welfare of the children and the extent of their state of safety regardless of the place they are in because of the current situation that reflects a much greater problem in modern day America

The main purpose of this article is to point out the fact that the reaction of schools to make the schools safe from acts of violence resulting from the Columbine shooting incident does not guarantee that the same bloody murderous episode would not happen in a school that is now filled to the brim with security devices rather , the solution to the safeguarding of the welfare of the children from acts of violence rests on the outcome of the government 's efforts to curb lenient gun-ownership systems and the efforts of the family to ensure that their children grow up without feelings of hatred towards him /herself and towards other people

The key question that the author is addressing is this : what will make the schools safe for children so that they will not get to experience what happened in Columbine High ? This is the question that the author is trying to address through his article (Gorski , 1999

The most important information in this article is the outlining of the real solution that parents and educators alike should focus on to achieve the goal of making schools safe from acts of violence . Gorski itemized the parts of the solution , starting form gun control laws to the role of the parents in providing an atmosphere of love and care inside the home so that the main motivator that triggered the killing - hatred - is eliminated from the picture

The main inference /conclusion in this article is that parents should realize that they have an enormous power to affect change in what could be a potential trend among unhappy adolescents who will vent their feelings of negativity by killing other people . Gorski reiterated in the end of the article about how the parents can make the schools grounds and the lives of their children in the future a much safer place if they would start as early as now in surrounding their children with positive experience and emotional strength

The key concepts we need to understand in this article are the concepts of gun ownership , school security and the impact of creating a happy family experience . By these concepts the author means that most of the people in the education sector looks at the...