Thursday, May 03, 2007
SWOP homepageAPS Training Future Soldiers and Prisoners?
APS POLICY COMMITTEE MEETING TODAY 5PM
6400 UPTOWN Blvd. NE (Next To Coronado Mall) DeLayo Martin Community Room
Is the APS school system only capable of producing criminals and soldiers? This is a question that needs to be posed to the school board of the Albuqueruqe Public School system.
Of course the answer from board will be NO, but then why do we need military recruiters and armed police officers on our campuses? The criminalization of our young people here in Burque needs to stop!
The tragedy at Virgina Tech was avoidable, as was Columbine. If the students involved had been reached out to instead of marginalized and made to feel like social outcasts these tragedies could have been nipped in the bud.
The Virginia Tech Shooter was institutionalized by authorities, and instead of taking steps to insure that he was integrated back into campus life he was ridiculed by his fellow students and virtually ignored by administration.
Would armed guards have prevented him from doing what he did? Violent reactions to threats only escalate the violence. It's time that we start investing in our young people.
The military is a way out of dire situations for many young people, especially young people of color from lower economic stratas.
Enlisting in the military is an important decision that should not be gone into without a clear understanding of the sacrifices and reprucussions that go along with it.
The young folks of the Land of Enchantment deserve to go to schools where they don't have to feel like their only options when they leave high school are Prison or War. Our kids deserve to go to college not combat, and it's time that the United States started dropping knowledge not bombs.
6400 UPTOWN Blvd. NE (Next To Coronado Mall) DeLayo Martin Community Room
Is the APS school system only capable of producing criminals and soldiers? This is a question that needs to be posed to the school board of the Albuqueruqe Public School system.
Of course the answer from board will be NO, but then why do we need military recruiters and armed police officers on our campuses? The criminalization of our young people here in Burque needs to stop!
The tragedy at Virgina Tech was avoidable, as was Columbine. If the students involved had been reached out to instead of marginalized and made to feel like social outcasts these tragedies could have been nipped in the bud.
The Virginia Tech Shooter was institutionalized by authorities, and instead of taking steps to insure that he was integrated back into campus life he was ridiculed by his fellow students and virtually ignored by administration.
Would armed guards have prevented him from doing what he did? Violent reactions to threats only escalate the violence. It's time that we start investing in our young people.
The military is a way out of dire situations for many young people, especially young people of color from lower economic stratas.
Enlisting in the military is an important decision that should not be gone into without a clear understanding of the sacrifices and reprucussions that go along with it.
The young folks of the Land of Enchantment deserve to go to schools where they don't have to feel like their only options when they leave high school are Prison or War. Our kids deserve to go to college not combat, and it's time that the United States started dropping knowledge not bombs.
Labels: APS, Criminalization of Young People, Gun Control, military recruitment, youth
