So I was in class today in the library when the teacher was teaching us how to cite an internet link. She had us go on CNN.com and that is where i found the article. A 12 yr old girl from Forest Hills, Queens, NY was just simply doodling on her desk during class saying that she loved her friends. Nothing profane or explicit. The teacher saw this and had the cops come into the classroom and handcuff her in front of her classmates and escorted out of class. As many may know in New York City the public schools have school police officers stationed in some part of the school. The police is there to help keep crowd control and behavior problems in the schools. But going back to this story. I thought it was crazy just to arrest a child for doodling on a desk. I remember when I went to grammar school (which wasn't so long ago) if a student wrote on the desk they simply got reprimanded and then was made to clean off the desk with water and soap. Nowadays students get arrested for that. In the article her mother explains that she was suspended for three days and the girl spent those days vomiting from the anxiety of getting trouble. This girl never got in trouble before this incident. Arresting children seems to be the new trend and it is happening more frequently that you can imagine. Children across the United States have getting arrested over silly things like this and I think it is ridiculous. Whatever happened to students just simply getting reprimanded by the teacher or the principal and maybe getting a punish assignment. I think those days are gone.... now its off to jail.....
To read more please read this article
Girl's Arrest for Doodling Raises Concerns for Zero Tolerance
2 comments:
I saw this in the news, it is ridiculous and I have to vent now that you brought it up.
Like you said, whats wrong with some soap and water to wipe it off? The NY public education system is criminalizing children.
If they get it in a kid's head that doodling on a desk gets them arrested like how shooting a guy gets a murderer arrested, then the result can only be negative from there. I mean whose idea was this?
The kid's either gonna become passive and submissive to any authority figure, or rebellious. They're gonna be arrested, or stifle their opinions. Either way this is bad for the "democratic" society we value, for they either will participate nonchalantly or not [be able to] participate at all. By keeping disadvantaged children disadvantaged, we're keeping the advantaged, privileged, dominant group in dominant positions.
This is why you can't trust the police.....
Seriously, why would a girl get arrested for doodling? Just punish her or something. This was blown out of proportion. If this is what it takes to make kids (who are impressionable) follow the rules, they're gonna be more anti-authority then we are.
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