I'm going to preface this with a video from a Chinese expat teacher person.
So what do you guys think about weapons in school? Do you see any harm with what happened in the above video? I personally don't. I mean I agree that kids shouldn't be bringing knives and guns to school (pocket knives are OK) but people are way too sensitive about this shit. They're not going to hurt anyone with a bow and arrow made out of sticks and string.
Yet kids here in Murica get expelled or suspended for far less. Ridiculous zero tolerance policies that send kids to new schools over gun shaped finger gestures.
Originally posted by Malice
But if they don't allow weapons in schools how am I going to snap one day and go on a shooting spree?
Just realized how serious of a risk this now is for Lanny now that you're planning on going to school. I hope you'd at least spare him if you did go on a spree.
I don't think making toy bows and arrows like in that video would really get a kid in trouble even here. Some parents might not like it just because it's play-violence, but I don't think anyone would consider it dangerous. In general though, given the emotional volatility of children, giving them bladed weapons doesn't seem like a good idea, the utility of something like a pocket knife doesn't seem to outweigh the risk of stabbing someone.
in the mid 80s the media started reporting stories of kids taking knives to school. all us kids were like 'who the fuck carries knives, I don't know anyone'. within a year of more over-hyped sensationalized stories you started to hear the odd kid talking about his brothers mates cousin carrying a knife. within another year or so you had the odd kid pulling a knife out and showing it off. prolly another year after this and more media reports literally everyone was carrying knives coz the media had made every kid think 'wtf, I don't wanna get into a fight with another kid and he pulls a knife out. by the nineties we were seeing stories of teachers and other schoolkids getting stabbed and killed. the media just created a self-fulfilling prophecy.
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Originally posted by NARCassist
in the mid 80s the media started reporting stories of kids taking knives to school. all us kids were like 'who the fuck carries knives, I don't know anyone'. within a year of more over-hyped sensationalized stories you started to hear the odd kid talking about his brothers mates cousin carrying a knife. within another year or so you had the odd kid pulling a knife out and showing it off. prolly another year after this and more media reports literally everyone was carrying knives coz the media had made every kid think 'wtf, I don't wanna get into a fight with another kid and he pulls a knife out. by the nineties we were seeing stories of teachers and other schoolkids getting stabbed and killed. the media just created a self-fulfilling prophecy.
when I went to school no one carried knives..that was just stupid. you'd get busted by a cop on the subway...or a teacher.
all the cool kids carried screwdrivers that were sharpened by hours and hours of scrubbing them on sidewalks.
Originally posted by infinityshock
when I went to school no one carried knives..that was just stupid. you'd get busted by a cop on the subway…or a teacher.
all the cool kids carried screwdrivers that were sharpened by hours and hours of scrubbing them on sidewalks.
How the fuck do you get busted with something that fits in your pocket?
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Originally posted by Lanny
I don't think making toy bows and arrows like in that video would really get a kid in trouble even here. Some parents might not like it just because it's play-violence, but I don't think anyone would consider it dangerous. In general though, given the emotional volatility of children, giving them bladed weapons doesn't seem like a good idea, the utility of something like a pocket knife doesn't seem to outweigh the risk of stabbing someone.
Nobody actually thinks its dangerous, but I have personally seen kids get expelled for less. In my middleschool one kid brought a clear plastic bb gun, one of those 20 dollar ones. He got expelled and had to go to the remedial/fuckup school even though he was a pretty smart kid.
Then on the flip side I knew a girl who brought a big butcher's knife to cut a cake she brought for someone's birthday and somehow didn't get in trouble, though I'm not sure if it was just because nobody saw it. It was right in the open though.
In my highschool rulebook you couldn't even *draw* a weapon or wear a shirt with weapons on it. I saw kids get in trouble for both of those.
I just don't see why kids are allowed to have scissors but a pocket knife is too much? Kids aren't just going to stab people. At least they didn't before. Maybe now they might since its become a thing (thanks media!)
