Grades or Safety: What should a High School Student be concerned with?

Posted on March 6, 2007 by

Students have always had to worry about grades, and more recently their
safety at school. Jamaica and Campus Magnet High Schools were recently
added to the Mayor´s list of dangerous schools. According to this
list, there has been an increase in crimes between November and July. Some of the crimes listed were grand larceny, rape, and assault. I graduated from Jamaica High School and I remember the days of scanning and the numerous security officers on campus. I never imagined that things would get worse. I hope for a permanent change in these schools that will allow kids to feel like kids again; safe and innocent in the places they spend the
most time.
http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=17884116&BRD=2731&PAG=461&dept_id=574901&rfi=6

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One Response to Grades or Safety: What should a High School Student be concerned with?

  1. mleonard says:
    March 9, 2007 at 6:58 pm

    High School has always been a dangerous place, whether it be physical harm, emotional distress, or social exclusion. Theres really no way to make high school safer without making it more like a prison. Modern teenagers are also becoming more and more “mature” thus they feel like they must act older. Its not the school or the cities fault for the increase in violence, I believe it’s due to the lack of supervision at home and the glorification of violence throughout the U.S.

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