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.
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1 Response to “Grades or Safety: What should a High School Student be concerned with?”
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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.