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by q_andrew
1135 days ago
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A lot of people don't seem to understand the message these policies make. This district has now made it clear to students that they are not trusted by default. I graduated high school ~6 years ago, active shooter drills occurred twice a year. It always felt like being numbed to the violence, forced to picture traumatic violence in my head over and over again. There's a term for that feeling you get when you start casually scheming up ways to sneak through TSA security -- reactance. It's a psychological effect in which being ordered to do something can make you want to do the opposite. Pair that with a developing brain and the notion that your authorities don't trust you, and it can backfire tragically. Someone predisposed to committing violence at their school is now being reminded every day that sneaking a gun into school is a common enough occurrence that they have to use a plastic backpack. And even worse, they are nudged towards thinking about alternative places they could hide a deadly weapon. |
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