Many students worried about school shootings
October 7, 2019
The majority of Morton East students surveyed feel threatened because of the recent school shooting across the country.
Schools around the nation implement mandatory lockdowns, to be better prepared in case of an emergency. With school shooting on the rise, schools need to be prepared for the unthinkable. Around the nation, students overall do not feel safe within they’re school. The Parkland Florida shooting being a recent school shooting raised multiple questions. The Los Angeles Times reported the shooting left 17 dead, and dozens more wounded. This led to a national debate and protest regarding guns and school safety. Education Week reported that President Trump at a speech after the Parkland shooting proposed the idea of arming teachers. This pissed many people off, however, many people did see how it can make schools safer. In a random survey of 110 Morton East students, 60% of students reported that they don’t feel safe in school.
In a situation students wouldn’t trust their teachers even if it was to protect their students“I wouldn’t feel comfortable with a gun and don’t know if I would use it, I would feel better if they use the gun,” senior Audelina Vargas said.
Students would feel safer with a certain teacher for example, “I would feel safest with Mr. Sweeney,” senior Jose Romero said.
Some students would feel safer in certain places. “The gym, because it’s open,” senior Josh Sanchez said.
From a teacher’s perspective, some wouldn’t feel safe having a firearm. “I wouldn’t feel comfortable, I would feel more secure if there was more security,” teacher Ms. Berezniak said.
In a student’s viewpoint, how would students if they had a license for a firearm would they feel safe “I would feel scarred knowing a student having a firearm because they can get mad at any time and shoot the place,” said sophomore Jenny Vargas
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Salvador Isais • Oct 10, 2019 at 10:33 am
While I do agree that not all teacher’s are qualified or ready to wield a gun, or that police are the perfect example as to who should be increased in numbers for safety, it’s costly to outsource security to police who could be necessary in other problems occurring. However the article needs more background information, and some words need to be replaced such as “pissed off” into angered to create a more professional outlook.
Jessica Santoy • Oct 10, 2019 at 9:33 am
1. The article had good grammar, very interesting topic.
2. Provides good information and explanation.
3. Includes people’s opinion on the topic and what they believe.
Fernando Salinas • Oct 9, 2019 at 1:53 pm
while reading this I noticed that there were moments were the punctuation was off. For example, in the second paragraph first sentence. “Schools around the nation implement mandatory lockdowns, to be better prepared in case of an emergency,” the comma in the middle isn’t necessary as it just interrupts the statement instead of giving it that pause. But overall, the article had good information to back up the statement.
Estefania Gutierrez • Oct 9, 2019 at 10:46 am
Good explanations also good grammar .
Greg Rodallegas • Oct 9, 2019 at 9:43 am
I feel that the students have a reason to be scared, because this school is not in a great part of Chicago. There are plenty of shady people in this part of town, and I would not expect the kids to feel totally safe at school.
Brian chavez • Oct 9, 2019 at 9:35 am
this article is really good, overall not to bad for the grammar part, good information and personal views, good news article
donald trump • Oct 9, 2019 at 8:41 am
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Moises • Oct 8, 2019 at 9:38 pm
School shootings are sadly becoming more common in schools all around the country, however arming teachers won’t fix the problem. Arming teachers (or students) will just bring more fear in students attending school and the students parents. However, I agree that more officers or securities who have a fire arm should be added to our school in case of an emergency.
Celeste Zamora • Oct 8, 2019 at 8:58 pm
I can understand why many feel threaten by the school shooting happening all around the world because you don’t expect schools to be targeted since they are only kids. Now that this horrendous events are happening recently school have to figure out ways to keep students safe at their schools. Giving a gun to teachers wouldn’t really help with these shooting because what if they can’t use them property or aren’t able to use them in time and then the school shooter will just another gun. In my opinion I think there should be more securities but that are property trained for cases such as school shootings.
Briana Jimenez • Oct 8, 2019 at 2:13 pm
I feel as if no one should be armed. School is suppose to be a place you should feel safe, youre going to be there a majority of the year.We shouldn’t have to worry if we get shot up or not.l But a lot of people in power don’t seem to accept the idea of stricter gun laws or ban guns all together. We have the highest number of school shootings in the world and thats wack.
Carolina • Oct 8, 2019 at 10:59 am
I feel safety in our school is very important, but i wouldn’t feel safe knowing that one of my teachers could have a gun somewhere in the classroom. That’s why we have security and we see police officers around the school all the time, that makes me feel safer, because they know how to handle a weapon and what to do when there’s a situation where the students in the school are in danger.
Gracie C. • Oct 8, 2019 at 10:13 am
I think teachers shouldn’t be allowed to carry firearms. Morton should be more secured and definitely needs better and more trained security guards .
Liliana Suarez • Oct 8, 2019 at 10:09 am
Overall I think this was a great informative article, as the authors kept it unbiased with the actual opinions of people interviewed. However, there were grammatical errors, such as using, “they’re school” instead of, “their school.”
Adrian Perea • Oct 8, 2019 at 9:58 am
I think this article is good but maybe include some more statics for a better understanding of the students fear and help remove the fear of a school shooting
juan huerta • Oct 8, 2019 at 9:53 am
i think that i wouldn’t fell safe in school with someone who has a gun,a police officer yes but i’m not sure about the other people. what i think is that this school needs to pay more attention towards the security here. but at the same time anything can happen,whoo knows matbe een the security would want to shoot up the school
Leonardo Castillo Alba • Oct 8, 2019 at 9:26 am
This really does bring a whole lot of attention, we just need more security guards or police men to have around. We just don’t want to feel the same experience how other schools have been through. But there should be more police and guards, as well as no other person should carry a fire arm except for the police, then students would feel more safer.
Leonardo Castillo Alba • Oct 8, 2019 at 9:25 am
This really does bring a whole lot of attention, we just need more security guards or police men to have around. We just don’t want to feel the same experience how other schools have been through. But there should be more police and guards, as well as no other person should carry a fire arm except for the police.
B. Gomez • Oct 8, 2019 at 9:17 am
I think at this point, no student feels safe at school because of what’s been happening lately. School used to be a place where kids would feel safe, having staff walking around w guns can make some kids panic not knowing what can happen.
AdrianR • Oct 7, 2019 at 2:00 pm
I am worried of teachers having a gun next to them. I just prefer security doing their job correctly. It would be good if they put metal detectors in the school.
Eric R. • Oct 7, 2019 at 1:53 pm
i think that students should feel safe with the security that school has. Police men should always be around the building . no one other than the police should have a firearm in this building.
Brianna Munoz • Oct 7, 2019 at 1:48 pm
I believe that student should feel safe in school. We speed most of our day in school we should at least feel conferrable. School shootings are scary and its even scarier to know it can happen in your school at any given time. I don’t agree with them wanting to give teacher guns, i would feel more safe if there was more security.
cfgcmggh • Oct 7, 2019 at 1:25 pm
I dont think its up to the school its up to the students and society, there wouldn’t be such thing if there wasn’t so much hate
Erwin Toledo • Oct 7, 2019 at 12:59 pm
The article its very interesting.I would not be safe in the gym because that where everyone is going to be and the shooter will go their.I would not trust a teacher with a gun because what if they don’t know how to shoot one or not trained.
Lizbeth R • Oct 7, 2019 at 12:44 pm
In my opinion I wouldn’t feel safe with anyone in school having a firearm. I feel safe having secuirty around the building doing their job.
Nathaniel Graves • Oct 7, 2019 at 12:32 pm
Its an interesting though but I wouldn’t trust a teacher with a gun or anyone at all if i’m being honest, because when you think about it at any moment someone/anyone can blow up in the wrong way and would want to harm someone. People say that student are gonna be the ones to most likely shoot the school because of being bullied or being depressed but student and kids aren’t the only ones that can feel that way so really no one can be trusted.
Mariana Gonzalez • Oct 7, 2019 at 12:31 pm
I personally think that even if we had more security, anything can happen at any time without us expecting it. But so far, Morton’s security are doing a good job at keeping the school safe.
america • Oct 7, 2019 at 12:27 pm
Students shouldn’t feel scared because of school shooting. If the government were to do something about guns, nobody would be scared and people would feel safe at school. There would be nothing to worry about or fear.
Elizabeth Vergara • Oct 7, 2019 at 12:27 pm
I personally would not feel safe with teachers being armed at this school because most of them are white males and we know the statistics on that. I would feel safer with more security around the building and for the school to actually look into threats to ensure student safety.
Milaena • Oct 7, 2019 at 12:26 pm
I would not feel safe with anyone except police officers who carry a gun in the school but even then it would still be weighing on my mind. I don’t think arming teachers would be very effective because it will seem threatening and risky, considering one teacher can b overpowered by several students and the firearm could fall in the wrong hands.
Kent Frankfother • Oct 7, 2019 at 9:42 am
I agree. I think the security does a great job in keeping this school safe — as do the administration, staff and teachers. We’re lucky; we haven’t had to install metal detectors yet — like many Chicago Public Schools.
Anyeri Brito • Oct 7, 2019 at 9:10 am
In my opinion, i wouldnt feel safe with anybody at this school having a firearm with them. Unless its the police, yes. But what this school needs is more securities around the school.