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Has Violence Against Teachers Become Accepted by Society?

148 points · 332 comments · obscurette

armchairhacker · 1790606533 · focus · HN ↗
My understanding is that it’s normalized by administrators, and the public doesn’t think much about it. Another issue is that some schools have heavy police presence and prison-like rules.
I think a solution to both is to expel students who, for example, assault other students or teachers. Other commenters are blaming parents, and sure we should incentivize and facilitate better parenting, but in the short term what is more successful at reducing violence is expelling violent students.
1. dominotw · 1790606908 · focus · HN ↗
  lol yea expel them and make it society at large problem because you expeling students reforms them
  1. zdragnar · 1790607636 · focus · HN ↗
    It's society's problem regardless. Not expelling them just means the school itself is an incubator and breeder for antisocial behavior, and when they get out of school, they're still a problem.
    These schools certainly aren't reforming misbehaving students.

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