You decide- is this the thinking in 2018?
This is quoted in Assembly Task Force on Adolescent Violence- 1999. The report is still timely with the suggestions, format and examples given. Google search. You can read it from this link or find it in the search. The report is in a PDF form and is set up with practical help.
On page 10, this quote is listed as the first of several examples of reported school violence issues.
Can you find what is wrong with the picture that the principal paints?
“A seventh grade boy, 13 years old, was suspended from
school last June for about 10 days for compiling a hit list of 18 students and
three teachers entitled, “People to Get
and Kill”. I personally questioned this
student regarding what he meant by people to get and kill. I was convinced at the time, and continue to
be convinced that he intended no harm.”
Harvey Altman Principal of Memorial Junior School Hanover Township
On the same list is this example:
"In North Brunswick, an 8 year old boy was arrested for stabbing a 7 year old girl."
Do you think Cruz (Parkland, Florida) would have been passed off as "intending no harm."
You may be asked to answer these questions one day about intended harm.
Do you know that many adjunct professors in our colleges and universities are full time Superintendents and Principals? What are they teaching the future?
Marian R. Carlino
June 6, 2018
