Wonjung Hwang Mr. Chonko English 10 Period 3 19 November 2012 Locker Searches We’ve all seen enough crime shows to know what to do if the police knock on your door and demand to search your property: stand‚ look indignant and demand to see their warrant. After all‚ it’s your property‚ and unless you give permission or a judge orders the search‚ you should have control over what you have‚ right? Yes—provided you’re not a student. If you’re in a school environment‚ teachers and administrators
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February 2012 Locker and Personal Searches‚ Good or Bad? Would you rather have privacy‚ or be safe? It is a tough decision‚ but it is better to be safe than sorry. In schools‚ the crime rate has gone up‚ and more people are getting hurt‚ even if not by guns. However‚ there are several ways to cut down on these crimes during school‚ and other school activities. Some schools have already recognized this‚ and are currently using it. Schools should start having personal searches as well as
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Although conducting random locker searches are beneficial in exceptional and deficient ways‚ many citizens will disagree with being able to have locker searches. Conducting locker searches could also help detect illegal substances and weapons‚ used for bullying or even to seriously injure a peer. On the other hand‚ locker searches violates privacy. First and foremost‚ conducting locker searches can discover atrocious students with illegal substances. An abundance of schools have an enormous amount
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School Administrators have complete access to School Lockers? Most legal authorities state that the validity of locker searches is dependent on the students ’ reasonable expectations of privacy‚ which can be affected by school policies designating the lockers as student or school property‚ and student notification that the school will conduct periodic searches for contraband or will retain a master key to the locker for spot checks (Student Searches and the Law‚ 1995). The theory posits that unless
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random searches throughout lockers‚ in some claims this is true‚ but‚ random locker searches are not always needed. Many people can agree that random searches throughout lockers are unacceptable. First and foremost‚ random locker searches are most indefinitely a invasion of privacy. Privacy is a right we are all given. People today‚ especially‚ have meager amounts of privacy. In most schools you have to pay for a locker‚ if you pay for the locker you should have the right to a private locker. In
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Even though abounding students do not like locker searches‚ they are extremely relevant. Locker searches help us in many ways‚ like keeping our students safe. Keeping our school safe is really important. Searching lockers help our students become safe because other students may have a knife or maybe even a small gun‚and those students could take it out of their locker and start hurting or killing someone. The student doing the killing will not also kill or hurt others‚ but they might start incapacitate
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Locker Searches “We must all hang together‚ or assuredly we shall all hang separately.”(Hang Together) those words were spoken by Benjamin Franklin while signing the Declaration of Independence. However‚ is our country “hanging separately” because of schools? If we must hang together‚ why do teachers not trust us enough that they have to search our locker for illegal drugs or weapons? Even though some people argue that locker searches can prevent illegal substances and weapons from entering the
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Unannounced locker searches are uncommon‚ despite the fact that locker searches help staff keep students in check. Schools should be a safe place for students to enjoy their education‚ and locker searches can help enforce that. Although some students are lacking in effort‚ many students are respectful‚ intelligent‚ and eager to learn. Students should allow random locker searches because if students do not have anything to hide‚ locker searches should not be a problem‚ lockers are owned by the district
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bookbag and locker searches should be allowed because it would lower the amount of deaths and injuries in schools‚ lowers the amount of drug use in schools‚ brings a positive look to schools‚ and communities. Believing that these searches or maybe even metal detectors will help with the danger in schools today. According to Kate R. Ehlenberger‚ “Officials conduct random or blanket searches not because of individualized suspicion‚ but as a preventive measure. Examples of random searches include the
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Random Locker Searches without Student Permission Searching of lockers by any education staff is not a pleasant experience for either party involved. In fact it would be one less item to think about if schools were to remove them. In today’s high technology driven world we may even be able to get rid of them all together. Just a thought on how to save money! No lockers? Some may still want them to store their personal items along with books (we are going to CD’s rather than books). This would
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