Safety from the Inside Out: Rethinking Traditional Approaches

Safety from the Inside Out Re conjectureing Traditional Approaches by Alfie Kohn aims to take aim the public regarding the real threat of delirium to children. While nurture shootings and other unheartseaseful crimes that happen on school grounds gain a lot of media attention, it is far to a greater extent likely for a child to run short the victim of rage off school grounds (Kohn, 2004, 33). Further, children are more likely to suffer from power at the hands of an adult earlier than at the hands of their peers (Kohn, 2004, 33). However, the issue of school hysteria is analyzed along with the mistaken assumptions of how to respond to school violence.The problem the phrase tries to address is how to become policy that will be both effective as strong as squeeze violent acts committed against children while on school grounds. There are several terms that must be defined in order to present a clear picture of the issue. The set-back is violence which by rendering means a ttempting to or engaging in actions with the goal of inflicting bodily harm or death. This definition is important when discussing violence both in schools and off school grounds. Technical fixes is some other definition that directly relates to this article.Technical fixes are technologically advanced pieces of equipment designed to reduce violence and include such things as metal detectors and video cameras. The last-place term to be defined is zip fastener tolerance. Zero tolerance is the conception that any type of violence or intent to become violent be dealt with swiftly according to a designated set of strict consequences. In response to these definitions, the write of the article assumes that the vast majority of Americans equate violence against students as being violence that happens at school.The source also assumes that Americans deliberate that adept fixes and zero tolerance policies will solve the problem of violence against students (Kohl, 2004, 34). The orien tation of the article strives to make sense of the misguided assumptions that Americans have with regards towards violence against students (Kohn, 2004, 34). It builds upon existing research that proves that teaching anti violence skills to students isnt enough. The author proposes that students must also be taught how to apply these skills if violence prevention is going to be effective (Kohn, 2004, 35).Further, the author discusses behaviorism and the tendency for humans to command themselves with behavior rather than looking deeper at the values, reasons and motives behind certain behaviors (Kohn, 2004, 35). Finally, the author argues that when skill based prevention does not work then technical fixes are the answer to the problem (Kohn, 2004, 36). The research the author completed for this article disproves many of these assumptions. Using research as his method, Kohn discovered several discrepancies mingled with what Americans believe and what students actually report about violence.For example, Kohns research shows that zero tolerance policies have the opposite of their intended effect. Instead of making students smell out estimabler, zero tolerance policies actually make them feel less safe (Kohn, 2004, 36). Additionally, zero tolerance policies dont make schools any safer than they were in the first place (Kohn, 2004, 36). As part of his research, Kohn suggests that the threats of zero tolerance policies can be replaced with safe school environment where students are taught to trust and protect one another (Kohn, 2004, 36).Kohn also discovered that teaching students anti violence skills is not as effective as creating schools that are committed to the value of peace so that the physical safety of students is protected (Kohn, 2004, 36). The effect to the article seems to be getting rid of zero tolerance policies that turn children into criminals and replacing them with policies that promote peace and trust among students (Kohn, 2004, 36). Accor ding to the author, the consequence of not doing so will moderate that school violence remains a problem.Personally speaking, I theorize Alfie Kohn has noble goals and ideas to keep children safe at school. However, creating peaceable schools is very touchy because it seems impossible to instill peace values into every single student. The candor is that there will always be a few students who do not care about peace and would rather cause stir through violence. At the same time, Kohn raises some important questions that I think should be addressed and considered as schools continue to search for a solution to the problem of school violence.