The Right Weapons

The editorial I read from San Antonio Express-News talks about how Texas Education Agency (TEA) should take away Tasers and other weapons like pepper spray from schools. 
The evidence the author uses to agree that this should happen is an incident that happen at Bastrop County of a student getting zapped with a Taser in November, his name is Noe Nino de Rivera. Apparently when this happen he fell to the floor and hit his head. Noe was in a coma for more than 50 days. The Bastrop County Sheriffs said they were trying to break up a fight of two girls when Noe acted very aggressively towards them. But in a video that Austin American-Statesmen shows that the fight had been over for a few minutes and Noe showed no signs of aggression when on of the officers shot him.
Another way the author backs up his agreement is by saying that Tasers can shock up to 50,000 volts. He says there is no reason for this kind of weapon to be use on students in schools, which I agree. He approaches the fact that there is many other tools they can use for law enforcement officers. No reason to use a Taser to control students. He gives an example of how in Houston Independent School District officers use pepper foam instead of spray, less likely to harm people. 
At the end the authors talks about how a number of civil rights and social justice organizations have asked the TEA to ban Tasers and other weapons like pepper spray. 
I do agree with the author when it comes to using less harmless weapons for students. There is no need to use such powerful weapon when officers can use different techniques. The author gave great points and good evidence to back up why he agrees. 

So I decided to read an article in The Austin Chronicle by Richard Whittaker where he explains how for next fall the Austin Independent School District will be opening two single sex schools. Girls will go to one school and boys to a different one. Girls will be going to Pearce Middle School, while boys will go to Garcia Middle School. I found this article very interesting to read and I believe some of you all will too. It says how this idea will bring no gain to education and plus how the community does not support single-sex schools. There are very different opinions, Janet Shibley Hyde agrees with this by saying its helps students achieve more and have more academic interest. Is going to be a big change for students next year, a lot of things are going to change for them. I mean do you imagine going to school of all girl or all boys?