Metal Detectors: Privacy by Blanca B.

One thing that gets under my skin is having metal detectors in school. I understand we can’t have Ds’s, iPods, mp3s...Etc. However, you need phones because what if there’s an emergency and the staff doesn’t come in time, what then. There can be emergency in the class room and maybe there no phone in the room, and the student or teacher could be in danger and there no communication in the room. This happened last year and we had a kid in class that had phone and called 911. The staff didn’t come to the room under five minutes. It took them like 15minutes. If we stood there and we let the staff take over, my class mates could have be in serious trouble. Having a phone is important to have in school just in case we really have an emergency, especially if the school doesn’t have good security.

One con about Metal detectors is privacy. I think that’s a major issue that we have with metal detectors. There often set up at the main student entrance to a school that has implemented security measures. Especially in large schools, stopping at a metal detector, emptying pockets and allowing backpacks to be searched may lead to students being late for classes. Metal detectors may become an inconvenience to the students, parents and even the school faculty. Furthermore, it is controversial because searching students', teachers' and parents' belongings is a possible invasion of privacy.