Metal Detectors in Schools by Genesis E.

Metal detectors are made for our safety and I understand that 100percent. But that shouldn’t stop us from bringing in our phones, ipods and our freedom. My school in Bronx,NY is one that has metal detectors in it but they don’t allow us to bring in our phones. I can see why they wouldn't want us to because we could get distracted and such , but what happeneds if the student is in a perdicament in which he or she could get hurt after school, they have no type of way to get in contact with anybody because we are not allowed to have our phones on us. On top of that most security guards are rude and demand respect when they don’t give it back. It has basically become a jail. This issue is important to me because it is unfair that students feel like they are trapped in a jail because Lehman is also a school with a lot of students so we feel cramped and alot of more students get into conflicts. I completely understand that metal detectors are to
protect us and they have but it is aslo increasing the violence in my school and mostly afterschool because the students are helpless and have no idea what could happen .