Some want to make this comparison because they feel trapped within the school's walls and constantly monitored on cameras. Others want to point out the discrepancy and perceived misplaced priority in spending for each of these entities. They want to say that increasing spending for schools will result in decreased prison populations in the future. I do not propose spending less on prisons. We should probably do a better job of managing the monies that are there, and rethink some of the amenities and processes that are in place, but I cannot speak with authority about any of that. I would hope that every cent in the prison system is put to good use to keep my family safe and rehabilitate anyone who can benefit from it. No, schools are not prisons, and prisons are not schools. Teachers are not wardens, and walls are not bars. Even though prisons have playgrounds and cafeterias, even if prisoners walk to dinner in straight lines, we must be prepared to point out differences, as well. Stop reducing your job to a bumper sticker or meme. | It's perfectly all right to spend money for secure prisons and secure schools. They are two different things, |
Are you ready for this? Your school is not a prison. In spite of comparisons, school is not a prison. Truthfully, I have spoken to my brother on a couple of occasions about this. He used to be a corrections officer in a women's maximum security prison, and in trading notes about what we did, it sounded like we could have traded jobs and not noticed a difference. That, of course, is preposterous. In a prison, detainees are locked in; at school, weirdos are locked out. In a school, the teacher rewards difficult assignments and records the results. In the prison, inmates may earn rewards or get out early for good behavior. Time out might be similar, KP may be similar, and we need to stop pointing out the similarities and start emphasizing the differences instead.
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