https://padlet.com/hellinmedinarodrig/1trl33ugrs9royyd en-us 2021-09-26 22:37:54 UTC 2025-12-23 14:29:49 UTC hello@padlet.com hellinmedinarodrig https://padlet.com/hellinmedinarodrig/1trl33ugrs9royyd/wish/1769318133 Supporters of the Zero Tolerance policy believe that harsh and equal punishment is the best lesson for student's actions or misbehaviors. Opposers to the policy believe that it's too broad, for example, a student can get suspended for having nail clippers if the school believes they're labeled as weapons. 
This article points out how the policy can create unreasonable punishments for minor actions or misbehaviors. If a child gets suspended or even arrest for carrying a nail clipper (as it can be seen as a weapon), the child now can face minor charges and is unable to continue to focus on their education. For a policy that is intended to keep students in check and getting a better education, it is very hypocritical. ]]> 2021-09-26 22:38:37 UTC https://padlet.com/hellinmedinarodrig/1trl33ugrs9royyd/wish/1769318133 hellinmedinarodrig https://padlet.com/hellinmedinarodrig/1trl33ugrs9royyd/wish/1769323871 My environment and social media have shaped the lens through which I view the Zero Tolerance Policy. Living in a minority-populated town it was an issue that we spoke about briefly, however, once I came to college and started taking FSA courses is when I was fully exposed to such extreme policy, and being a Hispanic woman adds to how I view the Zero Tolerance Policy. Seeing as I want to become an educator who believes in her students and wants them to succeed, to me the Zero Tolerance Policy is a limitation to the child's powers and shut the student down from fully reaching their potential. Nobody is taking the time to teach the student and speak to them about their actions. Instead, the student is just being punished and that creates a broken foundation between the student and the school system. Mainly, I want to work in an urban setting which is one of the places primarily affected by such policies. It is very difficult to be your best self in a system that is built against you. For such reasons I believe that it is very difficult to see how someone could support the Zero Tolerance Policy. ]]> 2021-09-26 22:45:31 UTC https://padlet.com/hellinmedinarodrig/1trl33ugrs9royyd/wish/1769323871 hellinmedinarodrig https://padlet.com/hellinmedinarodrig/1trl33ugrs9royyd/wish/1769346128 Zero Tolerance policy is not designed to educate students, it is designed to punish them for their actions. When looking at comparison data, most zero-tolerance policies appear to be linked to the percentage of minorities in the school and socioeconomic status. Some of these policies are in regards to uniforms, closed campuses, controlled access to school, drug sweeps, and random metal detector checks.
This article shines the light on the reality of how inequitable the policy is. Students of color are more likely to be suspended than white students for the same actions. This is seen in urban schools which many people have a stereotype of urban students being "lazy" or "criminals" when in reality the policy is set up to get them to fail. The majority of urban schools have police presence and a high suspension and incarceration rate. The schools don't take the time to understand the student's actions and instead go through harsh punishment to try and get their lesson across. But when the whole system is against you, it is difficult to want to try and suceed. ]]> 2021-09-26 23:13:13 UTC https://padlet.com/hellinmedinarodrig/1trl33ugrs9royyd/wish/1769346128 hellinmedinarodrig https://padlet.com/hellinmedinarodrig/1trl33ugrs9royyd/wish/1769366980 This video points out how extreme the measure of having police officers in the school is. One can view how police officers can physically and mentally abuse students for misconduct. However, what actions can make this treatment reasonable? These students are being shamed in front of their classmates, harassed, and traumatized, instead of getting educated on their behaviors. Such students that experience or view these events are usually the ones that end up having trust issues with the police. Yearly the police arrests tens of thousands of students mainly due to disorderly conduct; usually for kicking a trashcan. 
Police presence increases in Urban schools, As Holder comments, black kids are three times more likely to be suspended than their white peers. A student that is suspended is more likely to drop out, and more likely to end up in the criminal justice system. This policy ends up haunting and hurting students based on their race, background, and socioeconomic status. ]]> 2021-09-26 23:35:42 UTC https://padlet.com/hellinmedinarodrig/1trl33ugrs9royyd/wish/1769366980 hellinmedinarodrig https://padlet.com/hellinmedinarodrig/1trl33ugrs9royyd/wish/1769379680 This meme portrays how unreasonable the Zero-Tolerance policy truly is. Students get suspended for what the school considers as "vandalizing school property", instead of doing clean-up time, warning, or detention. The policy itself is designed to witness student's failures instead of teaching them about their wrongdoing in a way that their education will not be hindered. ]]> 2021-09-26 23:47:11 UTC https://padlet.com/hellinmedinarodrig/1trl33ugrs9royyd/wish/1769379680 hellinmedinarodrig https://padlet.com/hellinmedinarodrig/1trl33ugrs9royyd/wish/1769465604 Between 2019 and 2020 research shows that about two million students were suspended due to the Zero Tolerance Policy. English language learners, minorities, and students with disabilities are the prominent victims of such policy. This video explains how important it is to look at the brain's development and its connection to the child's behaviors. Most suspensions are made after 7th grade, starting in middle school, which is also when students are starting the face of adolescence. During this time, the frontal cortex of the child's brain is filled with neurons. The frontal cortex is responsible for problem-solving and emotional regulation, around the age of 25 is when the frontal cortex stops expanding. If students don't learn how to emotionally regulate they'll get stuck in a cycle of breakdowns and suspensions. By suspending a student, the school is not teaching how to regulate or communicate their emotions in hot heavy situations such as fights. Sometimes fights can start because one person is stressed or has a lot going on, and them not being able to emotionally regulate makes them a ticking time bomb ready to explode. If schools start looking at the brain and mental awareness they would realize that the students are labeling themselves as "bad" because they have been suspended or expelled no matter how big or small their actions were. This ends up making the students turn on themselves, and believe the label that they have been subconsciously given as bad, which makes them act accordingly to such. ]]> 2021-09-27 00:38:51 UTC https://padlet.com/hellinmedinarodrig/1trl33ugrs9royyd/wish/1769465604