“As part of the ‘war on drugs’ and in reaction to an increase in school violence, many schools across the nation now conduct targeted searches of student lockers and backpacks. Although the Supreme Court has ruled that public school officials have the right to search students’ persons and property when they have reasonable cause to suspect weapons or drugs, many people feel this is a gross violation of students’ privacy. Others feel that since school officials are responsible for the well-being of students while they are in the building, they have the right to search for drugs or weapons at any time. How do you feel about this issue? State your position and explain with specific examples”
Have you ever been invited to smoke something with your friends? Did they tell you that it would make you feel good and remind you that everybody does it? Even more important, did you type “attending” in the RSVP? Did you accept and go “fit in” with everyone else? Unfortunately, many teenagers in the United States of America go through the aforementioned scenario. What is even more unfortunate is the fact that a great number of these innocent teenagers also accept the invitation. Smoking marijuana, which is a common issue for teenagers in my environment makes you feel good and makes everything better, according to abusers. However, according to physicians, the drug kills your brain cells and slowly brings you closer and closer to death. Smoking cigarettes, according to society is cool. Smoking cigarettes, according to dentists, stain your teeth. Smoking cigarettes, according to doctors can lead to lung cancer which can very well lead to death. To me, smoking anything is just not worth my life.
Well, this just goes to show that teenagers abuse drugs. Also, teenagers go to school. Therefore, there are often drugs at school. Many people would consider that to be a problem. Although I do think that this could be a problem, I do not think that it is worth giving teachers a right to search through students bags. This could bring forth many issues, such as the searchers finding personal items that have nothing to do with what there are looking for. Also, it could be quite embarrassing to have your things searched through for drugs. I do not think that drugs in a bag are very threatening to students that are not holding the drugs.
On the other hand, if it is said that a student is carrying a weapon around, I think that it is a situation in which the student’s bag can be searched, as the weapon can possibly harm other students. So, there are certain scenarios in which the searching students’ bags is applicable, but this is not for all situations.
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