Part 1: Bibliographic entry

Sheila M. Fram, and Ellyn M. Dickmann. “How the School Built Environment Exacerbates Bullying and Peer Harassment.” Children, Youth and Environments, JSTOR, https://doi.org/10.7721/chilyoutenvi.22.1.0227. Accessed 13 Jun. 2022.

Part 2: Terminology/keywords

environment, bullying, harassment, school, peers, behavior, safety problems, violence

Part 3: Precis

The article did a very clear understanding of how frequent behaviors of bullying in school and it affects the school community. The article started off with early research of school environment and brings up the action school took to eliminate social, psychological, and safety problems. It also mentions the effects of poorly designed school spaces that influence certain negative behavior. There was also a hefty amount of data collection and analysis for this article. To summarize it all up the article focuses on the important of school staff training and the designs of building that limit enforcement of bullying and peer harassment.

Part 4: Reflection

I really liked reading this article because of personal experiences. There were certain part of the school where there would be fights or bullying since there was less surveillance in that area. Also regarding staff where if the adults don’t take the initiative to address and take action to resolve the issue of bullying, violence, and peer harassment it reflects on the school and students behavior.

Part 5: Quotables

“There is potential for problems when such movement takes place in
schools in which corridors, stairways, and entrances are poorly designed. “

“In addition, the findings showed a disconnect between school policies
and actual practices as they relate to school safety and crisis situations. A gradual
erosion of enforcing safety policies and maintaining training leading to
inconsistencies in supervision can further intensify issues with bullying and safety”

“It is difficult to monitor students in schools characterized by nooks and crannies,
unsafe and hidden stairwells, vacant parking lots, and dense foliage around
schools. Such unsupervised spaces in and around schools afford students the
opportunity to be truant and to engage in problem behavior”

PART 1: Borum, Randy, et al. “What Can Be Done About School Shootings? A Review of the Evidence.” Educational Researcher, JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/27764551. Accessed 27 Nov. 2023.

PART 2:

-public concern

-school shootings

-preventing

-safe

-efforts

-laws

-violent behavior

-tolerance

PART 3: “What Can Be Done About School Shootings?” emphasized the concern and worry about preventing school shootings and understanding why this happens. Randy conducted research on the existing safety measures schools take to prevent school shootings, to what should be implemented in the future. Examples like zero tolerance which detect and regulate rules on kids to prevent a possible future shooting and student profiling. There is also a set of data graphs from the 1990s-2005 which compare homicide and suicide rates in schools vs outside of school. The article concludes with the concept of threat assesment and the cruciality of a supportive school environment.

Part 4 : The article introduced the current issue in todays world. School shooting have been appearing more often on the news. I remember back in elementary school when school shooting started happening and they had to teach children the lockdown drills for safety measures. Even though this is good measure the reasoning behind it is really unfortunate. Children should not have to learn drills to prevent getting killed from a sick individual. I am appealed reading this article because it reminded me of what I had learned as a student in school. It also can relate to almost every kid in the US. In addition, there was tons of sources and authors that were refernced for this article making it a reliable source.

PART 5:

“the act was passed when the rate of violent behavior in schools was near its peak of 13 incidents per 1,000 students, totaling 322,400 incidents of serious violent crimes (Dinkes, Cataldi, & Lin-Kelly, 2007).”

“Today, schools across the country are combining basic security measures, such as searching lockers (53%), placing school staff in hallways (90%), locking entrances and/or exit doors during the school day (54%), and requiring visitors to sign in (93%)”

“Threat assessment is intended to help schools avoid the pitfalls of both overreacting and underreacting to student misbehavior, which can have important implications for school discipline practice and the prevention of violence. “

“The key challenge is how best to achieve a balanced and reasonable set of policies that maintain appropriate vigilance and disciplinary structure and minimize risk of serious harm, yet facilitate a fair and interpersonally supportive climate in the school.”

Part 1:

Zimring, Frank. “Is Gun Control Likely to Reduce Violent Killings?” The University of Chicago Law Review, no. 4, JSTOR, 1968

Part 2: Terminology and Key Words

-Gun violence

-Shootings

-Schools

-homicide

-Firearm

-Deaths

-mental health

-relationships

Part 3: Precis 

This journal article by Frank Zimring demonstrates an argument that limiting and strictly reinforcing gun control decreases the number of violent killings. He goes into depth about of relationship statuses between the homicide victim and attacker to the effects and fatalities of gun violence. There was numerous table and data that Frank had received and used in his article from the Homicide-Sex Division of the Chicago Police Department. The statistics also showed the comparison between knife attacks compared to gun attacks. As per 100 police reports a homicide from a gun is five times greater than knives. However, Frank includes insights and hypothetical situations that relate to and against his argument of controlling violent killing from guns. 

Part 4: Reflection

I chose this article by Frank Zimbirg because of the amount of information and sources that he has listed for his study. I find this topic interesting because this is a day-to-day problem. Some people hear about the killings and homicides on the news but not everyone goes to check the statistics and what we can do to prevent future problems. Frank highlights the severity of the data provided to him and a call for action towards the end of the article where he emphasizes that the roots of violence need to be studied and analyzed. 

part 5: 

“The rate of knife deaths per 100 reported knife assaults was less
than one-sixth of the rate of gun deaths per 100 reported gun assaults
during this policy period. ” 

“In the final years of this decade, a further study of this culture
of violence is an obligation to its survivors”

“The study was supported by the Center
for Studies in Criminal Justice at the University of Chicago. The study would not have been possible without the cooperation of the Homicide-Sex Division of the Chicago Police Department, and particularly Commander Francis Flanagan and Detective P. D.Conwa”

 

 

To create this poem, I used Chat GTP to create a response to the prompt. I decided to title the piece “Yet seek the meaning in this mortal dance” because it was the first line of the first poem generated, and it sounded quite interesting.

The parameters set for the generator:

Produce three stanzas of a blank verse poem. Make use of ambiguity, enjambment, and cacophony throughout the poem. It should explore themes of good vs evil, survival, and finding purpose in trying times, but from the perspective of an unnamed generative AI chatbot.”

These are three responses that ChatGPT gave me:

Once I generated my three versions of poems, I created the final remix down below:

Yet seek the meaning in this mortal dance, Through data streams, we search for signs of grace, The ebb and flow of data’s ceaseless sea, In bytes and binary streams, I dwell, half-seen

In data’s dance, where words and worlds belong, A binary communion, code becomes, I ponder human thoughts in coded time, A symphony of secrets, hidden low

Through data streams, we search for signs of grace, In the electric hum, I seek to know, Amid the static whispers, meanings grow, I question life’s enigma day by day.

Creating a poem through ChatGTP was a very interesting experience. I realized the different possibilities and how a piece of technology with no living life behind it can demonstrate a series of words that display a sensation that really open the readers eyes.

The Comet by W.E.B. Du Bois was a fascinating read on how in the end there will be nothing. The author emphasized the use of rhetorical strategies and literary devices to a afrofuturism world. Techniques like pathos and imagery are used throughout the story to illustrate the purpose and message to the reader. In the story, a comet is headed to NYC and wipes out everyone except two people. This left a black man and a white woman with no choice but to work together and survive. However, when they soon realized that it was only NYC have been impacted, the woman reverted back to her old ways. She met with other white people and became racist towards him. 


	Du Bois used imagery numerous amount of times throughout the story to demonstrate his purpose that even though there is temporary change some things never change. This is shown in the story because when the woman though it was just them she put her prejudice aside and worked with the black man in order for survival. However, as soon as white people come to let her know that there are other alive she returned back to her prejudice ways by calling him a slur. This can be demonstrated in todays world much frequently. For example, during Covid everyone was unified. We all shared the same goal of survival and helping each other to get back to where we were. On the contrary, when things became normal again there was a rise in discrimination and prejudice towards the very people were all were united with. 

 The reading of James Paul Gee implemented many different learning principles but one I felt connected on my own is learning and playing chess. During elementary school, I would go to school early and they would have these chess boards out for kids to play. Over the span of  a couple weeks to months I gradually learned the way the pieces move and how to checkmate the other opponent. These learning principles helped me gain a sense of comfort in my discourse communty. This really helped in In high school where I discovered there was a chess team. As soon as I stepped into that room I felt a little out of place. I was very quickly humbled by the older members. However, this pushed me to be even more motivated. I used critical learning to help better my chess skills.  Every lunch period, every bus ride to school, every ride home, every pooping session, and every free time I had throughout my day I would devote it to playing chess. I even watched professionals on YouTube and every tips or  tricks to help me gain victory. 

This really helped me relate to my discourse community even more. After all those hours of practice I was able to be the best on my team. We even won a few competitions and build better connections with one other. Chess really taught me how to be friendly competitive,  social with others,  and being Able to read my opponents mind before I even make my move. Chess is really a mind and strategic game which you develop over the years. Chess really implements all these learning principles that James Paul Gee wanted to teach to us.