Navigation | ||
My WhyNot? | ||
Icon Key | ||||||||||||
The community's level of support for this idea is...
| ||||||||||||
Prisoners teach school kids | |||||||||||||||||
Many prisoners have knowledge that could be taught to middle-, high-school and college-level students. The teachers' unions might object to this idea, but if each class could be reduced from forty students to 30, the teachers would love it. My understanding is that prisoners are not allowed to use computers, but perhaps that could be changed. If not, closed circuit televion would be the medium. A student teacher would be in the classroom to distribute and collect tests, papers, etc. and correct and grade them. Some will say the inmates would be a bad influence; I think seeing them in their black-and-white stripes or their orange jumpsuits would have the reverse effect. So many of these inmates -- especially the white-collar criminals -- have so much knowledge that is just being WASTED, while so many kids are not getting the knowledge they need because of overcrowded classrooms and overworked teachers. This is worth a try! Nails
grekiwi, Apr 05 2008
What do you think of this idea or comment?
| |||||||||||||||||
I agree
No opinion
I disagreeUsers who liked this idea also liked: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Add your comment
Considering how terrible many kids behave in school sending prisoners to teach them might be considered cruel and unusual punishment.
So many inner city schools are nothing but boot camps for criminals I can't see sending in pros to teach them bad habits. Even white collar criminals weren't smart enough to avoid jail.
There's always been an argument as to whether incarceration is for penalty or reform. I'm pretty much in the penalty camp.
I think prison should be completely without anything to do. If you give them a job, let them interact socially (and with young girls to boot) and still give them a warm bed and three squares, how is this bad? Can I go to prison too?
Dear SAND, JASHEM and HRENCH,Thanks for such thoughtful comments.That was a great point! That even lawyers and accountants think they'r too smart to get caught and learn better; that could have a powerful effect on those many terribly-behaving kids. And I wonder whether whether HRENCH has considere SAND's thought that the way those guys behave in school sending prisoners to teach them might be considered cruel and unusual punishment.It seems to me this is such a waste! Guys who know automotive repair, plumbing could teach the bookwork over a closed circuit setup and a shop teacher could teach the hands-on stuff. Or a lawyer (all those years of education vegetating!It's more our loss than his)could teach history or English and the novelty of it might attract some of the hard cases and lead them down a different road.
Traditionally, teachers are one of the most important role models in a child's life, up their with police officers and parents. Why would you want a prisoner filling that role? There are certainly other jobs we could give prisoners if worried their potential going to waste.
Criminals do not belong near kids. There are plenty of law abiding citizens who could do a better job teaching. Perhps I would make an expcetion for otherwise law abiding illegal immigrants. We could create a better employment situation for teachers aides, attract capable people, and it would cost less that certified teachers. Prisoners might be better suited to: consulting in their area of expertise, janitorial work, environmental cleanup, data entry, even fighting terrorism... on this note I find it ironic that many ex-cons find work in carnivals, where people bring their... children.