Schools adopt zero tolerance policies because its “easier” to restrict access to things like pocket knives to everyone rather than to expel students who engage in violence. What is not acknowledged is that a student who has decided to be (or fails not to be) violent doesn’t need a knife to create injuries to others.

The only sensible way to address violence in school is to transfer students who are uncivilized into a school which limits the students rights. That way the students can learn that they earn their civil liberties by being civilized, they are not entitled to them. Students who show an ability to act in a civilized way are allowed to pursue their education at schools that don’t restrict what they must wear or carry when at school.

–Chuck