After over twenty years in education, there is not a lot about our schools that still surprises me. But even I was taken aback when I learned not long ago about the phenomenon of a “room clear,” and its increasing prevalence in American classrooms. This occurs when a student’s outburst in class becomes so violent and destructive that the other students must be “cleared” from the room for their own safety. Because no physical intervention is permitted on the part of school faculty and staff, the troubled student is typically left to rampage through the classroom at will; pictures of the aftermath of these events often resemble the effects of some sort of natural disaster.
Culture and the Crisis of Young Men
Culture and the Crisis of Young Men
Culture and the Crisis of Young Men
After over twenty years in education, there is not a lot about our schools that still surprises me. But even I was taken aback when I learned not long ago about the phenomenon of a “room clear,” and its increasing prevalence in American classrooms. This occurs when a student’s outburst in class becomes so violent and destructive that the other students must be “cleared” from the room for their own safety. Because no physical intervention is permitted on the part of school faculty and staff, the troubled student is typically left to rampage through the classroom at will; pictures of the aftermath of these events often resemble the effects of some sort of natural disaster.