How does this make you feel as a child who lives in the United States?
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elliot
9/12/2017 04:11:23 pm
Whoa. Thats the first thing I thought when I finished reading that article. I didn't know that kids AS YOUNG AS SIX could be dragged of to prison/ juvie for little things like drawing on desks. if ps261 did this, I would probably be in jail. ( Let's face it, we've all drawn on our desks before). if you think about it this is technically child torture. COME ON U.S. WAKE UP!!!! WE CHILDREN NEED YOUR HELP!! seriously!! this is disturbing!
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Wilder
9/12/2017 04:16:06 pm
I agree, I mean, JEEZ...
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isaiah
9/12/2017 07:29:10 pm
You have a point. Doodling on desks is the one i'm really focusing-AND MAD AT too.
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isaiah
9/12/2017 07:35:33 pm
:) US are in a deep sleep
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Chloe
9/12/2017 08:18:04 pm
This makes me feel very alarmed as a child who lives in the US. It's very scary knowing that anybody could abuse me send me to war and juvie. The article I said kids as young as SIX could be taken away from their families and be sent to juvie for throwing a tantrum or drawing on desk, it also states that kids as young as EIGHT could be sent to adult prions. When I was very little there was this show on Netflix called " Beyond Scared Straight ", it was about kids who did horrible ( I mean HORRIBLE) things and were sent to an all adult detention center for about a weekend. The US needs to get their priorities straight !
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Zion
9/13/2017 06:15:02 pm
I agree all the way. I mean, how can do such a thing to kid .thats just not right to keep them in jail for 30-40 years!
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Matt
9/19/2017 07:46:01 pm
Elliot I ARGEE!!!! I like omg kids at the age of 5 are getting locked up for the basic kid stuff writing on desk don't want to give up there stuff & OK I UNDER STAND A TIMEOUT BUT THIS HAS GONE TOO FAR I fell asmed of this contry
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Wilder
9/12/2017 04:11:39 pm
That article sounded terrible ( what it was about and all the prison and sentences ).
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Wilder
9/12/2017 04:14:21 pm
That article made me feel unsafe.
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elliot
9/12/2017 04:46:19 pm
agreed
isaiah
9/12/2017 07:20:42 pm
EXACTLY!!! children in jail for more than twenty years! that's not cool.
jack
9/12/2017 04:33:03 pm
i feel...i don't know what i'm feeling.I'm feeling sad for the kids at that time because they got had to be taken out of the room in handcuffs if they had temper tantrum.They also got ARRESTED if they engaging for a tug-a-war with a teacher or for doodling on a desk!
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Jade
9/12/2017 07:30:21 pm
I feel scared and unsafe because kids get arrested for just a little thing like doodling on a DESK the kids are more smarter than the officers that arrest kid for doodling on a desk typical kid stuff! DUHH
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isaiah
9/12/2017 07:33:15 pm
Being a child in the US makes me feel scared GUESS: US will agree to the CRC in the year NEVER.
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Alexei
9/12/2017 07:52:19 pm
I think this is wrong. People! They're children!!!! If I, say, hurt somebody when I was 14 because I was adolesent, I would'nt want to have a LIFE sentence! I would be only 14 year old! That is just crazy! Think how long that is! Also, the bit about children arrested for doodling on a desk is EVIL. Anyway, to sum it up, the judicial system is really messed up when it comes to children.
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Alexei
9/12/2017 07:56:57 pm
Just acknoledgeing that some people wrote the same thing as me first. You're right, class 5-409. The doodling on the desk stuff is CRAZY.
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Alexei
10/21/2018 12:39:01 pm
If I sent somebody to the hospital at age 14, I would deserve to go to jail (Or some other punishment; maybe 8 months community service), but NOT jail for 40 years!
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Ayodele
9/12/2017 08:37:15 pm
I feel very worried because i still don't know how all these laws work and I might spend MONTHS IN PRISON for doing something I didn't even know was illegal. plus I don't know if i'm going to be taken out of the class because i'm black (well technically i'm brown but same thing) or for example taken out of the class because I have autism or down syndrome. Also people are thrown in prison with adults!!! And this guy was 15 (which is already pretty messed up) when he went to prison for LIFE.and thirty years later he's 45 and still in prison!!! Yeah NOBODY IS SAFE.
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Bayan
9/12/2017 08:55:02 pm
That won't happen to you, don't worry, but you're right, NOBODY IS SAFE.
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Bayan
9/12/2017 09:03:45 pm
Also, I want to ass on to that being black part. Think about this- there are two kids. one is black, the other one is white. They are both upset. Think about the difference of how people would react to each one of the two kids.
Zion
9/13/2017 06:23:51 pm
You are right Dele you can't be too safe.
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Willa
9/13/2017 07:08:42 pm
More like YEARS, or LIFE, or possibly: Don Don DONNN, DEATH!
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Isabel
9/12/2017 08:38:24 pm
Well it feels a little scary to know this because you can be taken at the age of 6 and I think the kids should be protected.
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Justin
9/12/2017 08:48:44 pm
This is so mest up that's scary.and it's for something little'_'
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Bayan
9/12/2017 08:49:54 pm
I am so mad I think we should write a letter to one our senators.
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Mateo
9/12/2017 09:26:26 pm
Good idea!
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Willa
9/13/2017 07:11:54 pm
Everybody who wants to write a letter to our senators say I.
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Mateo
9/12/2017 09:24:36 pm
This makes me feel sad because kids are getting put in prison and juvenile halls for years just because they doodled on their desks. It seems unfair that children of color and disabilities get kicked out of classrooms and put in prison. I feel that the USA should ratify the CRC. It's crazy they are the only country that hasn't. What is our country thinking??
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Willa
9/12/2017 09:42:37 pm
It's absolutley crazy that children can go to jail for LIFE and get DEATH sentenced!!! But even going to jail for 30-40 years is crazy.
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Alexei
9/13/2017 06:50:41 pm
You're quite right about the last bit. Although, I think it is a little bit bad that we look bad in the eyes of the world, so maybe that is a good reason. I don't want to look bad in the eyes of the world!
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Willa
9/12/2017 09:45:19 pm
I'm pretty it's saying kids get in trouble for drawing on their desk, not go to jail.
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Zion
9/12/2017 10:06:50 pm
This makes me feel very angry because ,thats just wrong.kids make mistakes and the u.s don't even give those kids a chance to fix it.then they have to stay in jail for 30 years!that s outrageous!!!!if anything the government should be put in jail!u.s.a should definitely join the CRC.its just the right thing to do.
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Alexandra
9/12/2017 10:12:03 pm
This makes me more self conscious then before about being a kid in the United States because they do all these bad things to kids it also makes me nervous.
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Maggie
9/13/2017 07:49:36 am
After reading this article i was very surprised and here are some of the things i was surprised about for example i agree with elliot that it doesn't seem right that children as young as 6 were dragged off to prison. And I also think that it's better to let out the truth so you can fix it than keeping a secret you will never confront. I also think we should get together as a community, not just the class but the WHOLE community so we can talk about the problems we need to fix to make ourselves a better community.
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Willa
9/13/2017 02:13:07 pm
Agreed.
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isaiah
9/13/2017 06:20:25 pm
This makes me feel ANGRY because kids are literally spending there life time in jail for hardly doing anything. Especially like: having temper tantrums, and this crazy one, DOODLING ON DESKS!!! I say myself, the US should agree to the CRC now! The thing about this is when the kids are in jail, they don't have good teachers. This one boy was put in jail for murdering someone, which i get, but for forty years! not good. Not good.
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Matthew
9/19/2017 07:47:55 pm
Agreed
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maggie
10/25/2017 06:39:31 pm
Alexandra, how do you find the time to do all that writing?
Alexandra
9/13/2017 09:49:42 pm
Being a kid from the United States I was shocked this happens I am looking forward to the time where all children will be safe in this community. What is shocking to me is that people treat children like there dogs locked away in cages. Children are human beings with feelings people actually deserve to be locked up when they actually DESERVE IT ! It seems like in this article children get locked up for years simply for doodling on a desk. I want to feel empathy for the kids in jail who didn't do anything and cannot see there parents or the outside world. It makes me feel worried not knowing about it years ago because this is vary serious and it makes me cautious about what could happen. To me it's like Cause and Effect if you do something something will happen. Except this is different because in the article the cause of doodling on a desk comes with the effect of jail. So as a kid this scares me a lot. But this article helps me to be more careful of what I do and that harmless little things can have big conseqences. Oh and one more thing ... UNITED STATES PLEASE DO THE CRC I was like seriously right now kids are in jail for wait for it ... Temper tantrums and desk drawing I mean everyone's draws on there desk once in there life lets face it we all do it. Those hardly seem like good reasons to throw a kid in jail. What really surprised me was that know one is doing anything. What I am trying to say is that the United States has a lot of perks but when you actually look up the stuff that is actually happening you start to wonder if this society is getting better or worse. Plus I agree with Elliot kids as young as six should not be dragged to jail for silly things. At the vary least people should do detention or call to parents but instead people in the United States thought it was a better idea to put kids in jail for a long time. It feel like these days people are so protective that kids should go to jail for things that don't make sense . I feel like there going the right way to give kids punishment but it is a big deal if it is the wrong kind of punishment.
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isaiah
9/14/2017 07:37:42 pm
I agree with you all the way. What a way to express your feelings too.
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Bayan
9/22/2017 07:02:06 pm
Sometimes not even doodling on a desk! Sometimes they didn't do ANYTHING wrong! I also feel bad for the kids.
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Alexandra
9/13/2017 10:08:56 pm
Oh and another thing sending kids to prison is not cool and disturbing the peace. If you look at all the other comments (including mine) there all trying to say ridiculous puninismeants and bad reasons for kids.
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Wilder
9/26/2017 04:28:35 pm
whats lift a line in the frayer model? sorry about doing it here but I forgot and didn't want to do it in the reading thing so I just did it here...
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Ms. Catherine
9/26/2017 05:27:55 pm
Hey Wilder,
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Alexei
9/26/2017 06:08:20 pm
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