ngu-Ilana Novick, Mashi 23, 2018
Kusukela AlterNet
NgoMsombuluko ebusuku, uPat Elder ufundise ikilasi lakhe elijwayelekile le-GED eGreat Hills High School eMaryland. NgoLwesibili ekuseni, wavuka ezwa izindaba zokuthi ibhilidi lakhe bekuphinde kwaba nesigameko sokudutshulwa kwesikole; ngaphambi kuka-8 ekuseni, umfundi wesilisa obephethe isibhamu uvulele ngenhlamvu kwalimala abafundi ababili afunda nabo base bevulela ngenhlamvu namaphoyisa ngaphambi kokuthi kutholakale ukuthi ushonile.
Umdala wayethukile. Njengomqondisi we-National Coalition to Protect Student Privacy, inhlangano elwa nezempi kwezemfundo, lesi sigameko esinyantisayo sasiwubufakazi obengeziwe bengxabano ayeseneminyaka eyisho: ukuthi izibhamu, ngisho nasezikhundleni okuthiwa zemfundo ephakeme kanye namaJunior Reserve Officers. Izinhlelo ze-Training Corps (JROTC), azinandawo ezikoleni.
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Umgomo omkhulu uwukuguqula umthetho, u-Elder uthe:
“Siqondise izishayamthetho zombuso ngamunye ukuze zenze lokho. Ithemba lethu ukuthi mhlawumbe singaba nomthetho owethulwe okungenani ezindlini zombuso eziyishumi nambili ngaphambi kwesikhathi eside. Nginesiqiniseko sokuthi i-United States Military Entrance Processing Command, okuyigatsha eliqasha amasosha, ihlose ukubeka iminwe eminingi yezingane eduze kwezimbangela eziningi, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi zingokoqobo noma zangempela, ngangokunokwenzeka. "
Izinhlelo ze-JROTC, ukholelwa ukuthi, ziyingxenye yalokho kuqashwa. Kukhona cishe izinhlelo ze-3,800 ze-JROTC ezikoleni zaseMelika, ngokusho kwe-Elder, i-2,000 yazo enezinhlelo ze-marksmanship ngaphansi kwe-auspices yohlelo lwe-Civilian Marksmanship Program. Uhlelo, u-Elder waphawula, “lunempahla edlula eye-NRA. Uhlelo lwe-Civilian Marksmanship Programme lugxile kakhulu ezikoleni zikahulumeni. Kuyi-lackey ye-NRA, kanye nezigele u-Lautenberg kanye no-Simon ngo-1996, lapho Uhlelo Lokuphawulwa Kwezakhamuzi lwenziwa inhlangano ezimele egunyazwe yi-NRA, lwalubiza nge-boondoggle kanye nesipho ku-NRA ezikoleni zomphakathi. "
Lezi zinhlelo ezifundisa abafundi ukudubula izikhali zigxile eNingizimu. “I-Alabama maningi, maningi amathuba okuthi, yithi, iRhode Island ibe nalezi zinhlobo zezinhlelo ezikoleni zikahulumeni. Izinga lokubuthwa kwezempi eGeorgia liphindwe kathathu kunelaseConnecticut, ngakho kunezindawo ezithile lapho impi isungulwe khona kakhulu njengengxenye yesiko lomphakathi.”
Ngokuqondene neGreat Hills, u-Elder wachaza ukuthi iMaryland inezigodi ezilondolozayo nezikhululekile, kodwa, “Isikole iGreat Mills High sisendaweni ebomvu. Kuphakathi kwamamayela amabili ukusuka ePatuxent River Naval Air Test Center, okuyindawo yezempi yemikhumbi ecishe ilingane nePentagon. Kukhulu.”
Njengengxenye yomkhankaso wezikhalazo, umdala ufuna ukwenza isiqiniseko sokuthi abazali baqonda ingxenye ecashile yobudlelwano phakathi kwezikole namasosha. Ngisho noma izingane zabo zingekho ezinhlelweni zokumaka, idatha yazo isengadluliselwa kwababuthwa bezempi. Kushunyekwe kuMthetho Wokuphumelela Kwabafundi Bonke (ESSA), okuyisisekelo senqubomgomo kazwelonke yezemfundo, umthetho othi, "uma umqashi wamasosha ecela igama, ikheli, nenombolo yocingo yabafundi esikoleni esithile esiphakeme, khona-ke lesi sikole esiphakeme kufanele bayinikeze, kodwa isikole samabanga aphezulu kufanele sitshele abazali ukuthi banelungelo lokuphuma.”
Inkinga, u-Elder waqhubeka, ukuthi lo mthetho “awusho ngokuqondile ukuthi kufanele kwenzeke kanjani, ngakho-ke izikole eziningi azenzi lutho nhlobo. Bangase bafake okuthile ebhukwini lomfundi, kungcwatshwe ekhasini 36, noma kungase kungcwatshwe kusizindalwazi, kodwa abazali abaningi abazi.”
Uhlu lwezikhalazo luzoqala ukusebenza ngoMashi 24, kulandela uMashi Wempilo Yethu ukuze kusekelwe ukulawulwa kwezibhamu. Sayina isicelo ku- Umfelandawonye Kazwelonke Wokuvikela Ubumfihlo Bezitshudeni futhi World Beyond War amawebhusayithi.
