Opinion: Does it feel safe to go to school in the United States after growing up in Mexico?
MND summer intern Zella Golden grapples with the reality of student safety in the United States and why she never gave a second thought to her well-being while attending school in Mexico. The post Opinion: Does it feel safe to go to school in the United States after growing up in Mexico? appeared first on Mexico News Daily
Growing up in Mexico, author Zella Golden was never exposed to the same level of school safety concerns as her American peers. In Mexico, school shootings are virtually unheard of, and the country faces its own unique security challenges. While Golden acknowledges these issues, she emphasizes that the constant presence of lockdown drills and the normalization of violence in some American schools is deeply concerning.
Despite some differences between Mexico and American schools, Golden believes that school safety should never feel normal or routine.
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