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Summary Of The Sanctuary Of School By Lynda Barry

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In the article The Sanctuary of School written by Lynda Barry, she talks about how her home life was a mess; and how she felt her only safe place was her elementary school. She mentions how her house was hectic with people moving in and out of it. Along with her parents fighting all day and night. She says that she and her brother were easily forgotten, and slipping out of the house was never noticed. Proven by past experiences such as bullying; kids may not think that their school is a safe place. So this topic is a more debatable topic when it comes to school as a safe place. You can see why some of the facts given by Lynda Barry don’t stack up, in my opinion, and can definitely be questioned by others. How can this issue be defined? …show more content…

I’m sure she wouldn’t want anyone else to have to go through that… but sadly there are. And for them just like her, school is their safe place. Last year at my school there was a bad snow storm. We didn’t get the day off but had a two hour delay. Everyone was upset about it not knowing why they couldn’t have just cancelled school that day. Couple months after this I learned that the reason they couldn’t cancel school is because for some people, it’s their safe place. The schools provide food for those in need and a safe place for those who feel unsafe at home. If we don’t act on this issue many people can go into a slump and feel like no one cares about how their home life isn’t great and that they need to go to …show more content…

Not everyone may feel the same way. Kids can get stressed, have panic attacks, and get bullied at school. One of the biggest problems happening at schools has been going on for longer than we can remember, and the problem won’t really go away. The problem is bullying. Kids fear going to school scared that they will get bullied again. Dr. Terry Ehiorobo is a principal who keeps a blog. One article from his blog is about bullying. He says this, “The issue of bullying has plagued many school systems in the US. We have all read about issues of bullying causing students to take drastic measures to make the pain stop. Unfortunately, many of these drastic measures have resulted in suicide and/or

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