Mosaic-2000

Ever since the columbine high school shooting in Littleton, Colorado there has been hysteria of sorts. People are so worried about drugs and weapons in school. For this reason “the federal bureau of Alcohol, tobacco and firearms is working with an outside threat evaluation company to put together a computer program to help school officials spot troubled students who might be on the brink of violence.” this is the basis to Francis X. Clines essay “computer project seeks to avert youth violence”

The computer program that had been being developed is called the “Mosaic-2000”. The program he states will rate potentially violent students on a 1-10 scale 1 being least violent and 10 being on the brink. Clines quotes the principal of Reynoldsburg high school as saying “columbine forever changed things for all of us,” this threat of violence at school is now a “very real” threat and parents want to see something done about it. But also parents don’t want their children being labeled as clines quotes a parent in the Reynoldsburg school district as sa

As Vita says were not trying to find the gang members those are the easy ones to pick out this is for the good kids that feel they’ve been bullied in school and feel they need revenge and we would have no way to know. I would agree with many of the people’s queries with the program in the article such as Andrew vita and Shelly Darby. It must not be used as a labeling device. It must and should only be used in cases where it is deemed a necessity. I do feel that the program would benefit the schools greatly and that it should be used this is based upon just the reading of this article and my previous knowledge about the columbine shootings and other school related violence. I feel if this program makes the school a safer place go ahead and implement it. I know I learn better knowing I’m in a safe place and I’m sure many other kids feel the same way.

“The Mosaic program is based on carefully worded questions about student behavior based on case histories of people who have turned violent, developed by Gavin De Becker, Inc” in the essay clines quotes many people as having dual ideas about the use of the mo

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