Learning Activity 3.5, Task 4: What do I believe in?
In school, there are many rules and policies laid out that demand students obey them. However, if I were to pick from the best policy from policies such as dress codes, suspensions and expulsions, and restorative justice, I believe that restorative justice is the best. Restorative justice seeks to examine the harmful impact of a crime and then determines what can be done to repair that harm while holding the person who caused it accountable for his or her actions. Today I'll cover my reasons, which include its compatibility with a school atmosphere, its social aspect, and its positive effects. Firstly, while many people argue that restorative justice has its flaws, in regard to a schooling atmosphere, restorative justice can do a lot of good. For example, people argue it can only be solved in a case-for-case-styled way and is unrealistic. However, in a school atmosphere, problems are often solved in a case-for-case-styled way anyway, with each ch...