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Students walking into an American public school today might not immediately realizetheir movements are being monitored. Hallway cameras are familiar enough, but schools are increasingly deploying artificial intelligence tools that go far beyond a lens pointed at a corridor. In 2025, a high schooler in Baltimore was carrying a bag of chips that was flagged by AI software as a potential weapon.
I never feel comfortable returning to school after hearing about another shooting. I feel immense sadness, intense anger and fear. School shootings are no longer unimaginable or incomprehensible, but common and anticipated. I am 17, and many school shootings have occurred throughout my lifetime, yet I’ve seen no significant change. Instead of passing stricter gun laws, politicians have proposed armed teachers, and designing schools with a single exit.
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