This post is about a reflection on the videos I watched in class about the school to prison pipeline. Based on the videos the school to prison pipeline is a system where low income, minorities are targeted and punished for minor offenses in school. They are punished for small offenses such as wearing a hat or writing on walls through a court system and by actual police officers. The students believe that being punished for small offenses on such a large scale is a step closer to ending up in prison. As an aspiring teacher in the education field I completely disagree with this. It's wrong for authorities to punish students on a large scale for minor offenses. Suspending them from school and putting them through a court system hinders their capability of excelling in school and life. I think it gives students the idea early on in life that they are just going to end up in prison. This system needs to change if we want our students to be better and do better. We should be giving them minor punishments that can help them reflect on their behaviors and not have the police and court systems involved, only the school and parents. We need to guide troubled students to want to be better for themselves. In the video one student wrote in the stalls of a bathroom and he was punished through a court system and he knew what he did was childish. But that offense will forever be on his records. Its wrong to permanently put a bad mark on these kids at such a young age that will haunt them through life. Students will make mistakes and test authorities and that needs to be treated in a way where it will not make students think that their life will just end up in prison anyway. We need to give them the chance to learn from their mistakes.