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Joseph Moody: “If we're not giving [students] the tools that they're able…”

Featuring: Joseph Moody, Democratic | Texas House of Representatives, District 78

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Criminal Justice The Next Five Years

Published | Video Starts at 58:38

And the problems, problems that come from home, walk in the classroom and that those are the things that you're placed. Placed in your responsibility. And sometimes those situations are extremely difficult. But If we're not giving [students] the tools that they're able to help out with, our counselors at our schools, if they're making sure that we give them those abilities as well, maybe we can start to change things on a wider level. like a more broader approach. Like you said, this isn't. Unfortunately, everybody wants an overnight fix to some of these problems. It's not. It's something that's. It's broader. It's societal. (58:38–58:51)

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Asserts that providing tools and abilities to school counselors can lead to broader societal change.

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