Satirical Essay: The Prevention And Prevention Of School Violence
Violence in the schools have become a prominent problem all across the world, the issue is one that was ignored for far too long. Although school violence is commonly misinterpreted for bullying only, school violence includes any type of aggression, hostility, assault, or any interpersonal conflict that happens within the school. School violence is an issue that must be addressed and dealt with immediately as the results are detrimental, and sometimes even deadly. School violence can take place via several variations, including peer to peer, group to peer, ands through a relationship. Although all take places in different severities, they must all be viewed the same in order to rid the world of this dilemma.
School violence usually begins in middle school as kids begin to develop their personalities and differentiate from other kids, As a result of this kids are often times singled out for their race or color, sexual orientation, and gender (Bullying and Cyberbullying become a National Concern,) …show more content…
Often times when a kid is constantly bullied, they begin to be grouped in as someone to pick out as a target by other kids, So in essence, what goes from being a peer to peer problem, the problem now becomes a group to peer bullying problem.
As far as the victim go, it is generally known that victims of bullying may develop long-term health problems, both mental and physical, including school phobia, which manifests itself in a refusal to attend school.( Bullying and Cyberbullying Become a National Concern) Even though school violence begins in middle school, school violence will also occur in high school, and the problem can even occur in college (Anti-Asian Violence In Schools.) This is part of the reason why school violence is such a huge global issue, the age group that is effects is very
widespread.
School violence began to garner national attention in the 1990’s after a numerous amount of events that were fatal. Of all these events, the most notable one was the shootings that occurred at Columbine High School on April 20, 1999. Two students went on a shooting rampage, killing twelve students, one teacher, and wounded twenty three students. The shooting was a direct result of kids being isolated which led them to making violent decisions on other kids. Students who act out violently against other students or teachers are often retaliating against a real or perceived threat, humiliation, alienation, or lack of respect. In extreme cases, there is often evidence of psychopathology, such as emotional or personality disorders, depression, or nervous breakdown (School Violence - Student Resources in Context.) The neglectance of students outside of school will sometimes impact what they do inside of the school. However, According to a study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association in 1998, violence among American teenagers declined between 1991 and 1997. (Violence in Schools (1990s).) This was a major in the right direction, as earlier in the decade, Some 18 percent of high school students reported carrying a weapon-defined as a gun, knife or club-within the past thirty days, down from 26 percent in 1991 (Violence in Schools (1990s).) As the national epidemic was continuing to catch the eyes of millions of people, the higher ups began to look for a solution to the problem that we faced. Former President of the United States Bill Clinton knew that the nation had to be addressed on the topic and in 1998 at in his weekly radio address 23 May 1998 blamed a culture that "desensitizes" children to violence for the recent rash of school shootings. For years, isolated incidents of killings, shootings, stabbings, and other school violence saddened the country, but were acknowledged more as random acts of evil that were symptomatic of the plight of poor schools or sometimes the result of a single deranged mind (Violence in Schools (1990s).) The issue was now being taken head on as a continuous problem rather than an occasional occurrence.
Aside from school violence with shootings, school violence also occurs in relationships. Every year, thousands of high school couples are apart of abusive relationships. Most of the time, the partner will endure the abuse and remain with the partner throughout the relationship. Nonfatal crime occurs more frequently at school than away from school. (Violence, Crime, Victimization, and Safety in Schools.) Overall, 9.5 percent of students claimed that they had been physically hurt by a boyfriend or girlfriend on purpose (hit, slapped, or otherwise physically hurt) one or more times in the last 12 months, including 9.8 percent of female students and 9.1 percent of male students. (Violence, Crime, Victimization, and Safety in Schools.) Relationship abuse is a problem that must be taken seriously and dealt with with harsh consequences. As this topic directly impacts the female population in a great way, more so than our male population.
Besides from women being targeted in violent relationships at school, minority races are targeted everyday in the school environment. One ethnicity that deals with a great amount of school violence are Pacific-American students, particularly immigrant and limited-English speaking youth, have been targeted for harassment and other forms of violence in public schools (Anti-Asian Violence In Schools.) With being different than other students, they may deal with a lot of peer to peer school violence, and group to peer school violence. This could be a cause of the resentment the nation felt to Pacific Americans and other asian races after the Pearl Harbor Bombing and World War II took place. In this same aspect, another minority race that deals with school violence are African-Americans. The African-American school violence is a unique situation, as the violence occurs frequently in inner city schools and involves harming each other most of the time, opposed to different races. Black students reported more fights at school (16.8 percent) while Hispanic students (14.1 percent) and white students (11.2) reported less. These incidents have a higher rate of occurrences at inner-city schools as well as schools that deal with gang violence.
School violence usually begins in middle school as kids begin to develop their personalities and differentiate from other kids, As a result of this kids are often times singled out for their race or color, sexual orientation, and gender (Bullying and Cyberbullying become a National Concern,) …show more content…
Often times when a kid is constantly bullied, they begin to be grouped in as someone to pick out as a target by other kids, So in essence, what goes from being a peer to peer problem, the problem now becomes a group to peer bullying problem.
As far as the victim go, it is generally known that victims of bullying may develop long-term health problems, both mental and physical, including school phobia, which manifests itself in a refusal to attend school.( Bullying and Cyberbullying Become a National Concern) Even though school violence begins in middle school, school violence will also occur in high school, and the problem can even occur in college (Anti-Asian Violence In Schools.) This is part of the reason why school violence is such a huge global issue, the age group that is effects is very
widespread.
School violence began to garner national attention in the 1990’s after a numerous amount of events that were fatal. Of all these events, the most notable one was the shootings that occurred at Columbine High School on April 20, 1999. Two students went on a shooting rampage, killing twelve students, one teacher, and wounded twenty three students. The shooting was a direct result of kids being isolated which led them to making violent decisions on other kids. Students who act out violently against other students or teachers are often retaliating against a real or perceived threat, humiliation, alienation, or lack of respect. In extreme cases, there is often evidence of psychopathology, such as emotional or personality disorders, depression, or nervous breakdown (School Violence - Student Resources in Context.) The neglectance of students outside of school will sometimes impact what they do inside of the school. However, According to a study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association in 1998, violence among American teenagers declined between 1991 and 1997. (Violence in Schools (1990s).) This was a major in the right direction, as earlier in the decade, Some 18 percent of high school students reported carrying a weapon-defined as a gun, knife or club-within the past thirty days, down from 26 percent in 1991 (Violence in Schools (1990s).) As the national epidemic was continuing to catch the eyes of millions of people, the higher ups began to look for a solution to the problem that we faced. Former President of the United States Bill Clinton knew that the nation had to be addressed on the topic and in 1998 at in his weekly radio address 23 May 1998 blamed a culture that "desensitizes" children to violence for the recent rash of school shootings. For years, isolated incidents of killings, shootings, stabbings, and other school violence saddened the country, but were acknowledged more as random acts of evil that were symptomatic of the plight of poor schools or sometimes the result of a single deranged mind (Violence in Schools (1990s).) The issue was now being taken head on as a continuous problem rather than an occasional occurrence.
Aside from school violence with shootings, school violence also occurs in relationships. Every year, thousands of high school couples are apart of abusive relationships. Most of the time, the partner will endure the abuse and remain with the partner throughout the relationship. Nonfatal crime occurs more frequently at school than away from school. (Violence, Crime, Victimization, and Safety in Schools.) Overall, 9.5 percent of students claimed that they had been physically hurt by a boyfriend or girlfriend on purpose (hit, slapped, or otherwise physically hurt) one or more times in the last 12 months, including 9.8 percent of female students and 9.1 percent of male students. (Violence, Crime, Victimization, and Safety in Schools.) Relationship abuse is a problem that must be taken seriously and dealt with with harsh consequences. As this topic directly impacts the female population in a great way, more so than our male population.
Besides from women being targeted in violent relationships at school, minority races are targeted everyday in the school environment. One ethnicity that deals with a great amount of school violence are Pacific-American students, particularly immigrant and limited-English speaking youth, have been targeted for harassment and other forms of violence in public schools (Anti-Asian Violence In Schools.) With being different than other students, they may deal with a lot of peer to peer school violence, and group to peer school violence. This could be a cause of the resentment the nation felt to Pacific Americans and other asian races after the Pearl Harbor Bombing and World War II took place. In this same aspect, another minority race that deals with school violence are African-Americans. The African-American school violence is a unique situation, as the violence occurs frequently in inner city schools and involves harming each other most of the time, opposed to different races. Black students reported more fights at school (16.8 percent) while Hispanic students (14.1 percent) and white students (11.2) reported less. These incidents have a higher rate of occurrences at inner-city schools as well as schools that deal with gang violence.