Thesis: Children spend the better part of their formative years in school to learn, only to instead experience and discover violence in the form of their fellow classmates, from things such as verbal abuse to dangerous situations involving bullies and weapons. Violence in schools is a serious problem not only in Canada but all around the world and together policies are being implemented to hopefully change societies in an effective way.
Summary: For one to determine what the causes and effects are to school violence would be difficult, because the fact of the matter is that things are never just that simple. There isn’t just one factor that causes school violence and there is not a clear effect that results from violence either. Students go through many things during their young and adolescent years and no child will grow the same way as the next student. Many people have tried to explain the causes and effects of school violence, but not everyone has the same ideas and theories. Many experts, parents, and critics have tried to explain the cause and effect of school violence in many ways. A group of people try to blame violent video games, music with suggestive and sensitive lyrics, and movies that desensitize children to violence. Others believe what may cause violence in school could be rejection. In a world with so many perspectives coming together, like different races, sexual orientations, and nationalities, it can be difficult for someone to fit in. In the early 1990’s the availability to weapons and harmful substances has increased. People may criticize that teens are exposed to these types of experiences more openly than previous generations. Canadian studies have suggested that a youth’s own characteristics can increase their chances to violence in schools through, their gender, age, school achievement, and family or peer relationships. In addition, studies have shown that students who learn in a healthy and safe environment