School Violence : Causes And Remedies Educators and policy makers have been grappling with the issue of violence in schools for decades‚ .Educators‚ psychologists‚ psychiatrists‚ social workers‚ political scientists‚ anthropologists‚ and sociologists have all weighed in on the possible causes. Sifting through the theories can be overwhelming‚ and implementing effective violence prevention programs is often frustrating. No wonder‚ then‚ that teachers and administrators often feel defeated when
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Nisha Gajjar AP Lang Affect of Media on school violence. Whether or not exposure to media violence causes increased levels of aggression and violence in young people is the perennial question of media effects research. Some experts‚ like University of Michigan professor L. Rowell Huesmann‚ argue that fifty years of evidence show "that exposure to media violence causes children to behave more aggressively and affects them as adults years later." Others‚ like Jonathan Freedman of the University
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Why is violence in our children’s schools increasing? Our society wonders what the child that opens fire against his or her classmates are feeling or what’s on their mind. I believe that the lack of parental involvement in the student’s life may cause violence. Media violence can also be looked at as a potential cause for the increase in school violence. With the divorce rates skyrocketing‚ children spend less time with their parents‚ and the divorce itself might cause rage for the child. The
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Gun Violence in School “Do you believe in God?” Imagine being asked this question‚ and your response was what determined whether or not you would be shot to death. This is what happened at Columbine High School in Littleton‚ Colorado on April 20th‚ 1999 (“Columbine High School Shootings”). This terrible tragedy affected many people‚ including the entire nation. After this happened‚ many schools took their security precautions into consideration. The school district I have grown up in‚ Rochester
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Violence At School: Will It Ever End? Introduction: Despite the recent surge of catastrophes in our nation‚ violence is not a new issue. Violent occurrences such as shootings‚ bombings‚ and other terroristic events are things that have been happening for hundreds‚ or maybe even thousands of years. One aspect of these tragedies that seems to be the most terrible of all is violence in the school setting. Even this type of violence is not a new occurrence. School shootings and other violent acts
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Another school shooting goes down and is preyed upon by the media for a gripping new story. Jonesboro‚ Arkansas‚ West Paducah‚ Kentucky‚ and Littleton‚ Colorado all have one thing in common. All these places are sites where school shootings have occurred. Why do school shootings happen and who is to blame when they do happen?. These are two questions that are still trying to be answered. Some people say that school shootings are due to the excess marketing of violence in movies‚ television‚
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gun violence and therefore it will never completely be resolved. But‚ I also believe there are some actions that the United States government can take to reduce the amount of gun violence. Starting in the classrooms‚ kids need to be educated on guns and the effects they can have on people from the start. They are our future‚ and we need to bring more awareness to the extreme dangers and consequences that can come from guns. Like the Drug Abuse Resistance Education Program taught in schools across
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To solve this ever so apparent problem‚ dating violence presentations should be made in schools. This will show the warning signs of abuse that may be highlighted. It can also show what to do and how to remove oneself out of said relationship. A presentation of this sort will show that people must be aware of these relationships and that they do happen. Presentations like this‚ when presented in schools‚ can help troubled students who are in abusive relationships. These presentations can also help
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since the start of 2015. A majority of these shootings have occurred at schools. I never thought that my small school in rural South Dakota would become part of this statistic but on September 30th of this year it did. Though the media tends to pay close attention to the shooters‚ they seem to forget about how this violence affects us‚ the youth‚ and the schools that we attend. Sure‚ I had seen plenty of documentaries on school shootings‚ but they all seemed like distant realities. The actuality of
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wouldn’t understand the high crime rate nor the gang activities that exist. I’ve only seen movies that reflect different gang images. Movies such as Colors‚ Fresh‚ Boyz N Tha Hood‚ Menace II Society‚ and Original Gangstaz explain the life of crips‚ bloods‚ and other gangs. When children view these movies‚ they think they are cool. Their minds are too young and immature to witness such graphic images. These images include distribution of drugs‚ gun violence‚ sex‚ and profanity. Children often imitate
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