Mass School Shootings in America

Most people that commit school shootings are young students who lost their way. Their is no profile of a typical shooting and that is all the more reason to take a closer look at why they are happening, and what can be done to prevent them. School shootings have many variables, and because they are rare cannot not be studied properly. To understand a school shootings many try to define what a school shooting is, however it cannot be narrowed down. With that being said death does not need to have a fancy dictionary definition to cause sorrow and sadness in many peoples lives.

Generally, the conduct of students in public school is a deterrent to getting a good education. Violent behavior, drugs in school, and misbehaving students are distracting and break the learning environment for others. Violence in school creates an unsafe environment, and shifts the administrator's focus away from the curriculum towards solving the dilemma of violence. When the environment that surrounds the students is not secure they become more preoccupied with their own safety than they do about learning (Rehr). This disturbing behavior also takes both the student's and teacher's time away from the education process.

Schools are not doing all they can to have a true “Bully Free Zone”; moreover, they are going about it in the wrong way. Let us look at some of the ways schools are responding to the bullying issue. Zero Tolerance began as law calling for expulsion fo... ... middle of paper ... ...t more than physical traits. Typical victims tend to be timid, bashful, and lacking confidence in themselves. If an adult knows their child is being abused at school, they should contact the principal or person in charge immediately.

This left parents no choice but to discuss the incident with their children. After Columbine, there seemed to be more and more reports of school violence, more shooting, bombings, and knives being brought to school. As much as parents would like to protect their kids from hearing any of this they can't and the kids come home with questions. The more the kids hear the more they fear; after Columbine 41% of teens in a nation wide survey became afraid for their safety at school. Kids are now scared to go to school and their parents are scared to let them.

Mims 1 Adam Mims 5/11/14 Ms. Heller Bullying Have you ever been in school and didn't want to go to class because of someone who calls you rude names or hurts you physically? Many students can relate to you so do not think you are the only one. Some people believe bullying continuously will give the victim so much anxiety they will miss everyday of school. Bullying is an epidemic among children that is not dealt with right away could spring into unusual behaviors like suicidal. Ways to prevent bullying would include schools should have anti-bullying awareness meetings for parents and possibly a bully box.

Many students, due to the effects of cyberbullying, have committed suicide because no one came to help when they need it. It is important to stop cyber bullying because this can cause serious damage to one’s mental health, academic work, and physical health. It is the responsibilities of teachers, parents, and administrators to protect their students and children from being viciously attacked by their own peers and complete strangers.

Whether it is gang activity, bus accidents or unsuitable learning environments schools and parents need to have strong communication to have a strong relationship and make the most for the kids to have a safe place to stride. In the big school areas the schools have gang members for students which makes the gang activity go up. Schools try to stop the activity but most of the time they just turn the other cheek about it. When the schools do that it is less effective and it is not solving the problem. The kids will come to school and do illegal things there because they think they will just get a detention or a trip to the office and back to class they go, but that’s wrong the school grounds are not a place for kids to come and become above the law.

“I’d see why he did it and I would pray with him” (Bragg, “Forgiveness”). Mass school shootings have been a nightmare for many students, parents, and teachers. No doubt, the tragedy of this needless violence will not be restricted to the twentieth century. Psychologists and educators have looked for answers, but they have found few that really can help them anticipate and prevent random, apparently unmotivated acts of violence. Metal detectors, school evacuation plans, and improved counseling can reduce the likelihood of another tragic killing spree.

One student "blamed" the sale of illegal drugs, claiming that students sold drugs in order to buy guns, and inevitably used these guns on others. In other words, her theory was less drugs equals less guns equals less violence. Another student argued that parents are responsible for the rise in school violence, as many school shooters find the guns they use in their shootings in their own homes. According to the student, if parents would responsibly care for their firearms, children would not have such easy access and thus school violence would no longer be a problem. A third student offered violence in video games as a possible cause for the rise in school violence.

Bullying is believed to be a normal part of school life. However, when people begin to have that mentality they forget that bullying is psychologically and physically harmful to both the victim and the bully. Bullying isn't a growing crisis. The real problem we have is the over protective parents who always seem to tend for their children in an over reactive way. If it weren't for their parents many children would have already committed suicide because they would have no one to care for them.