Essay, Research Paper: School Violence

VIOLENCE IN SCHOOLS
Violence in schools has progressed from bloody noses to
bloody gun shot wounds. Kids now days observe so much
violence its almost predictable that they act this way.
People are SO desensitized to violence from TV, video games,
videos. Kids tend to imitate what they see exposing them to
violence before they can understand it doesn t help them.
With the moral decay of our society, people act without
regard for others, kids having babies, fatherless families,
unsupervised and unwanted children don t always get the
necessary attention they need to function acceptably in our
society. Nationally representative data from the 1991,
1993, 1995, and 1997 Youth Risk Behavior Surveys were
analyzed to describe the percentage of students in grades 9
through 12 who engaged in behaviors related to violence.
Overall response rates for each of these years were 68%,
70%, 60%, and 69%,. To value the statistical importance of
time trends for these variables, logistic reflux analyses
were conducted that differentiated from sex, grade, and race
or ethnicity and together deferred linear and higher-order
effects1. Many kids are being raised in violent surroundings
and know no other way of setting conflict.
Many children haven t been properly loved and nurtured
and therefore see no future for themselves. They want
recognition like everyone else. Acting out brings
attention they so desperately crave, like bullies bully
kids for the attention. Researchers found that violent
deaths associated with schools are similar to violent deaths
among young people in general, suggesting that "when high
levels of violent behavior exist among young people in a
community, some of that violence will be played out in and
around schools. Therefore, a rational response to the
problem must consider school-associated violence in the
larger community context. In such efforts, schools can serve
as a focal point for broader action."2
The only way to prevent these horrendous acts to help
the child, teen, whoever it might be to understand what they
are doing, the consequences. If a child is exposed to
violence to a point to where they see it as no big deal, its
not going to be so hard for them to get up the nerve to
bring a gun to school and shoot someone. If a child is shun
away from violence their whole life there is a chance that
violence could fascinate them. In my opinion the best way to
keep a child from bringing guns to school, doing drugs,
anything that is dangerous is to help them understand it,
make them mature about them, and influence them-be a moral
icon in their life.