Essays on School Violence

There is definitely a problem with school violence today. The last six years have shown us that violence in our school society is more common today than ever before. Whether the violence has to do with guns, knives, or just a simple fight, school violence is getting a little out of hand. There have been…

The bell rings, shots are fired, screams are echoing throughout the hallways of Columbine High School, this is not an ordinary day; people are dying! School violence has hit an all time high in our society, which can be demonstrated by the shootings at Columbine High, Heritage High, and many other schools all over the…

The article “school violence” discusses what school violence is and how it starts. School violence is criminal acts committed at education institutions. Thousands of students face a daily threat of violence in our schools and universities. Many people believe that school violence is influenced by video games, rap music, horror movies, the media attention, bullying…

Many parents know that from their child’s first day of school, his or her safety is out of their hands. They disappear into a world of mysterious cliques and rivalries, of grievances rendered in the primary colors of adolescent emotions and animated by comic book fantasies.(Adler 36) Parents try to become familiar with their children’s…

From a sociological perspective, the increase of violence in schools in poor neighborhoods is a reflection of the community itself. The social ills- poverty, single parent homes, drugs, prostitution, teenage pregnancy and street violence has crept into the school community. Furthermore, in poverty stricken areas, the schools generally do not have the financial resources to…

The growing problem of violence in schools in the United States has become a cause for concern in the twenty-first century. Part of the reason, some believe, is that schools do not pay much attention to those students that seem to have a problem. Therefore, most schools in the United States are not using the…

School violence in America has been a very contentious and serious problem over the last decade. However, probably the most appalling was the Columbine school shooting in Littleton, Colorado, in which two students, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, killed 12 schoolmates. Michael Moore, an active filmmaker, bases his feature on this horrific incident, focusing on…

Overview of the Problem Gun-related violence in schools is an omnipresent issue that has greatly increased over the last 20 years and there has been a 60% increase in school shootings which lead to multiple student deaths and student casualties (Cornell, 2019). If we do not address school violence, then our country has failed the…

Today, Americans live in constant fear of possible school violence, of a possible school shooting at any given time. However, school shooting rates in 2018 have not risen when compared to past decades (Kaste, 2018). In fact, since 1994, the occurrence of violent crimes in U.S. public schools have fallen drastically; over two-thirds as of…

The preponderance of violence in schools across the United States has been receiving much attention recently. With about half of all student reporting being exposed to some type of violence at school, that being the victim or the perpetrator, there is obvious reason that there is much concern about the issue of youth violence in…