School Violence
My focus in this blog is the sudden increase in school violence. My interest specifically is not gang-related violence, but the trend in ‘lone gunman’ activity. The last decade has tought us that no school seems to be immune from these terrible incidents. From Columbine, Colorado to Virginia Tech, it really can happen anywhere.
As future educators, I believe it should be a priority to identify the root causes of this problem, rather than the prevention of it. Metal detectors in schools may keep the guns out, but they are not stopping students from being driven into the state of mind that causes the violence in the first place.
Hopefully we can come to a larger understanding of the root causes of this terrible trend.
