Violence in Schools: Causes and Solutions
Violence is no longer an unexpected issue around the world. It occurs everywhere, from the closest places to us, such as our neighbourhood, to the places where our parents have put us for our own benefits, which are schools. Our parents and guardians have trusted schools to be the safest place besides our house, where we can learn, mingle, and live our childhood with exultation and gratification. Nevertheless, it’s also no longer a secret that schools are allegedly to be a place where violence can easily happen.
Violence in schools can show up in numerous structures, such as bullying, fighting (e.g., punching, slapping, kicking), weapon utilization, group brutality, and electronic hostility (CDC, 2014).
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In many cases, family and relatives are responsible for the occurrence of violence in schools. According to a recent research done by Safe Horizon, of youngster ill-use cases in 2012, there are more than 80% of the cases the guardian was the perpetrator (Safehorizon.org). Children who get abused or have seen a great amount of violence at home are more likely to do rather harsh and unpleasant things to other children because they were raised and taught that way. They also do it because they want to feel superior at schools since they don’t feel that way at home. While at schools, teachers and school administrators likewise have a gigantic part in setting up violence. Nonetheless, they have a tendency to do it in a more inconspicuous kind of way since they use the term of ‘disciplining’ and claiming that they do it in order to make the students learn their lessons. When in fact what they’ve been doing towards the students actually trigger anxiety and insecurity as the weight they feel troubles them to pass their breaking points and show what they’re really capable of. The lack of application of the rules that prevent violence from happening is also one of the causes from school’s side. In some cases, students often report the violence that’s occurred to the teachers or high authorities. However, teachers would address these cases in the beginnings, yet to their dismay that they just exacerbate matters by taking a side on the victims that create another reason for the subjects to harass the victims. Which, in this case, to shut their mouths or to prevent them from being
In Anita Garland’s essay “Let’s Really Reform Our Schools” the author begins by telling us that high schools in the U.S are failure. Garland argues that “the pressure to look fashionable and act cool outweighs any concern for learning.” She tells us that current safety measures like metal detectors and security guards have not be enough to beat the conflict of criminals in school. She claims that school ideas have to be reconstructed. Anita Garland tells us that the essential change to school structure should be school attendance; stop making it mandatory.
Greg Boyle once said “You can’t reason with gang violence: you can’t talk to it, sit it at a table, and negotiate with it.” A big problem with the US educational system is that they don’t do anything to stop gangs in school. The gangs inside the school and outside the school are constantly influencing the students making them more violent and aggressive against each other and teachers. In the memoir, Holler If You Can Hear Me By Gregory Michie, Michie and his students face gang problems inside and outside the school.
This article examines Seacrest High School that had major violent episodes between Asian-American and African-American students. While trying to decide how to deal with the violence and school safety, the other components of the school went by the wayside. All of this was chronicled in the media and an ensuing court order forced the school district to take measures that secured the safety of the students that attended the school. Although not done on purpose, the subsequent result was a neglect of academics and the overall school culture. The focus on safety, created during a chaotic approach to school improvement, led to a loss of focus of content knowledge, critical thinking skills, social-emotional support for students, and moral reasoning.
With an adjusted social school environment, this could be avoided. After Columbine, most school authority figures became educated on the social cues that could lead to violent behavior in schools (Stancato 2003, 20). This was a step in the right direction for the United States considering the reputation of high schools in the past. One thing that must be remembered is that no matter how much education they receive, schools cannot predict when an event like this may happen. Because of this, over the years schools have greatly updated their systems of security as well as kept their teachers educated on the recent findings
What’s missing from the typical kindergartener’s backpack? A gun. The ultimate solution to gun violence is more guns, isn’t that obvious? We are in need of guns everywhere to the point where our nation needs armed guards in every school. They say the more guns we have, the more gun violence there is, but in fact it does the complete opposite and solves gun violence.
I. Justification " Reasons o School environment significantly impacts students ' academic achievement. o Serious death and injury to students and faculty members o School security is based on the school districts discretion, but government policies are necessarily to prevent reoccurring events " Assumptions o Schools do not have appropriate polices for school crisis response o A limited amount of antiviolence initiatives that include prevention programs for all students. This include faculty members who are aware of psychological signs o Community involvement is necessary II.
Not only youth is affected by gun violence at home or in the streets but also by violence in school. The University of Michigan did a survey saying whether being in or out of school a large amount of high school seniors admitted to being threatened by a weapon. From 1992 to 1994 school related homicides and suicides doubled. Many student grow up being bullied. These students have a hard time during school.
Many schools in today’s society suffer from shootings at some point while children are attending school. Shootings in schools are not a new occurrence, and America has dealt with multiple shootings in public schools in which the lives of many children and teachers have been undeservingly taken (Elliott 528). Because of school shootings, this leaves our children in danger with no way to protect themselves. Gun violence in schools is an evident problem, and there are several ways to reduce the number of incidents, such as mental health screening for owners of guns, interconnectedness of communities, and more school funding.
The person who is most likely to be a perpetrator for this type of act is someone who is depressed, has anger management, and has suicidal thoughts. It is said that a majority of these children who do attack at schools live in a two-parent household. They say that these parents never really pay attention to their schoolwork, no supervision, and have no idea what is going on in their normal activities. This lack of knowledge really defines how a person
The school environment is one that has been stressed to be a safe and enjoyable place to learn. However, for many individuals, that is not the case. Students around the world have very unique experiences at school, which can unfortunately become abhorrent. According to the Center of Disease Control (CDC), and average of 96 Americans lose their lives to gun violence each day (Gun Violence by the Numbers). There are several causes of death by gun violence, but one of the causes that have become a growing problem is school shootings.
Youth violence in school continues to be a significant issue in the United States and research has repeatedly acknowledged being in a gang as one of the main causes of the violence in youths (Egley, Howell, & Harris, 2014; Huizinga & Lovegrove, 2009; Miller, 2001; Snyder & Sickmund, 2006). Youth violence can range from bullying, pushing/shoving, or emotional harm to gang violence or assault, with or without a weapon (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2015). Research shows that in recent years, gang activity has been steadily growing—outward from larger cities (Egley, Howell, & Harris, 2014)—and about 8 percent of the youths, who surveyed for the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth, had belonged to a gang at some point between the
Gangs can harass others and cause them to be afraid to come to school, which would lower their attendance and their grades. Bullies also play a big part in school violence. Students are constantly being picked on about their clothing. Bullies usually aim for the student’s style, how the clothes fit, or if the clothes are not “in style.” Schools need better fitting uniforms for those who vary in size (Kelly).
Many children are exposed to various sexual violence’s and behaviours in their own homes which causes depression, anger issues and mental disorders, but to some it might seem to be the right thing to do and they start to practice what they are exposed to at home at schools to other learners. Learners tend to assault other learners whenever the thoughts of what they experience at home may arise, in this manner they bring what they have seen or heard at home in the school environment. For example a boy who grew up in a home where he was exposed to his father abusing the mother regularly in his presence the child can put what they experienced at home in practice at school. Many South African schools experience this kind of behaviours not knowing were learners got the idea how and why they are behaving in that
Bullying in Schools What seems fun and harmless for some students, is painful and degrading to others. Bullying has been a critical issue around schools, but before it was not as dangerous and know as it is now. These do not means bullying was not happening, it means it was not taken into consideration by parents or teachers. They thought it was just peer pressure or a kids game, and sooner or later the kids would be friends again. At one point, bullies think it’s normal to be mean and abusive to other students.
Bullying is a widespread problem in our schools and communities and has a negative impact on students’ right to learn in a safe and secure environment without fear. It is a process in which one person repeatedly uses his/her superior strength or influence to mistreat, attack or force another person to do something (Van der Werf, 2014). Bullying or peer victimization is now recognized as a complex and pervasive problem (Beran, 2009). It is an ongoing problem that is not restricted by age, race, gender or class. This behavior generally takes one of four forms, physical such as assault, verbal which involves threats or insults, social which entails exclusion or rumor spreading, and cyber which includes aggressive texts or social network posts