School violence effects the way students perform in their school. Students do not want to show up to class, because of being afraid of fights, stabbing, or shootings. Due to all the school violence students get a low self-esteem and this makes students feel like they do not want to go to school. "School violence has turned many of our classrooms into war zones" (Toch 2). All some students think about in school is fighting and hurting other students that they do no do well in their classes and many teachers and students hate them for that reason. Most students can not eat or get sleep, because of being scared to come to school. Many students concentrate on bringing guns and fighting more than their academic grades in school. This almost makes learning impossible (2). Violent students make other students not able to do their work so they get worse grades. Some students stay in their house and not come out due

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There are also many more symptoms of violent students. If a student has easy access, possession, or use of any kind a weapon used to kill someone can be a high risk of bringing one of the weapons to school and hurt other students or staff members. Students that use alcohol and drugs can be violent if they can not get a hold of what they want (Dwyer 10). If a student is chronically hitting objects may hit a student. If a student is intimidating to other students and have a bully attitude can cause one to hurt another. If a student has been involved with other crimes that the police have prosecuted them for could end up so mad at the police that they will take it our on the students in the school. Withdraws from social contact can be an important indication of a troubled child that might hurt someone. If a student has an affiliation with a gang he or she will hurt someone to show off to other gang members. Person that is being constantly picked may feel need for violence. A student that is teased may also feel the need for violence. If a person is bullied he or she will probably try to get revenge in some way. A student that becomes humiliated may try to hurt the person that humiliated him. Person that destroys property of the school or other property and causes sever damage can show that the person is not happy about something or someone.

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School Violence is hurting students in many ways. Such as it hurts students emotionally. Students get their items that they own stolen and it hurts their feelings. They worked hard to get that item that was stolen from them (Thompkins 3). School violence also makes students so mentally depressed that they commit suicide. Suicides hurts all of the students when one of them has committed suicide. (3). Female students tend to get hurt more emotionally from violent students, because that takes criticism more than a male student takes criticism in our schools. Due to the gang activity students become to feel mentally depressed. This is because they either do not get to join the gang or are scared of the gang.

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