over 22 incidents, and hundreds of others injured between April 1999 and April 2001

(Hunter 2). In reference to violence, Richard Riley, the Secretary of Education says,

"[Violence] has turned many of our classrooms into war zones." (Toch 6). Reasons for

such violence are due to the adolescent attitudes and great reduction in respect for one

anothers life ( Toch 1). School Violence is a problem due to the violence in today's

media, easy availability of guns and neglect in correlation with the lack of proper

For instance, kids imitate what they see, and when they watch action movies, the

bad guy tends to walk away happy and being congratulated after blowing away someone

(Bailey 47; Schleifer 42). Kids who tend to see more violence such as in toys, movies, or

videogames are often more prone to the idea that violence is not bad (Bailey 47). If you

ever visit Kay-Bee Toys or Toys R' Us, take a walk down the toy isle. There will be

nothing but an "assortment of toy guns and rifles, bow and arrows, plastic swords, knives,

grenades, and space weapons." (Schleifer 15). The violence in today's media is believed

theory. They might say to place metal detectors throughout the school, police the school,

(Goode 1). It is believed that schools have a large role in school violence. One role that

always too busy out working overtime in order to support the family (Fagan 87-91). It has

Smaller, decentralized schools work better." A professor of education, Harro Ban

up boys in America predisposes them to a sense of loneliness and disconnection and

availability of military type weapons and guns (Mattern 98). It is estimated that everyday

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