The Causes Of School Violence

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School violence is a phenomenon that is becoming a serious problem in many countries in recent decades, especially in countries with developing economies, this phenomenon is even more pronounced. For a start, violence is defined as “the intentional use of physical force or power, against another person, group, or community, with the behavior likely to cause physical or psychological harm” (About School Violence). Turn to the main thing that is school violence. School violence is the act of harming the lives, properties, health, morale, reputation and honor of the victims in the school environment. School violence now tends to rise rapidly and occur in many parts of the world.
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Initially, status ‘excessive force’ of students at puberty makes them thrive physically, highly excited and less restrained. Moreover, they are looking for a way to prove themselves, their ego, but they don’t know how to achieve those things, so they want to use violence as a way of showing superiority over their friends. The second cause is from family. Parents with low income and educational level, addiction, crime, not creating emotional ties with their children, etc. , those things will lead to the moral degradation in students, which will cause school violence. Thirdly, school environment can make children become brutal. For example, nowadays some children are abused, threatened, humiliated by teachers, administrators, school staff, or they can be abandoned, rejected or bullied by their friends, etc., this will change the personality in children, which means that they can be more violent. The last reason comes from community, society and the media. Information Technology develops rapidly, children have access to the games and the Internet when they are at a very young age, which will lead to the addiction to online games, internet, as well as social networking sites. The influence of violent games is high, despite the legal, ethical standards, children just want to be satisfied with "the need of violence" through online games, leaving their real lives to find a virtual world of

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