Essay On Columbine Shooting

Two teenage boys dressed in large black trench coats arrive to school, heavily loaded with tons of weapons.Meanwhile, it's lunchtime at Columbine High School, students are chatting, laughing and enjoying their lunch. On April 20, 1999 in Littleton, Colorado, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold killed 13 people, injured 23 and committed suicide. The attack was planned many months before and there was even several hints of it occurring. Harris and Klebold possessed many weapons and even placed bombs throughout the school’s campus. This historical event is later known as the Columbine Shooting and will forever go down as one of the nation’s deadliest school shootings. The Columbine Shooting in 1999 was a major pivotal point in the United States. This

Between the years 1999 and 2007 twelve school rampage shootings occurred, eight of them referenced Columbine as inspiration (Guy). The United States has then become a nation where school shootings are common. But, also where Americans have become numb to them, since they are vastly frequent. Accordingly, in the United States it has been studied that mass killings happen about every two weeks and a school shooting once a month (Guy). Harris and Klebold were victimized by other students and considered outcasts. This lead for many people to believe that's what motivated them to plot the massacre. Therefore, many schools are trying to create a “positive school climate” to prevent school shootings (Calefati). This positive school climate is a way of making the school environment safe, yet also make the students feel valued. Teachers and school administrators are now encouraged to be more connected to students that are in small groups or isolated. This allows students to feel more connected to their school communities and comfortable to talk to someone. Something like this would have really benefitted Harris and Klebold at the time, since they had a strong hatred toward the school and