The Increase of School Violence in America

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Is school violence increasing or decreasing? There has been a huge debate about is school violence increasing or decreasing? Reasons why school violence is decreasing is that many schools now have rules and policies such as metal detectors and locker checks, these rules and policies help teachers and students realize that for what purpose do these students bring these kinds of items to school. Also when kids understand that they shouldn’t do these kinds of things they think the teachers are right because they notice why to bully this person? Why to bring a weapon to school, therefore making school violence decreasing. But on the other side of the issue why school violence in increasing is because that everyday a teacher a student a principal a janitor knows that something bad between 2 or more kids is going to happen like bullying or fights. When people experience these problems they realize that let me try, that so they decide to go make fun of someone else and get into a fight and so on more kids will see that “monkey see monkey do” therefore making school violence increasing. The side I agree with is that school violence is increasing because of bullying, weapons, and the media.

School violence is increasing because of the bullying happening in school. According to the bullying article in the united states “bullying behavior, broadly described as intimidating or harassing another person through physical or verbal assaults and insults, can begin at any age but it seems to be a particular problem among children and adolescents. Although bullying is usually a one-on-one behavior, it also has a broader social impact that they have established a position of superiority in the same group. Bullying behavior can continue into adul...

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...th violent images, violent heroes, and violent acts. Some feel that this has led to an increasing acceptance of violence as a way to solve problems.”(day,nancy,23) meaning that students watch hear and look at different stuff at this time for example family guy has cursing it has inappropriate scenes and violent heroes. This is making people to make others learn this making school violence increase. According to violence in the media children see violence in movies and on tv with no ethical content. It is exciting, satisfying, and empowering. Heroes live; villains die. No one ends up in a wheelchair without bowel control or in a hospital bed breathing through a tube”.( day,nancy,23) also saying that they watch things that are not rated and do not mind to check what the rating is online. Also people need to actually listen to what their hearing so they wont spread it.

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