What is a school? A school is designed to be a safe haven for children to go to five days a week to receive an education. What happens when a student steps into his or her school one morning with a weapon, and immediately erases any sense of peace and safety that once existed there? What causes a child to intentionally fire on fellow classmates and faculty? What could possibly be done to prevent these situations? The killers behind the Columbine High School, Thurston High School, and Heath High School shootings have shown the American public just how quickly a school can become a place that no longer feels safe. These threatening children must be sought out before another school becomes nationally recognized for a shooting. In some cases, killers are not shaped by society, but by genetics. This was a major factor in Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold’s decision to shoot up …show more content…
The killers behind the Columbine High School, Thurston High School, and Heath High School shootings all had different reasons for committing their crimes, but the signs were ever present. Mental illness, obsession with guns and other weapons, deviant behavior, and hatred openly expressed to others or in homework assignments are the most common ones. Because school shootings have become something to be feared, it is time that faculty and students actively seek out those who may do something rash. If a teacher notices that something is off with a student, he or she should at least pull the student aside and express possible concerns. If a student sees or hears something that may be a threat to the safety of others, he or she should report it. In many cases, a school shooting could have been prevented if the perpetrator had someone with whom he or she felt comfortable discussing his or her
Firstly, it is discussed that not all school shooter have had or shown any mental problems or family problems that caused them to do the evil acts, they might
The book “Rampage The Social Roots Of School Shootings” written by Newman et al, offers many different views and theories behind the issues of Rampage school shootings. In this paper I will give the reader an in depth overview and evaluation of the aforementioned book. Offering researched based reasons to why these school shootings actually happen. They explore the communities of Heath and Westside, the grounds of two horrific acts of rampage shootings by Michael Carnell, Andrew Golden and Mitchell Johnson. They explain various angles of there research such as identifying an issue, how signals given by children can be misinterpreted, the effects of social capital and how mental factors play a role in the acts of the shooters.
A simple way to stop school shootings in our district would be by eliminating all the factors that form a school shooter. Most school shooter suffered from bullying or had some sort of mental illness. In order to minimize the chance of a kid becoming a school shooter, we need to increase awareness.
A school shooting is a traumatic event that requires early and effective intervention. Children are vulnerable to psychological stress which can cause devastating effects without proper intervention. The goals of my intervention plan are to clarify the cause of the shooting, stabilize the situation as soon as possible, mobilize necessary resources, normalize of the situation, get the victims to safety and facilitate healing and access to help for those who need it. The first step will be an immediate action of mobilizing the necessary personnel and resources to aid in the intervention process.
Students today live their day-to-day lives in constant fear of what seems inevitable. The United States has one of the highests rates of school shootings in the world. Society has become so desensitized to these shootings that they are no longer shocked to hear about another school falling victim to it. Even when students take a stand against gun violence, the only solution offered to them is a proposition to arm teachers. However, bringing more guns into a school will only further deteriorate the situation.
My mom’s friend, Kate, had an experience with a school shooter while teaching. Kate was teaching a third-grade music class, and as the children walked in a father walked in with one of
Therefore, preventative measures should include information on conflict management, as well, training students and faculty to watch for any warnings signs that could prevent any future shootings (Jablonski, 2008, p. 11). According to an U.S Secret Service study, about half of the attacks of thirty-seven school shootings were resolved and ended before police forces responded to the scene (“Students for Concealed” n.d.). Violence on college campuses is something that can be prevented by increasing awareness and offering training opportunities, students should take a huge role in this prevention since they have a stronger interaction with their peers more than with any other faculty of
Students go off to school where no one knows what could happen. If a gunman does decide to come to the school, the students know their teacher will protect
Many schools in today’s society suffer from shootings at some point while children are attending school. Shootings in schools are not a new occurrence, and America has dealt with multiple shootings in public schools in which the lives of many children and teachers have been undeservingly taken (Elliott 528). Because of school shootings, this leaves our children in danger with no way to protect themselves. Gun violence in schools is an evident problem, and there are several ways to reduce the number of incidents, such as mental health screening for owners of guns, interconnectedness of communities, and more school funding.
A nonprofit group that attempts to prevent gun violence called “Everytown for Gun Safety,” released a statement about school shootings. The organization claimed that the school shooting at “[Marjory Stoneman Douglas High] is the 18th school shooting in the U.S. in 2018.’” (Cox and Rich). In less than three months, there have been eighteen school shootings. This shows that schools are no longer a safe environment.
Resolutions are vehemently being sought to protect schools from possible attacks and to objectively eradicate deadly school shootings altogether. Commonly, security officers are placed in schools in hopes that increased surveillance will inhibit violent outbreaks (Crawford and Burns 2016). Mixed evaluations have been found in association with security officers, while some benefits reportedly transpire, experiences of disparaging consequences remain a regrettable reality as well (Crawford and Burns 2016). Additionally, active shooter drills routinely occur at schools across the nation, however, as Jillian Peterson and James Densley report in their CNN article titled, “The Usual Approach to School Security Isn’t Working,” studies indicate that
Informative Speech Going Out with a Bang General Purpose: To inform. Specific purpose: To inform my audience about the causes of school shootings in America. Central Idea: The main causes for school shootings are easy access to guns, mental instability and trauma. INTRODUCTION I. (Attention Getter)
In recent years, 17 students and teachers were killed by a shooter in one incident at a German public school; 14 legislators were shot to death in Switzerland, and eight city council members were shot to death near Paris. The main lesson that should emerge from the Virginia Tech killings is that we need to work harder to identify and cope with dangerously unstable personalities. It is a problem for Europeans as well as Americans, one for which there are no easy solutions — such as passing more gun control
Elementary school students meander about in the hallway chattering about the multiplication tables or which guy or girl is the cutest in the grade, meanwhile, a boy around the age of 18 walks up to school, large face trembling, eyes popping out of his sockets, legs shaking like a madman’s, and one hand holding an assault rifle behind his back. Once the viewing of this video scenario was over kids ran home to their parents shouting, “Mom I need a gun to protect myself at school” . Parents obviously seeking only to protect their children will proceed to buy their child an assault rifle as humble means of protection. The problem faced with guns in schools is that not all parents can afford to go out and buy an AR-15 for their
Recently in Marjory Stoneman Douglas high school which is located in Parkland, Florida, a school shooting took place. This shooter took seventeen innocent people's lives some were the students who had the desire to learn, and become something and some were teachers who had the ability to show a student the contrast between right and wrong. The shooter was a former student from the school, who had been expelled for trying to start a fire in the school building. He was against people with color and required mental help, he also created a youtube channel and recorded videos saying he wanted a gun, and he wanted to kill people, he couldn't admit his mistake and didn't try to improve. After getting expelled he was trying to seek revenge.