School Shootings

p Bullying Leads to School Violence School violence , especially high school shootings , has received much attention in recent years . The 1999 Columbine High School shooting and others like it have thrust the issue of a young person 's acceptance by peers into the spotlight . Several elements of the social sphere of a student 's environment contribute to students taking guns to school and pulling the trigger , with bullying the most common and pervasive . This social element that could contribute to a catastrophe could be fixed or prevented

Bullying in school has become

a serious problem . On a typical school day , three out of ten students are involved in bullying , either as perpetrators , bystanders , or victims . About 160 ,000 students skip school because of bullying . Bullied students are prone to depression poor academic performance , and violence . Bullies , on the other hand are more likely to commit crimes as adults than others

Bullied students are more likely to resort to violence against their peers . For example , the Columbine High School shootings were perpetrated not by students who were bullies , but by two boys who were harassed and tormented by their peers . A Bureau of Justice Statistics survey found that 86 percent of high school students said teenagers resort to violence in school because of other kids picking on them making fun of them , or bullying them (Greenya , 2008 ,

. 94 Bullying , for many years , has been considered a rite of passage , a normal , harmless childhood phase that toughens the child up for life...