No cute or clever titles for this one folks. This is a topic that boggles my mind. When the shootings first happened at Columbine High School, I was incredibly shocked and saddened. When the other shootings have happened at other high schools and colleges around the country, I made me outraged. I've often thought "How the Hell can this continue to happen?"
When the latest school shooting happened here in Memphis, I said "enough is enough damn it!" Some of the city schools in this country are breeding grounds for violence and something has to be done to stop it. Some of those schools are right here in this city. I just don't understand how or why nothing is being done to end the violence.
Perhaps my train of thought will be perceived as too extreme by some. But I really think we need to ship these violent offenders off to another country if they can't stop shooting and killing. Yes, I know that most of them are kids, but these violent kids are growing up to be violent adults. School administrators give them chance after chance, shuffle them around to other schools, and have created "alternative schools" for the truely troubled children. Guidance counselors can only do so much when the parents of these kids do nothing. It is very much the parents who are mostly to blame here. Most of the parents either don't care or are just not there for their kids and the kids turn to the only thing that seems to make them feel good about themselves...violence.
Well, this has to stop. This vicious cycle must come to an end and if it means that the kids have to be exiled as a result, then so be it. Oh, and send their parents with them.
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And now another shooting at another university. People try to say that the violence in our culture, especially in our entertainment culture has no bearing on what is happening in our nation today. Well I must disagree. I am not saying that is the cause, there are a a lot of factors involved including lack of parenting at times. But entertainment in our country is a huge influence on people, way too much. So yes, I think it is a contributing factor in that it hardens people to violence. Also, if some body has emotional problems they may be even more easily influenced.
Wow, you feel very strongly about this issue. I agree-we should do something. Having both the parents and schools ignore the kids is not a good thing. I don't think it's always a factor of the parents not caring, but that's probably the biggest reason. Maybe the students just need someone to listen to them, and teachers/parents/someone should be able to do that.
I know what he means. I'm tired of the seeing and hearing the violence about the schools here. The last school shooting that I heard, I did not bother searching for details because I was not in the mood to hear about the shooting. Something has to be done. I think the school stinks now it is worse. I thought the food situation was enough and now they have violence outbreaks. The last thing we need is a huge high school fight.
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