Speech 131- T/TH 7:30 am Section 33282
Courtney Mathis ID # 2899247
Why does school violence have such of an effect on our society today? School violence is the intentional use of physical force or power, group or community, with the behavior likely to cause physical or psychological harm. Most school violence start from differences between teenagers. Like for instance about some weeks ago this girl named Amy Joyner died over this boy. The girls that jumped her was mad that she was dating one of the girl’s ex boyfriends. It was not her fault that the boy had no more interest in them and wanted to try something new. For the careless actions upon the situation caused one girl to die and 3 charged with attempted murder in the second degree. School violence is just a cry for help in need of attention because of the home training they are lacking at home. I am arguing today we look past our differences and actually communicate and come to some sort of agreement. Let your understanding speak louder than your misconceptions. We as people have to own up to our mistakes and not make every little thing an issue that causes another’s life at jeopardy. In the article school violence by Jaana Juvonen she states that “Bullying and more serious violent behavior are not separate problems. Childhood bullying predicts person-oriented crime in young adulthood.” How do you feel when you lose another loved one due to violence? What if you try to make a change, but it has gotten so worse
Theme is big idea we take away from a story after reading it. In the novel, Tangerine by Edward Bloor, the primary theme of the story is friendship. The theme of friendship shows up in many events throughout the novel. Over and over again, the reader sees the character(s) struggling with this theme. Bloor develops characters to represent the importance of friendship and what it reveals about human beings.
“The great majority of school shootings are perpetrated by victims of bullying.” states Izzy Kalman (qtd in Kalman) I believe that school violence can be stemmed from bullying. The violence is often caused by the victims of bullying or the bullies themselves. I was bullied as a child and I remember how humiliated I would feel some days. Over time, that humiliation turned into anger, and in turn I wanted to hurt those that had hurt me. I never did hurt anyone, but that isn’t always the case. Bullying is a problem that is not taken seriously enough and can lead to school shootings and suicide.
Athletes are dominated, managed, and controlled. They do not receive a wage compensation for their contribution to economic returns. Athletes are sometimes mistreated physically and mentally; and denied rights and freedoms of other citizens. The debate over whether or not to pay collegiate athletes, specifically Division 1, has increased greatly. Many people believe college athletic associations; such as the NCAA (National Collegiate Athletic Associations) treat college athletes unfairly. College athletes have been dedicating time, hard work, and much more to their schools' athletic departments. People are making millions of dollars off of these athletes while, they are living in poverty. Things need to change; these players need to
Even since the shooting at Columbine High School caught the attention of America and all the world on April 20, 1999, high school shootings and other forms of violence at schools has been plaguing America during the last ten years. It is also found that most of the violence that occurs in high schools is caused by young men. Students aren’t feeling safe at school anymore and parents are enraged that students could bring the weapons to school in the first place. Many people have brought their own opinions into play about why violence in schools occurs. Such causes range from violence in the media, being treated poorly by peers and administrators in school, all the way to poor parental
Right now we are having problems in schools that we didn't have years ago because parents don't teach the fundamental values and or manners, since there is since there is a lot of violence in streets and tv shows the kids grow with all that and try to do what they see because that's what they think it is correct in this last years they have been many cases of bullying because one of the values that's a getting lost is respect that is the fundamental value each kid should have, if we continue like this in some years kids would be worst than adults in recent years it has been seen that students get weapons with them such as gums and knives to school and try to harm and even kill the teacher or other students, recent studies have shown that the main reasons of these violence: first of all because weapons are very accessible in this
Kids growing in today world are full of violence. Kids bullying kids, make them unhappy depressed and to the point of taking their own life. Kids getting abuse at home or domestic violence is taking place with the parents, making the kids lash out with frustration and angry , and taking it out on innocent people. This has to stop as well. You would think kids that that grow up in that type of hostile situation the kids who grow up to be total opposite. But that not true. As a matter of fact, more kids who grow up in that type of situation would more than likely grow up in that same situation or worse. Majority of these rebellious children grew up in home with violence, witnessing violent acts, and it is almost certain that child will adapt the same tendency to engage in violent acts. Growing up in a violent home can set patterns for children … patterns that can cause them to commit violence and abuse, and continue the cycle of violence and abuse (Love Our Children
As teachers, parents, and students prepare and begin this new school year, hopefully fears of school violence such as the bullying, slapping, punching, weapon use, and rape will not be their major concern. To top it all, what is School Violence? As defined in the Oxford Dictionary, School Violence is a subset of students or teachers violence, physical force exerted for the purpose of violating, damaging, or abusing, the act or an instance of violent action or behavior at school, abuse or injury to meaning, content, or intent, vehemence of feeling or expression. What is sad is that school violence needs to be a concern at all. The fact is; violence of one sort or another is part of many schools today. Fortunately, this usually
Elliot Rodger was the perpetrator that killed six innocent young men and women on the California campus. He had been portraying odd behavior for quite some time and had been attending for a number of years. It has been stated that one of the reasons for the therapy, Rodger may have been a victim of bullying and cyberbullying during his adolescence. I fear that in a society where bullying takes place, people are more likely to commit violent acts. A growing body of research shows a strong relationship between bullying and mass violence. Professors Michael Kimmel and Matthew Mahler of Stony Brook University have found that most boys that have committed school shootings in American High School and Middle Schools were “mercilessly and routinely teased and bullied and that their violence was retaliatory against threats to manhood.” (Huffingtonpost.com Aug.
Violence in high school atleast is a very real problem in schools today. The problem is caused by parents,coaches,and fans by putting this idea of hurting the child in front of them is “cool” or the only way to get free college. Why is it that we tell kids this? Motivation to keep doing it. It's just like training your dog for a fight; you reward them with treats and tell them that what they are doing is right. Sometimes we even throw in a weaker dog (smaller players or students that don't play) to beat up on to make them feel like they are at the top of their game.
States that Bullying can lead people to hurt or also kill others and she giving us some anti-bullying programs. For example on April 22, 1999 two students at Columbine High School kill thirteen students, a teacher, and at the end they kill themselves. Some students say that the massacre at columbine was because Bullying was pretty bad in there. Because of this massacre the US department of education to take some new ways to prevent bullying. Most of the anti-bullying programs are focus in change the school environment. This author conclude that the violence is not the right way yo deal with Bullying because in some cases it not only affect the victims, it also cost the life of innocent people; also schools should make anti-bullying programs so in that way students can feel more comfortable at school. (Winker, Kathieen Bullying how to deal
School violence is a major controversial problem around the world. It plays an important role for the future of children and impacts the environment children are growing up in. The effects of school violence can lead severe mental and physical trauma for both perpetrators and victim along with the loss of human lives. The main cause of school violence is a combination of weak community relations and a lack of a firm hand within schools as well as communities. Our society need to demand that schools must be created safe for our children and no child should live with fear to attend school. If a student is being picked on or bullied, he or she will not want to communicate with others.
School violence, in recent history, seems to have taken the United States by storm. Be it a shooting, such as the Columbine High School shooting in 1999, the inappropriate relationships between teacher and student, such as Stephanie Figueroa whom initiated one such relationship with her 11-year-old karate student, or the multiple fights we see on social media that take place in schools. With each passing week, we see a new story that falls in one of these categories. Today, we look at the types of, causes of and how to prevent violence in what should be a safe place and second home for our youth.
Having seen many different types of violence occur right in front of my very eyes, I can say one thing for sure, and that is ninety nine percent of all the violence that happens in school is caused by the feeling of a power surge that happens when someone is below you. Think about it! The ninety nine percent I just talked about can be broken down into two categories of violence: bullying and fights. For instance, take two guys/gals that have some serious beef with each other. Once they have reached their limit, everyone has a choice, to walk away or to fight, and sadly, majority take the latter. They feel their anger bubble in their chest, and then, before you know it, those feelings that have been compressed and ignored for so long all rush out in a flurry of fists. Your caveman instincts take over, not caring about the consequences you would soon face. Punch after punch, slur after slur, you don’t stop until they are down, you are down, or you are forced apart. Now, after seeing how a fight occurs (most of the time), let’s analyze it, in order to see how we can stop it. If we, as middle school students, could just learn to talk out our feelings, or spill out about what’s up with our lives and what problems we have, I know that we could form a better society. One way of achieving this far off dream would be to sow the seeds so that they can sprout. What I mean by this is that our parenting should play a role in what violence we commit. If parents are able to coax their children, and make it a normal for them to talk about their feelings, then I swear that half of
Conflict and differences of opinion exist in every healthy organization. Americans need to try to take control of today's youth and the violence that is and has been developing in this country for many years. Although violence will never be extinct, there are many different ways to reduce violence. Each school and student population has different ways of dealing with and helping to curb the need for violence in schools.
The relationship is that the pigs and the working class animals are that they both live in the same farm. They were equal until the animals overthrew Mr. Jones and then the wisest from the animals the pigs began to rule. While ruling they were the leaders so they got the best quality materials while the working class animals had to suffer from starvation and of cold. In the meantime the pigs were feasting on everything they could get their hands or in this case trotters on.