School shootings have just become the latest fad reaction to bigger problems at school. Angsty teen wants to kill himself? Well, now he just takes a few others with him in the process or does it to get revenge on his fellow classmates.
Is it 50 cent and all that "MTV culture" that caused this? I think that is way over the top, I think if this indeed was a school shooting like VT or Columbine, the kid probably just saw some of the other school shootings on the news and decided it was a good way to get back at people.
Want to start putting an end to these? Try dealing with some of the problems at school, such as bullying, which leads to some of the problems that have come along. I'd say bullying now probably has more of a drastic effect on children because back in the "good old days (as CB likes to call them)", kids were regularily exposed to a culture of violence from either teachers or even their parents. Now, violence isn't considered an acceptable method to deal with problem children (and rightfully so), but I think it has made kids softer in a sense.
Maybe start instituting a program where teachers (ones who are actually listened to), can recommend kids for at least some visits to a school psychologist.
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