Originally posted by oLDWoRLDDiSoRDeR
Collateral damage . Teach kids its ok to go to war and they wage it on anyone that disagrees with them . As i have said before . This happens when
there are wars . I haven't been able to find a single school (violence) in the states that happened while we were not at war.
Expect more to come.
[edit on 1-4-2008 by oLDWoRLDDiSoRDeR]
Frontier Junior High shooting Moses Lake, Washington, United States February 2, 1996
Bethel High School shooting Bethel, Alaska, United States February 19, 1997
Pearl High School shooting Pearl, Mississippi, United States October 1, 1997
Heath High School shooting West Paducah, Kentucky United States December 1, 1997
Westside Middle School shooting Jonesboro, Arkansas, United States March 24, 1998
Parker Middle School shooting Edinboro, Pennsylvania April 24, 1998
Thurston High School shooting Springfield, Oregon, United States May 21, 1998
Columbine High School massacre Littleton, Colorado, United States April 20, 1999
Heritage High School shooting Conyers, Georgia, United States May 20, 1999
Buell Elementary School shooting Mount Morris Township, Michigan, United States February 29, 2000
Santana High School shooting Santee, California, United States March 5, 2001
Granite Hills High School shooting El Cajon, California March 22, 2001
School shootings
US conflicts
I wouldn't assume that war is the reason our kids are lashing out. You didn't see or hear of many school shootings going on during the two biggest
wars this country has been in. If I had to guess why this has been happening more and more lately, the first and biggest reason, would be the lack of
a family life. It has become too easy...especialy in a country where over 50% of marriages end in divorce, for single parents to pawn their children
off on the T.V. or video games. Where the main objective is to kill as many people as you can without any consequences! Everyone that has kids know
that they will push you, as a parent, as far as they can until you stop them. A lot of parents nowadays just let their kids push and push and just
rollover.
When the kid sees they own their parents, what makes you think that their teacher or other students are going to stand in their way when they want
something. Especialy when the teachers rights to discipline students has been stripped. Respect starts at home. As a parent you're not required to
EARN your childs respect, you're to REQUIRE it! Let them get away with murder at home, and they'll try to get away with it everywhere else. I
will go out on a limb here and say that aside from a mental disorder in some of these kids, every single one of these instances could have been
prevented AT HOME! If my son acts up in school, I take that personally, because obviously I need to step it up at HOME!