with some type of weapon rather than an old-fashioned fist fight has increased significantly. A major difference between violence in the schools in the 1950s and the 1990s is the presence and use of weapons, especially guns. One in five high school students are said to carry a weapon at least twice a month. If that's not scary enough, handguns are overwhelmingly the choice of weapon (by seventy-five percent) for those who committed violence in schools. Students also seem to hold a grudge much longer. Some students wait until the last day of school to settle an incident that has occurred weeks or months earlier.
             The public's concern about discipline and violence in the schools is well spoken. Violence caused by school-age children (in and out of school) is worse n
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