in that comes along with the gun shots, and so for them, they see the shooting as
just an easy way for the character to escape his or her own problems (Schleifer 18). After
the Littleton incident, theather owners were asked to buckle down, and make sure that kids
under the age of 17 were not permitted into rated R movies alone ("School Safety" 18).
What good would this truly do? You cannot stop kids from watching things, because the
movie will eventually come out on video, and every kid will get a chance to view it.
Overall, there is no way possible way that you can prevent the violence in the media. In
some way, shape, or form, violence is always going to find it's way to children, making
Additionally, "threats, ridicule, name calling, hitting, slapping, and other forms of
intimidation and harassment are a common feature of life in America's classrooms,
researchers have found, in the first large scale national study of bullying in the schools."
(Goode 1). It is believed that schools have a large role in school violence. One role that
the school plays in school violence is the impersonality of schools. Smaller schools would
work better according to Columnist Wente. She says, " They've been saying it for years.
Smaller, decentralized schools work better." A professor of education, Harro Ban
Brummelen agrees with Wente's theory. Harro Brummelen also sugges
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