Is violence in schools really necessary? Violence in schools involving kids happen all the time. Some causes could be things such as gangs, racism, and peer pressure. Violence in schools is getting carried away. If something isn't done soon there is going to be another Columbine incident. (Thesis Statement)
             The first problem that has to do with violence in schools is parenting. Bad parenting can consist of many things such as being irresponsible, setting bad examples and not showing enough attention. An extremely big problem is that irresponsible parents leave guns laying around everywhere! (Naughton and Thomas, 2000.) As a result, a six year old boy took a gun to school and shot a classmate.
             As I stated before setting bad examples is a big problem. Some bad examples that parents set is taking drugs and getting into fights in front of their children. A six year boy kills a classmate because the guardian set
             bad examples. There was cocaine lying around the house and there were guns underneath sheets. (Naughton and Evan, 2000)
             Also, parents at times don't show enough attention to their kids and can be discouraging. Perhaps if kids and parents thought the same, there would be no violence; but they don't. They need to show more attention to their kids ("Teen", March 2000.) I have just compared the first problem in violence in schools now I will go on to the second.
             The second problem that has to do with violence in schools is television. Children spend more than thirty-three hours a week watching television. As a result, there may be violence on there which can lead to violence in schools. (Survey, 1999.)
             Another thing is the violence that kids watch could heavily influence them. There are many shows on television which has killing which kids watch. Those shows can result into violence in schools (Inside, 2000)
             Video games and movies also have violence in them. These two are rel
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