Behavior on High School

Behavior on High School

In today's society, we deal with many issues that pose threats to others and are a big problem throughout the world. One of these issues that hits home for me is school violence. School violence, according to the Center for the Prevention of School Violence in the North Carolina Department of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, is defined as “any behavior that violates a school's educational mission or climate of respect or jeopardizes the intent of the school to be free of aggression against persons or property, drugs, weapons, disruptions and disorder.”

School violence goes as far back as the 1920s, possibly even before that. One such incident happened in Maine in 1927, when a school board official blew up a school and killed 44 people. Other related incidents include the Columbine and Virginia Tech shootings. This kind of deviance is not appropriate and affects so many people and societies. The definition stated above shows that “violence in schools” doesn't always mean “school shootings”. There are actually many forms in which this takes place. One form of school violence is bullying. Bullying can be caused by a vast number of reasons. Children can bully others because they are abused at home, are influenced by their group of friends, have no role model so they simply don't know any better, or because they are bullied themselves elsewhere outside of school. The affect bullying has on the victim can be quite severe. They may end up dropping out of school because they are scared or just tired of being pushed around. This leads to all the downfalls which result from not having a proper education. The bullying can also mentally affect anyone to the point where they end up needing counseling.

Sexual assault is another form of school violence. Adults, whether they are teachers, janitors, or principals, do it. An adult can sexually harass another adult, or even a child. Not to say that it's only adults who are guilty of such an act. There are eight stages of development, according to Erik H Erikson. The first is infancy, and then comes toddlerhood, preschool, preadolescence, adolescence, young adulthood, middle adulthood and old age. Children usually copy what they see and don't know whether it's right or wrong a lot of the time. They are extremely vulnerable and easily influenced between the 3rd 4th and 5th stages.

Verbal abuse, although no ...