School Violence: Rationale For Selecting Your Indicators (Article Sample)

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Introduction
It is with no doubt that the rampant violence and shootings in our schools have become a serious concern in the country that needs to be properly addressed. It is therefore necessary to get answers and quick solution to this terrible circumstance. As much as we all would want our children to be education it is also a vital concern to have safety at school safeguarded. We then have a responsibility to look for sustainable reliable and efficient solutions that require relative deep thinking other than setting up easy and quick solutions. As a lawmaker I am very concerned about the young people as they are our expected future leaders.
Background
In order to have efficient solutions we must firstly understand and assess the nature and conditions at which the school violence and shootings occur and importantly the characteristics of the necessary interventions.
Discussion
Basically school violence and shootings are as a result of various social ill that occur for a wide range of reasons. This may include bad behaviors such as drugs, alcohol and substance abuse. Any student, school staff or school associate who is under the influence of drugs tends to lose control of his/her acts commonly in an irrational manner and this results to a possible catalyst for violence and shooting in schools.
Another reason could be personality problems. When a student in school feels out of place maybe due to shyness or any other factor he /she is prone to a crazy act to prove wrong his peers and this could result in gang fights, bullying and other school violence.
School violence could also be brought about by the background environment of the child’s upbringing. Children brought up in negative environments including places of worry, hatred, inferiority, anger and other violent behaviors may practice these behaviors in school and these resulting in moral decadence in school.
The media is also responsible for school violence and shootings. There is usually a huge impact that is brought watching television and video games where the children emulate the characters of their favorite actors that this leads to the practice of the learnt violent behaviors in school.
Finally is ignorance of the government. The government allows possession of weapons such as guns in households. Teenagers and more so school going children take advantage of this opportunity and have the access to sharp items and dangerous weapons, where they carry with them to school and use them to intimidate their peers. The government is also yet to develop various laws that will aid curb the violence in school to making it offence punishable by the law.
Mitigations
First and foremost, the schools ought to legislate strong disciplinary rules and regulations that the students should abide to and failure to that should result in heavy conse...