School Violence and Bullying

Miserably, school violence has become routine across the nation. For example, just by watching the news alone; one listens to, and witnesses countless occurrences of school violence. "Highly publicized school shootings, [like the massacre in Columbine[1],] have created an uncertainty about the safety and security of this country's schools, and have generated fear that an attack is imminent in any school, in any community" (Vossekuil, 2002, p3). For this reason, the United States government set into motion, various studies to determine both the direct and indirect causes and effects of school violence. The intention of this research paper is to examine the impact that school violence has on students' learning environment, and to hypothesis new safety approaches. In addition, this research paper will focus on the fundamental characteristics that can cause a student's narcissistic behavior to lash out, as well as, the effects of their behavior has on the student's peers.

The intention of bullying, for example, is intended to make the victim feel stressed and impaired. The aggressor generally has power over the person/s whom they are bullying. Bullying is a major foundation that relates to the rising amount of unpleasant incidents of school violence; and it necessitates attention from educators. School sadism has an emotional impact on children of all ages; this act of domestic terrorism is seen as early as kindergarten, to the college level - where students bring guns to school to simply alarm other students, whom they have been hostile with (Toppo, 2003).