School Violence

I was really surprised to learn in both the Kimmel article and the Tough Guise video that all the recent random school shootings have been carried out by white suburban boys that felt less manly because of the way their classmates treated them. When you think of violence in schools, you would probably first guess that most acts are done in inter-city schools. It's easier to think this way - atleast for me because I go to a upper-middle class suburban school filled with white boys. I would like to think that violence could never happen at my school and at first glance you wouldn't think it could happen. But the truth is, I hear boys being put down all the time. No, I don't think it's to the extent that the boys that become shooters had to endure, but it's still present. The media has a lot to do with boys not feeling like "real men". It sucks but it's reality and the best thing we can do to prevent violence in our school is to not call people offensive names and instead include them.