School Terror

School Terror

Ten years ago no one knew about rampage killings or violent acts of terror in schools. Most parents only worried about teasing and a school bully or two. In today’s schools violence has made it’s way into our nightly news frequently. School shootings have brought a dark cloud over teachers, students, parents, and America. They have become an epidemic in the American school system and have forever been engraved in the nation’s mind. The big question is what causes these teens to kill their peers? There are a number of reasons why violence occurs in schools all over the United States. Most situations should have been prevented however the warning signs were either ignored or overlooked by peers, parents or teachers. A large number of the teens can be lumped together with similar warning signs.

According to Peter Vilbig, a writer for the New York Times ”There have been eighteen shootings in American Schools since 1996, leaving thirty-nine dead and on...