Ugh… regular school shootings will continue as long as shootings continue to get sensationalized. In most cases the killer gets more coverage than the actual victims.
Just some thoughts —
Many teachers, especially in public schools, are not equipped to handle or do not bother to report or deal with instances of student bullying or harassment going on in their classroom. Bullying/harassment has spiked. With new generations becoming more online, sometimes long-term bullying can go under the radar and it isn’t always physical. Even if a teacher does address bullying and report it to higher ups, not much is done.
Many of these shooters come from broken homes or have undiagnosed mental health conditions. Poor mental health is becoming a big, big problem. Children feel that they have nothing to look forward to as they grow up as they’re only fed with negative news from all angles.
Teachers report that new generations of students entering school have been some of the worst they’ve ever taught — very violent, more asocial, less likely to do their work, more likely to pick up fights or joke around or cause disruptions. Nowadays there’s also routine stories of teachers getting attacked or violently assaulted by students on the news like… every day, honestly. As I’m rather young, IMO, I wouldn’t ever be comfortable teaching as I’ve personally seen how my own teachers were treated by peers — sometimes broken down to the point of crying and quitting.
Lastly, a lot of discourse & indoctrination can go on behind closed doors in private/untraceable Internet servers or social media groups between people these days. It’s very easy to just hand your kid an iPad or PC and let them spend hours on it but it can come with fatal consequences. The vast majority of parents have absolutely no clue what their kid is up to online… forget this, they have no idea who their kid actually is, period.
*All of the above are my own thoughts and opinions*
I cannot imaging being a student in these times.
