I know when I was in school I got teased every day! Only because I didn't have anything. We where poor. I can remember being very angry. I myself use to think about how could it would feel to get back at those kids! Of course its not anything I acted on. But I can remember having an unreal hatred towards them. I'm not sure if the mockery is what triggers students to become this way. But I know how it made me feel!
2007-01-05 16:15:34 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Mental Health
I guess it is true.
There is this girl in my school, and everyone can tell she is so poor. She wears hand-me-downs from her sister, which isn't bad in general, but her sister is more plump, so the clothes sag and hang obviously.
She used to be really smart, but she slowly began plumeting. She always looked so...disheveled. Her hair was down to her chin and looked like a tornado went through it.
She never smiled, and she never laughed. Everyone made fun of her. The class clown was even bothering her at the School Dance about doing the Salsa with her as a joke.
She never did anything drastic, but you could tell she was always upset and at least once a week she was crying in class. She had no friends and was always reading.
You hear stories about all those school shootings, notice how none of the really popular or smart people are doing the shootings, it is the nerds and loners that do it.
2007-01-05 16:28:42 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Absolutely. Plus the fact that there's not many outlets for releasing the anger that the poor bullied kids act upon. In the old days, you'd go home and work off your anger out on the farm doing chores. Or get out and get some sort of physical activity.
These days, kids have video games and other stuff that are so full of violence that it actually desensitizes them into thinking that shooting someone is like eliminating an enemy.
They really should address this issue in the schools these days, but I know for a fact that teachers know kids are picked on and bullied and seem to not want to get involved.
2007-01-06 00:33:03 · answer #2 · answered by TPhi 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes. Kids can only take so much of being picked on and harassed. we all have our breaking points and some are stronger than others, some are weaker. This is made worse by teachers who don't do anything. I know I use to get harassed and picked on no matter what I did or had. Majority of teachers pretty much said don't tattle and get use to it. Add to this that some of these kids have horrible home lives and it's a lethal combination. Why should they care if they kill others? I'm not saying it's right but they see it as getting rid of the source of their pain once they reach the point where they can't take anymore and all they know is violence is the answer that's suppose to solve it all.
to get rid of the shootings you'd have to crack down harder on students who do the picking, teachers who tolerate it (I've know of some who have join in) and also get parents to make sure they do their jobs so they don't allow their kids to become bullies.
2007-01-06 00:56:43 · answer #3 · answered by pepsijammer 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, it's a combination of being teased & coming from an alcoholic home where there are weapons available to the kids...
I know that was the case with Kip Kinkel & with the Columbine shootings; I researched these cases...
2007-01-06 00:21:07 · answer #4 · answered by bjoybeads 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Oh hell yes i would say one of the bigger issues like if an person was picking on you all the time kicking as* ofcourse some might take such an action i belive another cause is teachers who like to be in conrtrol of feel that they have power over you and they dont care because their adult would be enough to send an unstable teen over the edge
2007-01-06 00:29:25 · answer #5 · answered by dre 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am one of the crazy nut cases that believe that every one is responsible for their own actions. I they are not, then no one is. The people that bothered the students that did the shooting could say it was not their fault, it was how some one else treated them that made them do it.
2007-01-06 00:25:55 · answer #6 · answered by eric l 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes your assumption is correct. Students feel they don't fit in, with otherstudents. Students that have those feelings do not have anyone they feel comfortable share. Due to the availability of firearms today.... Is a deadly combination....
2007-01-06 00:23:13 · answer #7 · answered by palette 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am sure that kids being picked on is a big part of school violence, as the kids of today have less control of their emotions due to drug/alcohol abuse, and parents that are not fully aware of their childrens problems.
2007-01-06 00:27:18 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes, teasing and bullying is a factor present prior to many school shootings
2007-01-06 00:20:17 · answer #9 · answered by jdphd 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
that is absolutly a trigger for such incidents. it was exactly the same for me, being teased and wondering if i could do something about it.
2007-01-06 00:24:26 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋