Since the incident at Columbine High School, 39 teenagers have had their lives taken in over 22 incidents, and hundreds of others injured between April 1999 and April 2001 (Hunter 2). In reference to violence, Richard Riley, the Secretary of Education says, “[Violence] has turned many of our classrooms into war zones.” (Toch 6). Reasons for such violence are due to the adolescent attitudes and great reduction in respect for one anothers life ( Toch 1). School Violence is a problem due to …showed first 75 words of 1880 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1880 total…speech and to do as they want. More importantly they are being stripped of the right to their individuality. Wouldn’t this be wrong though to do to everyone? As stated by Raymond Vasvary, a legal director of the ACLU, prevention efforts cannot be taking because, “it would be a double tragedy if those who took so many lives in Littleton were allowed to rob children across America of their right to freedom.” (“School Safety” 6).