Violence In Schools
#1
Posted 26 October 2006 - 03:57 PM
Yesterday a huge fight broke out at our school. Four kids from another school came after school and chased one of our students with what can be described as a 'huge knife' (probably a machete). The police were called, but they came later than expected. Luckily the target was pretty fast and got away from the others, who dispersed after learning they had arrived at a bad time (about two hundred students were watching this whole thing) Meanwhile a smaller fight had broken out inside the school between some freshman students.
Also, there has been an increase in school shootings here in Canada and from what I understand, in the U.S. as well.
So, are we really safe in schools? Are you concerned at all about school shootings happening in your area. What can be done?
Discuss.
#2
Posted 26 October 2006 - 04:21 PM
#3
Posted 26 October 2006 - 04:43 PM
At my old school, it's just normal fights, not with knifes or anything. Someone makes you angry, you push them, you kick and kuff, get scolded, you're friends the next day ^^.
#4
Posted 26 October 2006 - 05:02 PM
#5
Posted 26 October 2006 - 06:14 PM
A little while ago though, there was a threat of a gang going to our highschool to beat/kill (don't remember which) someone(s), and the threat then changed to it comeing to our middles school. Never happened though, don't think the police caught 'em either. Someone from the highschool (a respectable source) overheard a convo between two people about it (who I think were in a gang), and that's how the threat came to be known. Good thing is that it didn't happen.
#6
Posted 26 October 2006 - 10:38 PM
My school is fine. Worst thing thats happened is I've gotten a black eye. Yesterday actually, but that was just screwing around.
#7
Posted 26 October 2006 - 11:40 PM
#8
Posted 27 October 2006 - 12:05 AM
#9
Posted 27 October 2006 - 02:19 AM
Englad gets a few school stabbings too - but generally i think schools do ok in combatting it - you're always gonna get the psychos but they seemed to be identified and thrown into Juvy pretty early
#10
Posted 27 October 2006 - 08:09 AM
#11
Posted 27 October 2006 - 09:08 AM
But these kinds of things happen occasionaly in other schools here. Children getting killed by their friends with a knife and stuff.
#12
Posted 27 October 2006 - 11:41 AM
Sea_of_Time, on Oct 27 2006, 05:23 PM, said:
I feel pretty safe. There's only minor sort of fights, though someone did get pretty badly hurt not that long ago.
#13
Posted 27 October 2006 - 12:18 PM
#14
Posted 27 October 2006 - 12:32 PM
#15
Posted 12 November 2006 - 10:01 AM
#16
Posted 12 November 2006 - 12:39 PM
#17
Posted 12 November 2006 - 12:52 PM
I'm now at a school what you guys would call a Jr College. I'm there for 2 months now, and I haven't seen a fight or started one. However I cold see it happening anytime soon because the atmosphere in my school is rather aggresive. Not really sure how to explain that though...
At my last school I saw alot of fights. Almost the half of them where from 1st year students though. A classmate of mines was beaten up because someone sprayed peperspray in his eyes and there where sometimes fights other classes.
But overall, I haven't fought too much at school
#18
Posted 12 November 2006 - 03:51 PM
DiddyKong, on Nov 12 2006, 10:06 PM, said:
That made me laugh. I hope you bashed that mother ****er up good.
I can't believe how simmilar we are Diddy. We both like the drinking kind of fun, and I too would get totally pissed off if someone who I didn't know did this to me. You would fit in perfectly with me and my friends.
#19
Posted 12 November 2006 - 05:18 PM
However, I did know the guy... He and I were classmates for 2 years. The first year I was in the same class with him, he and a friend of his bullied me cause I was new in the class and behaved really odd.
He dressed rather geeky and he wasn't populair, but 3 years ago I wasn't the same guy as I'm now either... MMORPG's and just RPG's in general where the things I spended my days with... That and being a hyper active jackass. If you wanna see it yourself, just read some of my older posts! ...
Plus the facts that I didn't got any friends at the same school, and my classmates thought I was strange... Which I really WAS! ._. However, I did made people laugh. They called me a monkey who's outta controll... In a bad way...
Anyways, I'm not gonna hide this but: because I got bullied alot, I started to bully myself. The guy I bullied was a very calm, gentle guy who is rather old fashioned in both speaking and overall appearance. And I say I'm really ashamed of myself! And because the bullies liked the way I called him names, they somehow started teaming up with me. I even got into a fight with this guy... All I can say about this: DON'T ever do this! I was just trying to fit into a group which just doesn't fit me... I want all of you to never do the same thing!
However, in the last year of High school I became sort of friends with him and said my appoligies to him.
But then, 2 other new guys came in our class. One, who's still one of my best friends today. He made me more social and calmer, really if it wasn't for him... Let's just say I would be alot more at this place! :P Anyway, I then had some friends in the class. The guys who bullied stopped a little
Then the next year came, and because my friend was still at vacation, those assholes thought they could bully me again like they used to now he was gone. But in that summer vacation, I became way more social.
One of those bullies became a gothic, I myself have got nothing against those people but him... I couldn't STAND it! He was acting really tough and so and it'd just ****ing pissed me of!
The social group I was with last year became much bigger and those guys barely bothered me anymore. I also got in a small fight with the other guy, I punched him in his stomach but then the janitor came... :lol:;
Anyways, one day me and my group where just chilling in the lunch break when those 2 guys came sit next to me. Our group wasn't happy with that, because we didn't want to be seen with those guys. But the conversation was really going on and instead of being aggresive against those guys I showed all our trash to their side of the table. And with the trash, there was that evil can of Coca Cola...
Well I said it before but: the gothic threw it to my head and he hitted me pretty good. He and his friend were still sitting and laughing. I was SOOO ****ing angry then... I first threw the remaining coke all over his head, then I gave him the oppertunity to stand up. The other son of a ***** was provoking the gothic and he suddenly stood up with his bag in his hand. He didn't quite hit me well with it but it SURE angried me up... All I remember is that I wanted nothing more but rip him into pieces! And I sure as hell did so! However when I got him down three janitors came between us and sepperated us... I was sent home for 4 days. ;>_> That was the only serious fight I've ever got in.
That one guy I bullied myself later that year hanged around with my group. He still didn't got anything to say, and I still made jokes about him but not as much as the year before. But he hasn't got any friends in all those 4 years of High school... So we felt sorry for him and so he started hanging around with us. Still that doesn't makes up from what I did to him. :)
WHOA! This post took me some time! But atleast I lighted up my hearth a bit to you guys. :) Ima go sleep now, cause Im tired as hell!
#20
Posted 13 November 2006 - 12:45 PM
#21
Posted 15 November 2006 - 02:31 PM
#22
Posted 15 November 2006 - 03:01 PM
#23
Posted 01 January 2007 - 12:03 AM
#24
Posted 09 January 2007 - 07:52 PM
So yeah, we don't get many fights very often. The last "serious" thing was were some guys from another school came over during passing period and stabbed two guys over at my school. We were on lockdown for the whole school day. This girl I like sent me a text message that day to see how I was doing, and I forgot my cell phone. Aw maaaaan. I had to get that off my chest, sorry. :P
Anyway, as for me, I've punched a few people in the stomach to get them off my back if they pissed me off enough. (you'd have to try reaally hard to piss me off, so you'd probably deserve it if you did get me to that point) It was hard enough that they'd be paralyzed and couldn't fight back; I'm stronger than I look despite being 6 feet tall with kinda skinny arms. So I've never been in a real fist fight.
#25
Posted 22 January 2007 - 11:20 PM