how does violence in school affects students socialization and adaptation?
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I'd assume in a violent school, students would be slightly less open to avoid conflict, and thus, would avoid socializing more as well as hindering adaptation to their new environment.
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The answers to your question is very uncomfortable, because it casts this culture (and others that tolerate it) in a very bad light.\n\n1. For one, I hate to say it but in some ways bullying is seen as socially acceptable. If you listen to some adults (especially those whose children are accused of being bullies), they will say things like "Bullying is good, because it teaches the weak how to defend themselves." Or they'll say that bullying teaches good *social skills*, because it prepares children for the Real World, which is harsh and cruel. In other words, what I'm saying is that the educational system in some way condones this type of behavior, since many people in some ways hold these beliefs (even teachers and faculty).\n\n2. Adults continue to insist that bullying is a cute, harmless activity amongst children. You know the old saw-- "kids will be kids." So when they see bullying, they don't see harrassment, torture, stalking, cruelty and torment. They see boys displaying their *crushes* on girls; they see *roughhousing.* They see friendly teasing. It's like adults still live in this time warp where all boys are doing are dipping girls' pigtails into inkwells, and all girls are doing are sticking their tongues out at each other. Since adults form the educational system, they literally turn a blind eye to it all and pretend that it's simply harmless teasing.\n\n3. Many bullies are such master manipulators, that they are able to convince teachers and administrators that they are the nicest kids on the planet.\n\n4. Adults feel that bullying is a *natural phase* of childhood. So why do anything about it?\n\n5. Lastly, when bullying happens, the school faculty takes this stance that it's none of its business if children are harassed. It's job is to merely just *teach.* Anything else that happens under their nose is the child's problem. As a result, nothing is done about it.\n\nSad to say, but it's true.
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It is hard to see the necessity of school when there are few role models in your community who have benefitted from staying in school.  There are very unequal resources in low income neighborhoods and significantly more violence.  People who have more money often benefit from nicer neighborhoods and schools, more role models, and more extracurricular activities.
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I went to the worst middle school in Woodbridge . My fear was of getting beat up or something like that. Or Being asked to smoke or having no friends.But all of that ,people saying that the school was so bad was just because there were a lot of spanish and black kids there. It wasn't that bad i made a lot of good friends no one jumped me, i didn't get asked to have a smoke or any thing bad.  But in high school was, just having to not see my friends as much .You know what people say, that your closest  friend in middle school will be your worst enemy in high school. i was scared that i would get into a big fight over nothing and have our friendship come to pieces. But it didn't happen .... I'm still friends with my best friend.
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"THESE DAYS, EVERY CHILD HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO TO SCHOOL. HOWEVER IT SEEMS THAT SOME STUDENTS DON'T APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY AFFORDED TO THEM. THEY VANDALIZE THE SCHOOL, SCRIBBLE ON THE WALLS, AND THROW RUBBISH EVERYWHERE!"\n\nHOPE THAT HELPS
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It certainly does. Aggression begets aggression. Violence raises Blood Pressure. Leading to more violence.\nChildren watching it think that is how they should react in real life. Like point a gun to get what you want.  READ :\nDoes violence on TV cause violence in real life? What should be done? \n\n     Thirty murders. Forty beatings. Do these sound like figures from a police report? Guess again. They are the number of violent \nacts that a group of South Carolina sixth-graders observed while watching one hour of prime-time television. \n\n     One hour. \n\n     Last December, the students conducted a survey of TV violence. Each student agreed to watch one hour of prime-time television \nfor four days and record the number of violent acts shown. Only murders and beatings were counted. \n\n     The results shocked many of the students. During the four-day period, they saw a total of 100 murders and hundreds of \nphysical assaults (attacks). One student counted three killings in a commercial for a new movie. \n\n     "I was blown away," Kristi Wannamaker, 12, told JS. "I never realized there was so much violence on television." \n\n     Kristi believes that there should be less violence on TV. But some of her classmates disagree. They say that violence makes TV \ninteresting, and should not be cut back. \n\n     "My friends watch violence and it doesn't affect them," Trevor Jay, 12, told JS. "Most people can handle it." \n\n     Why worry about violence on TV? Some people believe that television violence is partly responsible for the growing amount of \nviolence in America. They say that TV violence should be reduced. But other people disagree, saying that viewers have the right to \nchoose what they watch. What do you think? Does violence on TV influence real life? Should it be cut back? If so, how? \n\n     One thing is sure--TV violence is big. On any given night, you might catch a movie about a woman hiring someone to kill her \nhusband. Another channel might offer "real-life" police stories of arrests and shootings. A cartoon shows characters getting \nflattened against trees or squashed under rocks. Add the violence in music videos and movie ads and you get a lot of killing, \nbeating, and bashing going on. \nIS TV VIOLENCE HARMFUL? \n\n     Some experts think that so much violence is harmful. "There are so many studies showing a relationship between the violence \non TV and violence in people's lives," Diana Zuckerman, a psychologist, told JS. "TV is not just a reflection of what's happening in \nsociety, [it] is also creating violence." \n\n     How does this happen? "You get desensitized," explains Robert E. Gould, a professor of psychiatry and an officer of the \nNational Coalition on Television Violence. "The more violence you see, the less upset you become by it. It just becomes a part of \nyour daily life," Gould told JS. \n\n     What do television viewers think? In a recent survey, 80 percent of the people polled felt that television violence is harmful. \nAbout 72 percent thought that entertainment television (TV programs not including news) shows too much violence. \n\n     WHAT IMPACT ON KIDS? \n\n     How much violence do kids see on TV? According to a study done by the American Psychological Association (APA), a child \nwho watches four hours of television daily will witness 8,000 murders by the time he or she finishes elementary school. \n\n     This worries many experts. They say that young children between the ages of 2 and 5 cannot tell the difference between reality \nand fantasy life. So when they see violence on cartoons, they take it for real. \n\n     It can harm older children, too. A steady diet of violence gives them a skewed (distorted) picture of real life. They may begin to \nthink that violence is an acceptable way to deal with problems. \n\n     "When children watch TV, there's a t
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YES,,,\nMental, Physical, Emotional, Sexual, ALL forms of violence and all are damaging to children, I grew up in a violent home and It took me years to realize that I was worth something and know that not all people were that way.\nIf you are in a violent situation, or you know of kids that are, it is best to get out AND GET HELP.\nIf someone moved to fast around me I would shake, if someone raised there voice around me I was scared.\nI lost allot of my childhood because I lived in fear.
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Yes! In my day canings were done by the teacher for minor cases of bad behaviour, and became a test of strength to all those watching, could you take the cane without flinching and showing pain afterwards. The tougher you were the more canings you took and walked away as though nothing had happened, even if you were screaming inside, you didn't show it. I took my canings and it made me a better person.\n\nNowadays children know that they can behave badly and get away with it, because no-one wants to be taken to court over "human rights", and they grow up thinking they can do anything they want and not be punished, which is why you have so many young thugs who don't care what they do and who they do it to, because they just scream about human rights and their punisher goes to jail instead of them.
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I would contact your local police station often times police departments have a program in place where they travel from school to school and talk about safety, not to mention bullying. I would also see if my local or reference library has a video. Also participating in role plays with kids demonstrating the do's and dont's is highly effective since it is hands on.
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The mood in there varies from school to school.  The overall 'tone' of a school starts with the attitude of the administrators, and filters down through all levels.\n\nIf you find the staff friendly and supportive - Awesome! - join in on the banter and share tips!\n\nIf your school has a den of vipers (I love that term), then do what you'd do with a real den of vipers,..... back away slowly, don't show fear, and get to a safe distance.  Turning and running only lets them see your fear, and they will strike.\n\nI hope your experience is a positive one.
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1 what can we do to p[revent it?\n2 what is causing this sudden escalation from fist-fighting to knifings to shootings?\n3 why aren't the usual punishments enough?\nwith the schools so dangerous now, should children be taken to jail for fighting in school? should the police handle it?\n4 what are parents doing to help?\ncould the problem be related to the new phenomenon of working mothers (as in they are working and not raising their children)?\n5 whose fault is it? the media's? the school system's? the children's? the time's? the parent's? the community's?\n6 what is the public school system going to be like when my children are starting school? will i have to worry about my child getting stabbed over a game of hopscotch?
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Children mimic what they see and they act out how they are treated.  If children are treated with aggression they tend to behave that way towards their friends.  Sometimes kids get angry and don't know how to vent so they become aggressive.\nMaybe these will help you.\nhttp://www.a2zpsychology.com/articles/handling_aggressive_children.htm\nhttp://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1175/is_3_34/ai_73537485\nhttp://www.mindpub.com/art089.htm\nGood luck with your debate.
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A lack of trust between those who should have trust (e.g. teachers and students). On the other hand, increased responsiveness by counselors and administrators to the socially disenfranchised and to threats to school communities.
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The lack of funding for arts in schools is directly connected to the increase in school violence. That's just my layperson's view. Making the academic spectrum so monotone and unemotional denies students the chance to learn how to turn their most powerful feelings into tools for society. Emotion becomes art to learn from and heal with. Art programs teach students to love learning while teaching them how to deal with the emotional overflow of their life's challenges.\n\nI believe the lack of arts funding is also responsible for the incresed ADHD cases and drug prescriptions.
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it is very diffent we fear our childern going to school now more thsn ever i think kids do more fighting and skipping than evr before education is the last thing on there minds when they go they want to see friends. more than they want to see the teacher i think school is going down hill
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As "wimpy" as it sounds, I really don't support physical fighting at school.  It's not very productive at all and usually just gets the students involved suspended.  There are other ways to work out problems.
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Yes, I do believe the things that happen in schools do affect our children.  I also believe this is happening not only in public but also private and parochial schools.  Children are bound to pick things up in a social environment.  Look at us as adults.  We still follow some trends, we drive cars as status icons and we dress and act like our friends of the same economic levels.  Not all things children pick up in school are bad though, where else will they learn social skills and how to interact with their environment.  This allows them to make critical decisions about who they are and who they want to be.  It gives them so say in what is right and wrong rather than constantly being guided.  I think the key is to instill in the children what is right and wrong and establish good relationships w/ them so they will tell you if these social factors affecting  in inappropriate ways.  This way we can assist the child in choosing the right path in life.  In my experience those that came from the catholic schools "came out of their shells" in high school. Good luck