Why are so many youth flipping out and gunning down fellow students? Is there something seriously wrong with society? Does the public education/indoctrination system need some serious tweaking? Are parents to blame when their child goes on a rampage?
The recent rise in these shootings tells us something, what is it?
I don't think that I could ever come up with an accurate answer as to why the violence in schools. I do believe that there are serious issues with society in general.
What worries me most is that people are in denial. They refuse to relate their attitudes, believes and values, with their actions, the way they relate to others and the consequences of all of it.
The recent rise in these shootings tells us something, what is it?
To me the message is not clear. Other than there's something fundamentally wrong with the way we live today, that is.
@Simon:
Because people want to be on TV.
Because the media talk about it endlessly.
Because people copy what they see on TV.
Because many of them need a slap.
I agree to some point with what you state. I do believe that many people want the attention, and some things, especially among the youth, can become "a thing". However, I think that some things go deeper than that.
I have a friend who is a psychologist, and he's tells me that there's a rather exponential increase in depression among children and adolescents. His opinion is that he feels like the way parents raise them makes them feel abandoned and dismissed. Too many parents are letting electronic devices take care of their children, and those parents who work have minimum wage strangers taking care of them and raising them.
Aside from a "slap", they need to feel present in their lives as family. Just my thoughts.