Have you ever experienced a time where your school has been in some sort of danger? Many schools nowadays have been going through difficult times having to deal with constant violence between students. While media has focused on school shootings, school violence id s broad topic, which includes a range of activities, including assaults, physical fights, threats, bullying, and gang violence. Almost 30% of teens in the U.S. (which is about 5.7 million) are estimated to be involved in bullying, or both. While some progress is being made, we can help increase the safety in out schools by understanding what leads to this violence. There are many ways this violence can be stopped with the help of the schools, parents, and the teenagers themselves.
             Schools need to become more involved and aware of the fact that this bullying is taking place. They need to take more actions to let kids be aware of the signs of bullying and to prevent it from going on. The schools should address the issue of bullying by having people come in and talk with the kids and show them the consequences of their actions and how it makes others feel to be put down and pushed around. For example, they could put on plays that demonstrate people bullying others and show how those people feel, maybe then they would have a better understanding of how they make people feel. Also, they need to enforce more serious punishments for those who are doing the bullying because maybe that would prevent it from happening as often. "Research has found that bullying is most likely to occur in schools where there is a lack of adult supervision during breaks."(Bullying, 3) If possible, teachers could take a more active role, when out on the playground, by keeping an eye on the children and make sure that some of the children are not left out of games and excluded from activities. "Some primary schools have 'Friendship Seats' where younger children can go to sit if they...