Columbine - Ten Years Later

It is amazing to think that ten years have passed since the horrible events that happened at Columbine High School on April 20, 1999. Two students ended up killing 13 people and themselves and caused parents and teachers across the nation to search for answers. At the time, a lot of misinformation about the attacks and the motives were presented. Some said that these students were bullied and this led to their assault. However, as their writings have been released it has become clear that this was not actually the case. Peter Langman has written a new book called "Why Kids Kill: Inside the Minds of School Shooters" in which he states that these two students were not ordinary kids who had been bullied or had simple anger issues. As he states, "These are not ordinary kids who played too many video games. These are not ordinary kids who just wanted to be famous. These are simply not ordinary kids. These are kids with serious psychological problems." As experts have examined this and other school shooting incidents they have found that most of the shooters had a combination of depression and suicidal tendencies.

Many new teachers are scared about the possibility of similar attacks or other acts of school violence. This article on school violence takes a look at how prevalent it really is. Hopefully this can help to alleviate some fears of new teachers. Part two provides information to help parents and teachers combat school violence.