From Smoking to Shooting: What Drives Teenagers to Kill?

They are the shots heard ‘round the world- the shots that have been fired in so many schools across the country. Like everyone else, I am captivated by this sudden phenomenon. After all of the media coverage, though, there are always unanswered questions. Why is this happening now, when the biggest problems in schools used to involve getting caught smoking in the bathroom stalls? Who is to blame for these tragic occurrences? What can be …

…that there aren’t any explanations for these acts of violence- only more questions. But I do have a better understanding of the situations involved, and that’s more than I had when I began. I can only hope that, soon, everyone understands this phenomenon well enough to put a stop to it. Let’s go back to the days of yore, when busting smokers in the bathroom was the biggest problem a school faced.