Violent occurrences such as shootings, bombings, and other terroristic events are things that have been happening for hundreds of years. One aspect of these tragedies - perhaps the most terrible of all - is violence in the school setting. ... Most people are under the impression that school settings are some of the best protected. ... While in the school setting, their first duty is to be police officers. ... Unfortunately, Nicholas was able to carry through with at least part of his original plan, killing one teacher and wounding another. ...

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The Hallway Hangers respected their teacher because he was raised in the projects where the students now live, he talked the way they did; he was tough and stubborn just like they were. ... In their book, Social Foundations of Educational Decisions, Fischer and Thomas state that distinctive things about a subculture (including language and behavior) have a definite influence on a child's learning style (26-27) and that "informal education- "which occurs outside of a formal school setting (mostly in the home) and is different in every family and subculture "causes differences in ...

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