Schools are not to fault--they teach, but they aren't responsible for "Raising" these kids. Religion is directly tied to a family, and a school is no family. People need to be around their kids, with religion or not, even just to make sure they don't build bombs. Teachers already have too much to worry about (not to mention they get paid very little for long, tiring days) to get blamed for this crisis. In one way, it's a signal to everyone that parents could lose their children, so they better tell them that they love them. It's really awful--brutal youth. .
Religion has no place in public schools! That is why there are private religious schools!! .
the publicity that these pint sizes murderers are getting is adding to the problem. the schools should be paying more attention to individual student's behavior, if they seem to be bieng overly picked on, violent tendancies amongst certain peer groups such as sports teams and students with anger problems. such incedents are bound to cause problems when the students see that certain people in power wouldn't even be bothered to stop the other who started it in the first place. .
Psychopaths do NOT burst into flame when the sun touches them! Although schools can "teach" morality, it is not as effective as influence by example. This goes for "religious" influence as well.It is a sense of social behaviour most adequately learned from parents. But, parents are at a distinct disadvantage:.
Being moral is not the same as being religious, and certainly vice versa.
Some parents expect the schools to raise their kids for them, to make sure they stay on the right path. That's an impossible demand on their part. Schools certainly play a large and important part in getting kids ready to be a positive part of society, but it always starts at home. That's where the groundwork should be laid. If that basis isn't there, there's not much the teachers can do.
morals can be taught in the schools as a matter of social ethics and respectful behavior.