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The television set is also a problem that brings violent perceptions to our children in the form of cartoons, violent programs, and other issues. In the book, "School Crime and Juvenile Justice" Richard Lawrence, the author, says the, "Media portrayals of youth crime tend to overgeneralize and exaggerate the problem" (14). Not every kid in the nation is going out to hurt or kill any one, but they have more of a chance of replaying a violent scene they have seen on television. Kopka agrees by stating, "Some psychologists contend that children imitate the violence they see in the media" (14). Not all kids are prone to hit and cause disorder, but some children are more susceptible to violent images than others. If society shares these violent images with their children, how can they criticize the implications of it now? .
The implications range from small disruptive acts to violent outbursts of gunfire. Now that there has been so much focus on school shootings in the suburbs in the past years, it has turned into a tragedy, but before when a shooting would happen in an inner city it never was such a concern for the media. Ever since that fatal day on April 20, 1999, the first major school shooting at Columbine has turned to a never-ending media story with continuous identical stories. Everyone is now asking what can be done to stop violence in our nations schools? In Anna's Quindlen article, "The Problem of The Megaschool" James Garbarino, an expert on adolescent crime, answered, "Ensure that teenagers are not in high schools bigger than 400 to 500 students" (2). If there are too many students in our societies classrooms, then it is societies job to supervise and guide them through the problems. Lawrence agrees by saying, "Larger schools, and schools with larger classes, tend to have more violence and vandalism" (22). Some of society today still rejects the opening hand of a student in need.
