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School Violence Outline
Krista Sauber, Kennedi Kautzman, Sasha Hopfauf, and Emily Bendish

Introduction:
You’re sitting in the cafeteria during your lunch break just eating and talking with your friends.
All of a sudden you hear a gunshot and the girl next to you falls to the ground. You grab your books cover your head and duck. People are screaming and you hear four more gunshots go off. You stay on the ground confused and scared until the police show up and you are safe to get up. You may be safe but your friend who was shot is dead and four other classmates injured. This is the sad reality of what happened three weeks ago at
Marysville­Pilchuck High School. According to the Center for Disease
Control 5.9% of students reported that they did not go to school on one or more days in the last 30 days because they felt unsafe at school or on their way to or from school. School violence is incredibly prevalent in our society. Today my group and I will share with you the truths of school violence. We will define what school violence is and why it occurs, the effects school violence has, the types of targets of school violence and different ways schools are trying to prevent school violence.
I.What bullying is and the reasons why it occurs.
A. According to the CDC school violence is the intentional use of physical force or power, against another person, group, or community, with the behavior likely to cause physical or psychological harm.
1. Examples of school violence are bullying, fighting, weapon use (school shootings), electronic aggression, and gang violence.
2. Places where school violence occurs are on school property, over internet, and over electronic devices.

B. Why people commit school violence.
1. Why bullies commit school violence.
a. Bullies do not necessarily have low self­esteem.

i. According to many psychologists bullies have a source of entitlement and superiority over others. aa. Bullies dominate, blame and

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