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What are the differences between conflicts and school violence?

• Two students are yelling at each other, is that violence? What are they yelling? Are they yelling things like “Hey that is my candy bar!” or something more like “You jerk, I will kill you”? If they are yelling and shoving, is it violence? Likely so. If students are making threats toward each other, or forming in groups both arguing against each other is that violence? The answers are not always as clear as it would seem. Every school may make for themselves a unique distinction between conflict and violence.

• Conflict is a natural part of social interaction. When it is handled well or resolved—it can increase a students understanding of himself or herself and become a basis for creative solutions to problems. The only downside is: conflict often leads to violence.
• Sometimes school violence it seems inevitable. There are going to be some types of altercations no matter what the rules are.
• Is this a "big city" problem? The answer is no. School violence can happen in any school.
• So, when does conflict become violent? The answer, I believe, is that school violence begins as soon as physical altercation takes place. That is violence.
• There are many others who see non-physical acts such as acts of violence, such as name-calling, threatening, harassing, or stalking a fellow student.
• Most people will agree that if a student aims a gun at another student that is definitely school violence—even if the gun is not used. No matter what, that is such a threatening gesture that we can safely say the student is being violent.
• Some people assert that verbal abuse in school is also school violence. That psychological violence can do just as much harm.

Whatever the definition, many parents and teachers worry about the negative effects of school violence, and want to come up with a solution to it. Unfortunately, school violence will probably always be an issue to some extent. The best way to combat school violence is to monitor the students carefully—teach them about violence at younger ages, and set stricter rules for them with more severe consequences—if that is what it takes.

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