Teen Violence in Today's Society - Page 2
© Brian Greene
The Columbine and Michigan shootings are prime examples of how young people think violence will make them happy. The Columbine killers were upset with everyone at their school and thought their rampage would make them feel better. The little boy in Michigan acted this way as well. He had an argument with a classmate and was upset so the next day he shot her. Kids today have been brainwashed by the things they watch to solve every problem with violence. The boy in Michigan was only six years old and he had the idea that when someone is mean he had to get them back. It is truly sad when first graders are killing each other. An even sadder truth is that event got very little media coverage, which made it seem like any other news. The Columbine shootin was glamorized by the media to the point where everyone was sick of hearing about it, and this shooting was barely mentioned by the media. The media either over covers a story to numb our feelings or they hardly give us an idea of what happened so we can't feel too strongly about the events. Our society has come to take things like this very lightly; we are very quick to forget they even happen. This fact encourages the action because no one ever hears aboutthe consequences or the people affected.
