http://writingny.blsci.org/2007/03/06/grades-or-safety-what-should-a-high-school-student-be-concerned-with/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 20:44:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 http://writingny.blsci.org/2007/03/06/grades-or-safety-what-should-a-high-school-student-be-concerned-with/#comment-72 mleonard Fri, 09 Mar 2007 23:58:52 +0000 http://writingny.blsci.org/?p=117#comment-72 High School has always been a dangerous place, whether it be physical harm, emotional distress, or social exclusion. Theres really no way to make high school safer without making it more like a prison. Modern teenagers are also becoming more and more "mature" thus they feel like they must act older. Its not the school or the cities fault for the increase in violence, I believe it's due to the lack of supervision at home and the glorification of violence throughout the U.S. High School has always been a dangerous place, whether it be physical harm, emotional distress, or social exclusion. Theres really no way to make high school safer without making it more like a prison. Modern teenagers are also becoming more and more “mature” thus they feel like they must act older. Its not the school or the cities fault for the increase in violence, I believe it’s due to the lack of supervision at home and the glorification of violence throughout the U.S.

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