[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Kristin A. Ruhle) wrote:
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>I think school violence comes from several things put together -- people
>try to pin the blameon one alone but it is several things interacting:
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Toss in my favorite: our culture which treats kids like miniature adults -
foisting off on them all of the responsibilities and lack of regulation that
we award to adults in our culture.
Fixing this might involve time travel - I think the current widespread
conception of a "soul", independent of knowledge and experience - is an
element that lead to this, combined with such fostering social environments
such as Victorian England and the liberal 1960's and 1970's.
Susan and I were discussing this after watching Starship Troopers, which
portrays a society where you aren't considered a citizen unless you dedicate
a certain amount of time to civil service (in that case, the military).
While there's a terrible danger there of a military-dominated society
evolving (the point of the movie, if not necessarily the book), there is at
least the attempt to foster responsibility.
Joshua
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