If you give a web search for 'school shooting', you get only links about articles on violence in US school campuses. I am told by my friends in the US that shooting incidents are so common there that many of them don't even get reported in the media.
Now, here in India too, we are seeing increasing incidents of violence in school.
Last month, there was a report from Haryana of a class 12 student shooting dead his principal inside her office with his father's revolver.
This month, in Tamil Nadu, a teacher was arrested for allegedly attacking a student with a pair of scissors .
Again in Tamil Nadu, a 16-year-old boy was arrested for stabbing his school headmaster.
A place where children are supposed to learn - gain knowledge and wisdom - is also a place where tempers fray beyond reasonable limits with catastrophic consequences.
When adults themselves are violent, no wonder, children are becoming violent. I wonder if our children have the right role models in society.
When there is so much violence and bloodshed all around the world, the messages of peace, harmony, tolerance etc are all just getting lost out.
I wonder what is the solution; and what exactly is the problem with our society.
Now, here in India too, we are seeing increasing incidents of violence in school.
Last month, there was a report from Haryana of a class 12 student shooting dead his principal inside her office with his father's revolver.
This month, in Tamil Nadu, a teacher was arrested for allegedly attacking a student with a pair of scissors .
Again in Tamil Nadu, a 16-year-old boy was arrested for stabbing his school headmaster.
A place where children are supposed to learn - gain knowledge and wisdom - is also a place where tempers fray beyond reasonable limits with catastrophic consequences.
When adults themselves are violent, no wonder, children are becoming violent. I wonder if our children have the right role models in society.
When there is so much violence and bloodshed all around the world, the messages of peace, harmony, tolerance etc are all just getting lost out.
I wonder what is the solution; and what exactly is the problem with our society.