Problem
According to a national survey of secondary schools students in the United States public schools, one out of every four students has been a victim of violence in or around school and one out of every six is worried about being physically attacked or hurt at school. Each year, nearly 300,000 American teachers (that's 1 out of every 12) are threatened and about half of these teachers have been physically attacked. Was violence a problem in and around your school? What methods are currently being taken to reduce these problems? Are these methods working? How do you think the fear of violence impacts student-student and student-teacher relationships?