He knew only one way to handle their disagreement. He knew how to take a gun to school. He knew how to aim it and pull the trigger. He knew how to kill. And he learned them at home.
Parents bring guns and TVs into the house.
They hand down a heritage of violence to their children. Adult classes are held in homes, rec centers and churches, said Clementine Barfield. We have to get the message out that it is wrong to hurt another person with words or deeds. Students at Keidan Elementary, on Detroit's north side, sign a peace pledge to settle disagreements by talking, not slugging it out behind the gym after school. Students acting as peacemakers receive awards.