He soon learned that instead of getting mad, all he had to do was remove the disruptive students. Power students tend to reveal themselves on the first day of class. If I can get them on my side, then I had a better chance of controlling the class. An assailant, wearing a Winslow High letterman jacket, shot and killed a man before heading toward school grounds. Violence on campus has become as much of a reality as reading and writing.
Many new teachers deal with the topic of violence through classroom assignments.
Tobenkin had her Fresno High class write an essay reacting to teens who commit premeditated murder being tried as adults. It has been a real interesting process. Recent on-campus shooting incidents around the country have not worried Tobenkin. She doesn't think such violence will happen at Fresno High. That's not a rejection of reality.