Instead of blaming blood-spilling video games and parental neglect, students have special insight to a possible root of student violence the lack of tolerance for individuality. In high school, being different can be a student s ticket to exclusion.
Students judge each other too fast.
Sophomore Lindey Anderson believes student exclu- sion can lead to the fatal violence responsible for the recent sweep of fear in schools across the country. Cliques have a huge influence on high school life. The jocks, the skaters, the preps, the thespians each have their own role to play. However, cliques are not entirely exclusive. I have been called a prep, but I associate with all kinds of people.