Do you think there is culpability outside of Klebold and Harris when incidents like Columbine occur?
These kids don’t seem like the composite sketches of traditional mass murderers. Absolutely. In my opinion, school systems are most at fault. The social hierarchy in many public and private schools is set up for popular kids. There is such a discrepancy between social classes at the school that a real hatred exists between social levels. The sad thing is that some of the teachers and other staff members perpetuate this. In my encounters, some teachers have issues with their own social standing and crave association and affiliation with the more popular kids — and the less popular kids see this as clear as day. Schools should mirror work environments. The school’s staff has to step in and be an advocate for students who feel victimized. Unlike a work situation, children do not have the luxury or the freedom to leave the environment or change schools at their whim. They are told that this is a developmentally acceptable stage of adolescence, and if the perpetrators are confronted there
