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| Characteristics of Violent Students |
| Can we predict which children are capable of committing violent acts in schools? Are there warning signs that teachers and parents can recognize in order to prevent school violence. The answer is yes. Many violent students share the same characteristics. |
| Students were bullied and teased |
| Charles Andrew Williams Santee, California "[Andrew] Williams was instantly picked on by the bigger, more streetwise kids there. Laura Kennamer, a friend of Andy's, saw kids burning their lighters and then pressing the hot metal against his neck." --- Warning Time |
| Elizabeth Catherine Bush Williamsport, Pennsylvania " [Elizabeth Catherine] Bush just as readily recoiled when those taunts turned on her and students started making fun of her appearance. Bush's parents claim the ridicule was so severe at the public junior high Bush attended before Bishop Neumann that students, on occasion, actually pelted her with stones." --- Girlhoods Interupted Time |
| Students were desprately seeking acceptance |
| Charles Andrew Williams Santee, California "Charles Andrew Williams had been a lost boy for some time -- hopelessly adrift in a dysfunctional, anonymous suburban landscape, craving acceptance but too often meeting rejection instead." -- Warning Time |
| Elizabeth Catherine Bush Williamsport, Pennsylvania "She made fast friends with the outcasts at school yet wanted nothing more than to be accepted by Marchese, the cheerleading captian who ran with the cool crowd . . . Bush attempted to make peace with Marchese . . . who was tormenting her. Bush sent her e-mails and confided her troubles to her. . . Marchese then passed those secrets along to other students." --- Girlhoods Interupted Time |
| Students announced plans prior to the shooting |
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| Thomas Solomon, Jr Conyers, Georgia "Solomon told classmates he would "bow up this classroom" and had no reason to live." --- Scorecard of Hatred Time |
| Victor Cordova, Jr Deming New, Mexico "Cordova repeatedly boasted that he would "make history blasting this school," but no adults were told. --- Scorecard of Hatred Time |
| Nathaniel Brazill Lake Worth, Florida "Brazill had apparently shown others the gun and talked about hit lists." - - - Scorecard of Hatred Time |