Increasing Violence in School: A Violation of Human Dignity and Common Good

Opinion Editorial
Increasing Violence in school

Opinion Editorial
Increasing Violence in school
Principle of dignity of the human person
Violence at Australian School is the most common phenomenon and it is evident that the
incidences of violation at schools are growing day by day. In this context, these incidences of
school violence have grown the concern of both the parents and the school authorities. It is
observed that currently, the children are becoming unrest and disturbed. They are experiencing
violence in the various media sources that encourage them to apply violence to their friends.
There are many critical reasons like easy access to the weapons, incidences of cyber abuse,
family environment, school’s impact, community influence, personal alienation, which are the
influential factors to raise the incidences of school violation.
Principle of the common good
The incidents of school violations have a severe effect on the students. The school students are
mainly children and the incidences of violence affect them both physically and psychologically.
The effects range from small injury to severe depression and even often contemplating suicide.
Besides this, the violence at school has huge impacts on the school environment and the
reputation of respective schools damage relentlessly. The school violation also impacts on the
learning and development of the students. The students who experience school violence undergo
severe fear while they are at school and thus it is difficult for them to provide adequate
concentration on education. Hence, the academic careers of the students are hampered
significantly. Furthermore, school violence also provides a bad impact on the future of students.
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