Violence in US schools

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violence

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The Columbine massacre - Littleton

Teachers are only too prone to resort to tragedies as teaching material: crime, drugs, racism, bigotry, are often the stuff... textbooks are made of.

But it sometimes can't be helped, and some shattering news items can be used as starting points to cover considerable 'civilisational' ground.

This page will endeavour to do just that.