Columbine

What would you have done if you had been a student at Columbine High School when shooters took over the school? What do you think could have been done to stop the tragedy? Can schools really prepare for emergencies such as this?

Chapter 4

Do you think Genie's mental handicaps are a result of her situation or was she born this way? How should ferral children be reintroduced to society? (As of 1994, Genie was in her 30's and living in a home for aldults with disablilies.)

2/24/11 Chapter 4

Do you think there is a good balance between negative and positive news coverage on television? What would you like to see done differently?

Do all the violence acts that children view on television cause them to commit crimes in their later lives? Are the effects of watching TV violence brief or lasting? Is TV as important a factor in fostering societal violence as economic poverty, bad schools and broken homes?

Social Classes

Do you feel that social classes in America will ever change? Why or why not?

Deviance

Why do you think society's definition of deviance has changed over the years? What do you consider as deviant behavior?

Cliques

Do you feel that you belong in a certain clique? What do the members of your clique have in common? What identifies your clique? Do you feel that you are involved with more than one clique?

Society

In Chapter 5 we discussed types of societies. Do you feel that in the future a new type of society will develop? What do you think the people of that society will do for jobs? What will families ties be like? What will this new society be called?