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?