By: Kristy E-mail: holyfoley98@hotmail.com Violence in society is more prevalent today than ever before. Media and entertainment have opened up violent images for children to see. Availability of weapons to school age children seems incredulous. News stories of elementary school children bringing guns to school and killing classmates are sickening yet true. What is happening to our country? What is happening to our schools? It is no secret that academic performance has declined over the last thirty or forty years. Today’s students are not as proficient in the “three R’s” as are parents or grandparents was. “Cultural illiteracy,” is ....

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