Are there fights in college

School violence can be the result of a simple lack of respect for others. There has been a push in recent years to integrate value based lessons into the school curriculum. Many schools currently teach character education courses in an attempt to provide students who lack good role models with a basic knowledge of how they should interact with their peers and teachers.

Students often fight as a means of maintaining their reputations in their schools. Reputation is often seen as a precious commodity. If someone crosses a student who is concerned about his or her reputation, that student may feel forced to retaliate or risk being called weak and having his or her reputation damaged.

By the time they get to middle and high school, most students can discriminate reality from TV and movies, but in lower grades, this distinction is commonly a bit more fuzzy. Some young students engage in fights merely because they are replicating what they saw on TV or in a film. I've never seen anyone pull out a weapon or anything, usually it's some drunk guy hitting on another drunk guy's girlfriend or something.

No one was really gathering around though. Some of them lost their hair, and some lost their hearing because their yelling was so loud. Probably people gathered around for this one. It was quite a show. But they're not as advertised as in high school. Another video shows two boys in what appears to be a bathroom kicking each other and exchanging punches, with some bystander commentary.

Another video shows two boys fighting on a sports field, with one punching the other in the head multiple times. In a video taken on what appears to be a bus, two male students can be seen pushing each other before punching each other's heads. Another bus video shows two students wrestling each other, and people can be heard jeering and laughing in the background. A school parent spoken to by the Rotorua Daily Post questioned whether the school was doing anything about the fights, saying children were going to school in fear and not being protected.

However, Walsh was adamant the school was dealing with the issue. All schools are meant to be safe places for all of the students and any fight that happens is contrary to our Catholic values. It's totally inappropriate. There are consequences, some are at the extreme end in terms of stand-downs and suspensions. We do treat the matter very seriously - we take a disciplinary approach to it but also there's a therapeutic and educative approach as well.

Walsh said the conflicts usually began on social media. Social media has its benefits but it obviously has its downsides as well. People will say things on social media that in the cold light of day they regret saying.