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The answer to your question as to why there have been 0 school shootings in Catholic schools and only one in Protestant private schools is so simply the average, progressive American citizen won't accept it. Since Bible and prayer were outlawed in public schools, there have been approximately 630 school shootings. Before then, from 1860 to 1967 only 79.
Not a co-incidence, to be sure.
Yeah, because that's the only difference between school in the late 1800s/early 1900s and now.
As another poster said, Bible and prayer are not outlawed in public schools. They just do not teach those things. Students can pray all day if they want. And I'm sure during finals a number of them do!
There are differences in the media exposure, in access to weapons, in the amount of schooling required, in the number of students in schools, in the types of students who are allowed to be educated, etc., etc. It's not as simplistic as you've made it sound.
The answer to your question as to why there have been 0 school shootings in Catholic schools and only one in Protestant private schools is so simply the average, progressive American citizen won't accept it. Since Bible and prayer were outlawed in public schools, there have been approximately 630 school shootings. Before then, from 1860 to 1967 only 79.
Not a co-incidence, to be sure.
The bible is full of violence, retribution and killing. All sorts of reprehensible and amoral behavior. It mentions slavery multiple times without condemning it - effectively condoning it. Its sexist. Its not appropriate for school kids.
There have been zero school shootings in other countries where the Bible is also not taught. But where assault rifles/automatics aren't available to the public.
The answer to your question as to why there have been 0 school shootings in Catholic schools and only one in Protestant private schools is so simply the average, progressive American citizen won't accept it. Since Bible and prayer were outlawed in public schools, there have been approximately 630 school shootings. Before then, from 1860 to 1967 only 79.
Not a co-incidence, to be sure.
Or perhaps private schools only make up around 10 percent of children.
Apart from this, we nicknamed our school "The Prison".
That is what we called our (public) middle school. Different reason though. The design of the middle school was a modified prison design. So it actually was sort of a prison.
Some private schools even have restrictive rules like minimum IQ scores or academics levels. And, I know private schools that are so determined not to accept anyone with behavior problems that they do not even allow children with minor speech and language difficulties in their schools.
This is why I don't support vouchers for private schools. When public education becomes underfunded, it will hurt students with disabilities the most, since they might not qualify for a private school.
Private schools have strict rules and are select in their admissions. Also, the contact between the teachers and students in Christian/Private schools is more personal than in public schools. This means that the teachers in private schools know the needs of each students. The teachers, therefore, focus on addressing the needs of these students through psychological counseling. Unfortunately, public schools have such programs, but are not as effective as in private schools. Therefore, shooting is likely to happen in public schools than private schools.
The answer to your question as to why there have been 0 school shootings in Catholic schools and only one in Protestant private schools is so simply the average, progressive American citizen won't accept it. Since Bible and prayer were outlawed in public schools, there have been approximately 630 school shootings. Before then, from 1860 to 1967 only 79.
Private schools have strict rules and are select in their admissions. Also, the contact between the teachers and students in Christian/Private schools is more personal than in public schools. This means that the teachers in private schools know the needs of each students. The teachers, therefore, focus on addressing the needs of these students through psychological counseling. Unfortunately, public schools have such programs, but are not as effective as in private schools. Therefore, shooting is likely to happen in public schools than private schools.
The statement that "contact between the teachers and students in Christian/Private schools is more personal than in public schools" makes little sense. Why would it be more personal unless they have smaller class sizes? Just because a teacher takes a job in a Christian/private school doesn't mean the teacher will be more "personal"l in dealing with students.
The overwhelming majority of teachers are not professional psychological counselors and don't have the time to do it in addition to their normal teaching duties. You will find that most private schools do not have the staffing in this area that public schools have.
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Private schools have strict rules
