There are many different types of school violence. The one that gets the most public attention is school shootings. The term school shooting is essentially defined as an act in which a student, school staff member, or outside intruder commits an act on the school campus. One of the most well-known school shootings took place at Columbine High School near Littleton, Colorado. On Tuesday, April 20, 1999, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, students at Columbine High School, killed thirteen other students before committing suicide. When we think about events like this, many questions come to mind. Thoughts such as why this happened, could it have been avoided and what was the impact on those involved, just to name a few. There are likely several other thoughts that run through a nation's mind when we hear about traumatic events such as a school shooting. No one can really give a definitive answer as to why school shootings actually happen. We look for clues and patterns to help us examine the minds of those who go into schools to kill other people. Let's first look at the Columbine shooting. The two reasons Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold killed thirteen students and their own were the two reasons they were being bullied and wanted revenge on the guys who hurt them throughout high school. The other reason was that we would never know. It was just a weird thing that couldn't be explained. Both killers wanted to become legends. They wanted to cause the most deaths in American history. They wired the bomb correctly and therefore were not able to kill as many people as they had planned. The bomb in the cafeteria is said to have killed at least six hundred people. The survivors were supposed...... middle of paper...... people who caused the traumatic event that occurred. The second category symptom of post-traumatic stress disorder is avoidance symptoms. This is where the person who experienced the trauma stays away from places that might trigger their memory about the event that caused the trauma. The person may also appear impassive. He or she may not want to experience that feeling again, so he or she will become emotionally numb to everything that is happening around them. The person may also feel a lot of guilt, depression, or worry. He or she may also lose interest in activities that he or she found fun before the traumatic event. He or she may have difficulty remembering the event. Things that remind him of the event can cause avoidance symptoms. This may cause him to change his daily routine to avoid something that triggers the memory of the event..